How does this game not just instantly ban a user who uses racist words. No text changes, no different letters. Pure hate.
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It should be. However thereās a couple words for countries or for colors in foreign languages that could either be potentially innocent or completely racist. Automated systems canāt always tell the difference. In almost all cases itās probably racist, but almost isnāt good enough for automatic bans.
That said racism is bannable and should be delt with swiftly. If you report it, they should be banned quickly. If not, thatās a problem.
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Youād think it would be. I know slurs arenāt either, considering thereās been times ive reported them and never got a āthanks for the reportā feedback message
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B and N are very close in the keyboard. Imagine missclicking the B if you wanted to write āBiggerā.
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yeah i dont think thats the case. in no other language does the ānā word exist as another word.
It absolutely does in Spanish. Itās the color black. Also even in English itās a country in Africa.
Racism is wrong and should be banned. Iām just saying thereās a problem with a fully automated system. Reporting should be sufficient to deal with it.
Well with the n word maybe someone who was black said it as slang. It would be wrong to punish them for that. But the n word with the hard r should be an instant ban. Telling someone to end their life should be an instant ban as well. Though I could also see someone telling baby dva to kill herself to reset so there is some grey area there too. Any slur that doesnāt have a double meaning could be an automatic ban though.
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i was talking about the word with the double G, e,r. fair enough there is a similar word that does mean the colour black but i have never seen anyone say that to someone in my 10 years of gaming lol.
Iāve heard people say it before in a derogatory way. Yeah, itās uncommon. I have also seen people get offended by black beans at the grocery store. So, ya know.
You can say any word in a derogatory sense, even words that properly describe a person, that doesnāt mean the word itself is derogatory.
I can call you a Human but say it in a way that sounds like you are lower than dirt.
The Spanish word for the color black, which is also the way to describe a Black person is racist only if the person hearing it takes it as racist. It isnāt on itās own merit.
This happens frequently for Japanese players because they have a specific way of saying āRun Away,ā that sounds like the Hard R. Automatic Systems or Persons with no study or respect of other cultures will take it as racist.
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Completely automated bans are almost never a good idea. The problem is that we donāt seem to have a big enough moderation team. Blizzardās solution is AI scanning for such words, but I just donāt see it working out that well.
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That was my point. Itās why automated systems for this type of thing donāt work.
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Of maybe the robot is secretly a bigot.
getting banned because a mexican dude was completimenting a skin that was black and so happened to use the word negro would be kinda funny tbhā¦
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youā¦ you MICROPHONE!!!
YOU ABSOLUTE SD CARD. CANT STAND YOU, YOU PAIR OF BINOCULARS! WHY I OUTTA CALL THE COPS ON YOUR DUMB NINTENDO WII LOOKING PHONE CASE! THATS RIGHT I SAID IT, YOUR ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE WORTH OF A BROKEN ELECTRIC GUITAR!!!
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its possible they managed to input a non traditional letter into the game which is commonly used in scam operations as some cant always tell the difference
Recording to Logbook.
Except the Nation Niger.
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Slang or not, if you can get suspended for just saying āDamnā or even āEZā, then it should be banable as well. I donāt care if you are black or not. They ban everything else so why not this as well?
because blizzard wants money they dont care what happens