myLot said a word I used violated their terms of service. I'm puzzled!
@lloydanthony111 (4698)
United States
July 6, 2007 12:07am CST
I just replied to a post asking for my favorite recipe. I replied desribing how I like to make a Sunday Seafood Delight consisting of crabs, clams and a nice "mixed" salad. Instead of using the word "mixed" I used the word "tossed".
To my surprise I received the following messege from myLot:
The following word or words violate myLot's terms of use. Please reword your submission and try again.
Is the other word I used for mixing the salad offensive to some people? What could have caused them to say that word or combination of words violated myLot's tems of use? This is the first time I have ever heard of such a thing.
I am very puzzled.
You can read my post at the following discussion. The so called offensive term was near the bottom of the post. As you can see, I changed the wording to "mix".
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/698924.aspx
Tell me what you think about this.
Lloyd
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28 responses
@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
6 Jul 07
it's just an oversensitive program doing it-it pulls any word that might even be construed as borderline offensive irregardless of context.
i've had to change words a few times myself,though i will say sometimes it's hard to find a new one that fits well with the paragraph.
@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
6 Jul 07
It really must be a very sensitive program if it thinks that "t-ssed" salad is a bad word. lol.
Thanks.
Lloyd
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@fredgame (1260)
• China
6 Jul 07
i don't really know that if the wording or the idea that could have been expressed might be the cause but i've encountered a similar challenge and i had to change my words in order to post my discussions as i was told i chose not to view muture content but my discussions contains things of muture nature. so i do reword. maybe that's her privacy policy.
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
6 Jul 07
I'm completely puzzled about this case. I was describing a recipe.
I never cook mature natured meals. LOL.
Lloyd
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
6 Jul 07
If toss, tossed or tossing is a no-no then why were you able to use it in this discussion and why can I use it now in a response?
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
6 Jul 07
It was the combination of using "tossed" with "salad" that caused the problem.
This has to be a bug in the system because in no way did I use it in a offensive manner.
Lloyd
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
6 Jul 07
I have absolutely no idea what the problem is with the word you mentioned. It is weird.
Oh, well, at least you were patient enough to try a different word.
@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
6 Jul 07
Some previous posts might have explained what the problem might be in this case.
Trying a different word was easy, but I don't see why I had to edit my post like that.
Lloyd
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@juliefaye (1214)
• Philippines
6 Jul 07
Sometimes mylot admin causes us headache. There is a post a replied about badminton and of course i can't help mentioning the ball used as shuttle c*ck but it's not worth as mylot will notify you to change that word. Is there a synonym for shuttle co*ck?
I don't understand them!
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@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
6 Jul 07
For badminton we call it a birdie..instead of shuttle ****..hope that helps...
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@CoffeeAnyone (3210)
• Canada
6 Jul 07
Well very interesting! I have never had that happen to me! Maybe that thought you were going to toss someone around? LOL
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
6 Jul 07
It's the first time this has ever happened to me. I would never write about "tossing" someone around.LOL.
Hopefully we will be able to figure this one out.
Lloyd
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@weemam (13372)
•
6 Jul 07
When I started here I wrote something and I can't even remember what the word was I got wrong , but I read it through and through and in the end I deleted the whole discussion as I couldn't do it without the word and I would never write anything that was offensive , and yet there are discussions in here that are disgusting and are allowed , I will never understand it xx
@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I can't understand it either. I've come across some gross conversations here at myLot that were allowed.
One girl was posting so many disgusting discussions her rating was down to 2.
I had never seen a rating that low, so you know how bad her topics were.
@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
6 Jul 07
It's a warning, atleast you didn't get an autoamtic ejection!;)LoL
I really am puzzled to that word also, just don't know the components of that word to be considered offensive. But I guess we just have to oblige and let them be, just try to be careful not to use that word again!;)
There's also another mylot user member who received the same warning as your's, as she also used the word "t*ssed".
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
7 Jul 07
I don't think they'd do that, they always give us fair chances in every ways!;)
But I do want to thank you for posting this, most of us got more aware of using such words. But you did good, not like others who whine and complain, that I was always wondering why still do stay in here when they have the option to leave this site.. LoL
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
7 Jul 07
No I would never whine and complain about myLot. It's still one of the best sites on the internet.
They pay and they pay on time. Now many so called "internet business opportunities" can make that claim.
Lloyd
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I would hope they wouldn't automatically remove me for such a minor mistake.
Hopefully one day they will explain why certain word hit a sore spot with myLot.
