"Bad word detector"

cs96871

I have recently made my FPC application and I am really excited. I go to post the link to the studio and what do I get? “Hmm…the bad word detector thinks there is a problem with your text. Please change it and remember to be respectful.” Why is this happening? I am not swearing. All I want to do is post my link. Please help!

when I receive [BAD WORD DETECTOR]
switch costume to [Outraged]
say [Really?! AGAIN?] for (a long time)

Last edited by cs96871 (Jan. 15, 2016 03:17:45)

TheMonsterOfTheDeep

Sometimes the bad word detector detects false positives - it thinks that there is a bad word when there actually isn't. It also doesn't like some link shorteners, so if you were posting your link with a link shortener it may have detected that.

You can normally fix false positives by rearranging the text in your comment.

gdpr533f604550b2f20900645890

Another possibility is that the URL of your project could contain a set of digits commonly used by commercial spammers, and therefore blocked by the Scratch Team.

DrKat123

Could you please post the comment that you want to post?

cs96871 · "Bad word detector" Hm… *Last edited by cs96871 (Jan. 16, 2016 03:32:59)*

Hm…

Last edited by cs96871 (Jan. 16, 2016 03:32:59)

Denciethepenguin

Did you use any kind of shortened link? If so, the detector didn't allow it because those links can lead to anything (such as a virus).

cs96871

I didn't. I'll keep trying to fix it

PrincessPanda_test_

DrKat123 wrote:
Could you please post the comment that you want to post?

cs96871

https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/1800224/ is the link I can't seem to work

gdpr533f604550b2f20900645890

cs96871 wrote:
https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/1800224/ is the link I can't seem to work

“1800” is a number often used by commercial spammers.

cs96871

What can I do? Oh no, I have to make a new studio don't I?

PrincessPanda_test_

cs96871 wrote:
What can I do? Oh no, I have to make a new studio don't I?

Try to report this issue to the Scratch Team. They may add this to the whitelist.

FinderGuy

Yeah. Once I typed the days of the week but it said bad word???!!!

Vienradze

Support

cs96871

Chibi-Matoran wrote:
“1800” is a number often used by commercial spammers.

I wonder why…

Scratcher1002

Vienradze wrote:
Support

This is the forum for Questions about Scratch, the suggestion for fixing the bad word detector is right here.

FinderGuy

What's wrong with the days of the week?

PrincessPanda_test_

FinderGuy wrote:
What's wrong with the days of the week?

The censor is pretty stupid sometimes.

cs96871

Agreed

MajesticB

Maybe th link has a hidden bad word in it, and it checks for missspellings of bad words, and thngs like them. If “cat” was a bad word, ckat, kat, catt, caot, and ccat, would also be banned

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