Manipulation of browsers?

[Anonymous]

There was a recent thread where some mouth-breathing MAGA-head was spelling it “v@ccine”. I bet that’s it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just because someone types a$$hole or something like that doesn’t mean the word asshole is actually banned.

Exactly. But in the experiments I’ve run, if someone types asshole and I reply, I get a forbidden message unless I change to a$$hole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is it then, that some people are allowed to post words that others are banned from posting? I see posts with people using particular words, and the reply to that post has to physically manipulate those same words to get the reply to go through?

Words such as…?

+1

Which words, OP?

My money is on something dumb & MAGAy.

It was not anything MAGAy. They were approved words a lot of other people use all the time. But with the test persona I created, that person was banned from using the same words, which means a targeted approach is being used

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is it then, that some people are allowed to post words that others are banned from posting? I see posts with people using particular words, and the reply to that post has to physically manipulate those same words to get the reply to go through?

Words such as…?

+1

Which words, OP?

My money is on something dumb & MAGAy.

It was not anything MAGAy. They were approved words a lot of other people use all the time. But with the test persona I created, that person was banned from using the same words, which means a targeted approach is being used

I’m a conservative but seriously??? Why don’t you just go post somewhere else. The lengths you’ve gone through to try to prove some conspiracy about this board… get a life!

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:It was not anything MAGAy. They were approved words a lot of other people use all the time. But with the test persona I created, that person was banned from using the same words, which means a targeted approach is being used

Hold on, so you had one persona with the username "Anonymous" and then you created a second persona with the username "Anonymous" and you fooled everyone? Do I have that right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is it then, that some people are allowed to post words that others are banned from posting? I see posts with people using particular words, and the reply to that post has to physically manipulate those same words to get the reply to go through?

Words such as…?

+1

Which words, OP?

My money is on something dumb & MAGAy.

It was not anything MAGAy. They were approved words a lot of other people use all the time. But with the test persona I created, that person was banned from using the same words, which means a targeted approach is being used

What were they?

They probably explain why you’re getting banned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was a recent thread where some mouth-breathing MAGA-head was spelling it “v@ccine”. I bet that’s it.

The antivax crazies do this on Facebook and Twitter so their BS posts don’t get deleted.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was not anything MAGAy. They were approved words a lot of other people use all the time. But with the test persona I created, that person was banned from using the same words, which means a targeted approach is being used

Hold on, so you had one persona with the username "Anonymous" and then you created a second persona with the username "Anonymous" and you fooled everyone? Do I have that right?

This just killed me

[Anonymous]

Once I tried to post a reply to a post and I kept getting error. I redid my post multiple times and I was certain there was no bad words in it and still got error. Finally gave up trying to quote the post and just posted my reply and it went through that time on the first try. So there must have been something in the post I was trying to reply to that was blocked for me but not the person who originally posted it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once I tried to post a reply to a post and I kept getting error. I redid my post multiple times and I was certain there was no bad words in it and still got error. Finally gave up trying to quote the post and just posted my reply and it went through that time on the first try. So there must have been something in the post I was trying to reply to that was blocked for me but not the person who originally posted it.

If you link tot he thread in question, you might get an explanation. For instance, if some time has passed since the prior comment was posted, a new word might have been added to the banned list that wasn’t there at the time it was posted. That would result in you being unable to quote the post due to the banned word, even though it was not banned when originally posted.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was not anything MAGAy. They were approved words a lot of other people use all the time. But with the test persona I created, that person was banned from using the same words, which means a targeted approach is being used

Hold on, so you had one persona with the username "Anonymous" and then you created a second persona with the username "Anonymous" and you fooled everyone? Do I have that right?

I’m simplifying because most people don’t understand detailed tech

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was not anything MAGAy. They were approved words a lot of other people use all the time. But with the test persona I created, that person was banned from using the same words, which means a targeted approach is being used

Hold on, so you had one persona with the username "Anonymous" and then you created a second persona with the username "Anonymous" and you fooled everyone? Do I have that right?

I’m simplifying because most people don’t understand detailed tech

I’m sure it’s all easier to understand after you put in the tin-foil hat.

[Anonymous]

Now I think about it, I seem to remember that this happens to me too. But it's so rare I can't even remember the exact circumstances, and I don't care enough to make up conspiracy theories around it. I've always just assumed the system occasionally glitches. On the whole, DCUM runs rather efficiently given it only has one (or two?) full-time people working on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once I tried to post a reply to a post and I kept getting error. I redid my post multiple times and I was certain there was no bad words in it and still got error. Finally gave up trying to quote the post and just posted my reply and it went through that time on the first try. So there must have been something in the post I was trying to reply to that was blocked for me but not the person who originally posted it.

Very clear example of what I speak of. I do notice that with some browsers that use icons, the lock icon, which is supposed to show locked all the time, unlocks when one hits reply on this forum.

[Anonymous]

There is something called device fingerprinting that allows a website to collect some very specific tracking data, which updates automatically. Jeff says he does not use it and I am taking his word on that, because I don’t believe he wants the legal quagmire that can go along using this method without specific, revocable consent from members.