Lloyd
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I had to find another word to replace it. That was a very long post. I would have hated to just loose it.
I'm still confused too.
Lloyd
@jbrooks0127 (2324)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Are you sure this message actually came from MyLot? This seems very strange.
The word you talk about, used in any form, should not be against MyLot rules. This sounds very strange. I have seen far more offensive terms on here and I don't think they had a problem with it.
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I'm positive the message came from myLot. It was posted in bright red.
It is very strange and I too have seen many posts that were more offensive than "tossed" ----"salad".
Lloyd
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
7 Jul 07
I don't get it either. maybe the 'x' LOL jut messing with you. I don't remember having this experience, maybe I had but didn't pay attention to it, just changed the word I guess
@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
7 Jul 07
What do you mean when you say the "x" is messing with me?
Just curious.
Lloyd
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@revdauphinee (5703)
• United States
6 Jul 07
its just my lot being my lot theve done that before ,they have their own sence of what is proper once i was talking about a donkey and couldnt call it an a88 its ridiculous isnt it ?
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I just can't believe there are people who would be offended by me using "tossed" in a recipe.
It surely is ridiculous.
Lloyd
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
7 Jul 07
I know that you may be upset about this, but trust me it is okay to laugh at it. I have had this happen to me several times and it is always funny to me. I will use a perfectly innocent word not even thinking about a double meaning and to me it is funny that the moderators are thinking about things that would never have crossed my mind. When I think of the other meaning, I can't help but laugh.
@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I'm not upset about it at all. I was just a little puzzled as to why that term violated myLot's terms.
I have to admit, I never knew it had a double meaning.
Lloyd
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@xfahctor (14118)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
6 Jul 07
So does this now mean thatany normal everyday word thatbecomes a slang word is going to be put in to the filter? If this is the case the whole english language will eventualy be banned from mylot. If you ask me, it is political correctness and sterility gone insane. I also notice the filter works in private messaging. Now I can understand filtering CERTAIN words from the public view but privately it is another matter.
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
7 Jul 07
You have a point. Sooner or later, the whole English language will be banned.
They probably need to lighten up and let the people here at myLot police themselves.
Lloyd
@rusty2rusty (6751)
• Defiance, Ohio
6 Jul 07
I have had to change a few words a couple of times as well. I gues they want to make sure there is no foul language or anything that would offend other members being of a sexually nature. I can see their point. So don't worry about it. It happens to the best of us.
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I just don't see how "tossed" can be considered foul language.
People are really getting very sensitive these days.
Lloyd
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@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
6 Jul 07
I have encountered this and it appears that it is a program that watches these discussions being made. I had responded about duck and that you needed to pr1ck it all over the skin so that fat would drain off and the P word was flagged. So no context is allowed for. Good thing we have command of the English language so we can use substitutions and get our points across. Anyway, Good luck with all your future discussions and responses.
@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
7 Jul 07
They need to upgrade the way they observe different words. Pri-ck can be used in many ways, but it also has non offensive uses.
Lloyd
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@estherlou (5015)
• United States
8 Jul 07
Well, that's a new one for sure! The first thought I had was that we have lots of "slang" uses for many words such as cherry, crabs, tomato, etc. that have been derogatory, but tossed? That's a good one. I wish we could find out for sure. Sometimes you wonder if it is safe to discuss anything at all.
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
14 Jul 07
Finding some derogatory about the word "tossed"
is really reaching.
I can't understand why they are so sensitive and polically correct.
Lloyd
@cwilson26 (2735)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I have had this happen to me once. Believe me the word I used was in no way offensive but I just figured it must be their system misunderstanding the word I used for another one so I just changed it. Let's see if I can get away with saying it now. The word was crap. That was it. I don't know why they would take offense to the word you used. Weird! :)
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Well "crap" went through this time. LOL. It must just be an over sensitive glitch in their system.
I don't thing anyone I know would ever use a word in an offensive manner.
Lloyd
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@jillmalitz (5131)
• United States
6 Jul 07
Wow! That is wild. Who would think that a word such as "tossed" would violate anything? I don't see how in any context that word could violate anything. I would question it. There are a lot of other words that could be a lot more offensive.
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Where I come from "tossed" means to throw or fling. Here's an example. "The ship tossed in the stormy sea".
To equate it with anything else is ludicris.
Lloyd
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Hi Naty.
I never intended to offend anyone. I think it might just be a oversensitive program.
Hopefully we will all find out soon.
Lloyd
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