Interesting question
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So I’m wondering… If I make a game that has a free chat system, and then I make a list full of offensive words that are meant to filter out the bad words users on the free chat will try to say to make the game family friendly (ex. if bad words are detected in the chat string, it will replace the string with “#####”), will the moderation still allow me to upload the game with the free chat system?
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@dan36 Instead of manually censoring words, you should use the built-in AI blocks to automatically filter words for you. That way, you don’t miss any potential words that can be used.
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@tao but you know, sometimes, AI doesn’t always get it right. Some players may get away with it from luck.
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@dan36 It’s the same with manual censoring. I could even argue using manual censoring would be worse since people can bypass words by using symbols instead of letters. AI can filter these out easier.
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@tao ohhh ok
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@dan36 Again, I believe. I have experience from other platforms that filter symbols that look similar to other words. out using AI filters. Some have it, some don’t. You would have to experiment. My suggestion is to both do it manually (any obvious words or phrases that people try to work around) and with AI