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Comment on TikTok is automatically taking down posts with the Epstein files

Somewhat related note / PSA to all:

When typing on Android 16 using Gboard (with permissions and custom dictionary turned off), the words “pedophile,” “pedophilia,” and “pedophilic” do not show up in the suggested set of words or autocorrections. It doesn’t say these are spelled wrong after you complete the word though. It simply offers no suggestions after “pedoph-” is typed and shows literally nothing when you put the cursor on the completed word, unlike any other word.

Out of curiosity, I tried a bunch of swear words and slurs. Gboard will gladly show the N word if typed correctly for example, but not pedophile. (“Cocksucker” is the only other word I can find that has this seeming lack of dictionary presence.)

The fuck?

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IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
couldn’t replicate your issue. sorry

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Xanvial@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It shows up in mine if it started with “Paedo”, which is the correct dictionary words afaik

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Sam_Bass@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Been using heliboard here for about 6 months now and is the same way

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notabot@piefed.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It’s likely only showing autocomplete for commonly used works, or maybe words that are statistically likely to be next, otherwise the list would be enourmous. There is a setting to not show offensive words, disabling that make is show pedophile as an option.

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- catbum@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Good call on the offensive words being disabled as suggestions. I definitely thought I had offensive word suggestions enabled, considering “cunt” and “dickwad” and all sorts of other stuff showed up (stuff I don’t recall typing before anyway) when I wasn’t enabling it.
  
  Just to confirm, I have offensive words enabled now and yes, pedophile and its relatives do show up. So it’s just … The hierarchy of offensiveness seems weird, eh.
  
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  - notabot@piefed.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    The hierarchy of offensiveness seems weird
    
    I was initially of the same opinion, but actually, which of those would you be most offended to be called? I wonder if that’s the scale they’re using?
    
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    catbum@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I absolutely get where you’re coming from, in the sense that being called a pedophile is way more damningly offensive than simply being a cunty cocksucker, for example.
    
    It does seem like a derived scale though if that’s the intent, like they’re ranking the actionability or capacity of the word to offend rather than the “how bad is this to say on network TV” level of offensiveness I’d expect.
    
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