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Microsoft's decency Police make random arrests | |
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| Time: 04:24 EST/09:24 GMT | News Source: The Register | Posted By: Alex Harris | ||
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After The Register published this story - My name's too rude for MS Passport - you've given us a fascinating insight into the role of the service as an arbiter of public decency. Specifically, into the criteria Hotmail admins employ for accepting user names. Who gets in, and who doesn't? Well, in addition to scanning for offensive strings, some names contain reserved words, or keywords goes the theory. So 'Maillard' is banned because it contains the string 'mail'. Jesse Towner thinks this is why our "vautour" pseudonym was rejected - because it contains 'auto', and why she couldn't register as her surname contains the string 'own'. Then again we heard from a Vautour in Canada who had successfully used her surname - suggesting that there are geographic inconsistencies too. | ||
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| #1 By 2062 (67.0.52.213) at 6/25/2002 4:40:09 AM |
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This is yet another example of the register blowing things out of proportion just to get hits. This is no big deal, most sites filter out bad words. If you want an example, aol has been filtering screen names since 1994. On AOL you cant make any screen name that starts with 'masterb' because it might look like masterbat... There's a ton of examples, like sys, welcome, profile, etc. If the register wants to be fair, they should include other sites that have been doing the same thing for YEARS.
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| #2 By 665 (64.126.91.172) at 6/25/2002 7:19:28 AM |
| Isn't this like the third article they have written on this? It's getting old. |
| #3 By 2960 (156.80.64.164) at 6/25/2002 1:06:47 PM |
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I guess Mr. Lipshitz don't get his :)
IU |
| #4 By 3653 (65.190.70.73) at 6/25/2002 5:09:18 PM |
| Could we have one of those new ActiveWin polls asking the question... "Should ActiveWin link to Register editorials?" |
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