I was once tasked with filtering user comments so nothing that “might start a bar fight” got through. In any language. After about 2 seconds of thought, I said “no!”… and when asked to explain, pointed out that I’d have to filter out any reference to any football (or other “important” sport) team or player, positive OR negative. And I’d have to filter out any reference to religion, politics or celebrities. Then there are various deadly insults in various languages and cultures. How in the heck could I catch “Yeah, and your mother wears combat boots!” Or “Well, the dress doesn’t make you look fat!” Or “FSM is better than Jahweh.”
I didn’t have to quit: The boss decided to go with my fall back suggestion: Let the bar hire a real-time bowdlerizer (he’d never heard of Thomas Bowdler, so of course, had now idea how much of a kerfuffle he kicked up).
drbee about 4 years ago
Yes, please! Long overdue
scote1379 Premium Member about 4 years ago
Good on you Twitter , Facebook have no balls !
The Love of Money is . . . about 4 years ago
But we’ll need to wait until after the election and see if he loses.
mourdac Premium Member about 4 years ago
His melt down over “fact checking” is nothing compared to what Hair Groppenfuror would do if this occurred.
syzygy47 about 4 years ago
No disconnect with sense there.
Radish the wordsmith about 4 years ago
If racist Trump the Birther liar was an ordinary person he would have been suspended years ago.
Michael G. about 4 years ago
And then you wake up.
Concretionist about 4 years ago
I was once tasked with filtering user comments so nothing that “might start a bar fight” got through. In any language. After about 2 seconds of thought, I said “no!”… and when asked to explain, pointed out that I’d have to filter out any reference to any football (or other “important” sport) team or player, positive OR negative. And I’d have to filter out any reference to religion, politics or celebrities. Then there are various deadly insults in various languages and cultures. How in the heck could I catch “Yeah, and your mother wears combat boots!” Or “Well, the dress doesn’t make you look fat!” Or “FSM is better than Jahweh.”
I didn’t have to quit: The boss decided to go with my fall back suggestion: Let the bar hire a real-time bowdlerizer (he’d never heard of Thomas Bowdler, so of course, had now idea how much of a kerfuffle he kicked up).