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    • Duluth
      Duluth last edited by

      This thread got us in trouble apparently:
      http://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/3196/what-are-they-up-to-now-former-all-blacks

      I've removed most of the middle of the thread

      Why did we get flagged? "Adult sexual content" again

      Not sure what. It could have been references to Kellehar's relationships. But that was a long time before we got flagged.
      I suspect it's the volume of swear words around the Anton Oliver linkedin.. those posts match the time of the message from google

      Swearing isn't banned, but please dial it back a bit. This crap wastes time and potentially costs money (and we only break even)

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      • Paekakboyz
        Paekakboyz @Duluth last edited by

        @Duluth whoops. Crazy how sensitive (ie bull-dust) those google filters are.

        Is it time to code word every cuss word? that could actually be quite fun if we ran voting for replacement names?

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        • Rembrandt
          Rembrandt last edited by

          I reckon it's gonna get a whole lot worse as google tries to 'fix' the world... Maybe get that donation page up again as a bit of a buffer? Rather than do just avatar bets when someone makes an outlandish prediction we could add on a $10 buck donation to be made by the loser.

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          • Duluth
            Duluth @Paekakboyz last edited by

            @Paekakboyz said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

            Is it time to code word every cuss word? that could actually be quite fun if we ran voting for replacement names?

            There's no plugin to manage a list easily

            The fluffybunny and piston wristed gibbon filters work but it's not really extendable to a long list of words (I'm doing a regex match). The f word by itself has so many variations

            There are plugins to put asterisks everywhere. But I think that looks f***'n s**

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            • Paekakboyz
              Paekakboyz @Duluth last edited by

              @Duluth language, language!!

              Bugg-er, that would have been pretty funny.

              Sigh, clean-ish language here we come.

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              • Duluth
                Duluth @Rembrandt last edited by Duluth

                @Rembrandt said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                Maybe get that donation page up again as a bit of a buffer?

                Nah, its a relatively small amount of money. We could cover it if we had too

                The last time we did donations we got too much. We have nothing to spend it on... At this rate we'll need more disk space in 6-8 years and our CPU barely gets above 5%

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                • Rembrandt
                  Rembrandt @Duluth last edited by Duluth

                  @Duluth said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                  @Rembrandt said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                  Maybe get that donation page up again as a bit of a buffer?

                  Nah, its a relatively small amount of money. We could cover it if we had too

                  The last time we did donations we got too much. We have nothing to spend it on... At this rate we'll need more disk space in 6-8 years and our CPU barely gets above 5%

                  Might I suggest the 'Strippers' thread for spending ideas

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                  • Rapido
                    Rapido last edited by

                    Maybe tall poopy is urban slang for an enormous wanger.?

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                    • mariner4life
                      mariner4life last edited by mariner4life

                      ah forget it

                      plus you can't put astrisks everywhere because that are all formatting short cuts!!

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                      • No Quarter
                        No Quarter last edited by

                        @Duluth I'll make an effort to reign it in, I got pretty carried away with swearing in the CWC Final thread, however justified that swearing may have been (surprised that didn't get flagged).

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                        • mariner4life
                          mariner4life last edited by

                          flagging discussion boards for swearing is puritanical bullshit at its absolute worst.

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                          • Bones
                            Bones @mariner4life last edited by

                            @mariner4life said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                            ah forget it

                            plus you can't put astrisks everywhere because that are all formatting short cuts!!

                            Who you calling a cut?

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                            • mariner4life
                              mariner4life @Bones last edited by

                              @Bones said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                              @mariner4life said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                              ah forget it

                              plus you can't put astrisks everywhere because that are all formatting short cuts!!

                              Who you calling a cut?

                              you!

                              oh actually, that could be a good game. insults that don't read like insults

                              why don't you come over here and take a drink straight from my coke.

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                              • Paekakboyz
                                Paekakboyz @Bones last edited by

                                @Bones cu*t is the preferred terminology bro

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                                • Bones
                                  Bones @mariner4life last edited by

                                  @mariner4life said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                                  @Bones said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                                  @mariner4life said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                                  ah forget it

                                  plus you can't put astrisks everywhere because that are all formatting short cuts!!

                                  Who you calling a cut?

                                  you!

                                  oh actually, that could be a good game. insults that don't read like insults

                                  why don't you come over here and take a drink straight from my coke.

                                  It's flat.

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                                  • Kirwan
                                    Kirwan @mariner4life last edited by

                                    @mariner4life advertisers don’t want their ads next to certain content. It’s not the language so much as it’s guess at the context.

                                    We had references to adult entertainers, death camps and liberal use for the f word. God knows what it thought was being discussed.

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                                    • mariner4life
                                      mariner4life @Bones last edited by mariner4life

                                      @Bones said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                                      @mariner4life said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                                      @Bones said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                                      @mariner4life said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                                      ah forget it

                                      plus you can't put astrisks everywhere because that are all formatting short cuts!!

                                      Who you calling a cut?

                                      you!

                                      oh actually, that could be a good game. insults that don't read like insults

                                      why don't you come over here and take a drink straight from my coke.

                                      It's flat.

                                      it doesn't feel fizzed by what it's looking at.

                                      you are so ugly you make my coke flat

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                                      • Smudge
                                        Smudge @Kirwan last edited by

                                        @Kirwan said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                                        We had references to adult entertainers, death camps and liberal use for the f word. God knows what it thought was being discussed.

                                        One of Mokey's books?

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                                        • mariner4life
                                          mariner4life @Kirwan last edited by

                                          @Kirwan said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                                          @mariner4life advertisers don’t want their ads next to certain content. It’s not the language so much as it’s guess at the context.

                                          We had references to adult entertainers, death camps and liberal use for the f word. God knows what it thought was being discussed.

                                          me either, but it sounds bloody interesting

                                          serious question. Do advertisers really (i mean behind closed doors) care where their ads are seen, as long as they are seen?

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                                          • Duluth
                                            Duluth last edited by Duluth

                                            If they were just flagging swearing it would happen all the time

                                            It'll be the swear words near other words triggering the algorithm

                                            The first time we're fairly sure if was the f word near another word that was misinterpreted. It thought someone was discussing having relations with someone who was no longer living.

                                            This time? Not so obvious

                                            Maybe the career of Kelleher's ex?
                                            Maybe the number of swear words in posts mentioning coerced german accommodation from the middle of last century? Although that isn't sexual.
                                            Maybe it was the piston wristed gibbon references that got around the word censor?

                                            But less swearing overall would mean less chance of triggering it

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                                            • Bones
                                              Bones @mariner4life last edited by

                                              @mariner4life said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                                              @Bones said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                                              @mariner4life said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                                              @Bones said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                                              @mariner4life said in Another Google Strike - Former ABs Thread:

                                              ah forget it

                                              plus you can't put astrisks everywhere because that are all formatting short cuts!!

                                              Who you calling a cut?

                                              you!

                                              oh actually, that could be a good game. insults that don't read like insults

                                              why don't you come over here and take a drink straight from my coke.

                                              It's flat.

                                              it doesn't feel fizzed by what it's looking at.

                                              you are so ugly you make my coke flat

                                              It's not as bad for my teeth that way.

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                                              • Rembrandt
                                                Rembrandt @mariner4life last edited by

                                                @mariner4life They are more terrified of the twitterati outrage mob who happen to be the same folk writing articles for the majority of online retarded news publications. www.changetheterms.com to give you an idea.

                                                Most normal people don't care and advertisers don't seem to understand that or want to risk the bad publicity.

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