Mobile Phone Censorship

[VenerableHippie]

I was messaging on my Korean smartphone the other day and typed the word: 'ecstacy'. (Also called m.d.m.a. or 'molly'.)

Now I know that no one on site here would ever take this pharmaceutical, but I know you would be interested in the censorship hidden inside my phone and maybe yours.

You see every time I tried to type the above word the phone changed 'ecstacy' to 'eustace'. Goodness knows what else is inside there as I haven't long owned a smart phone.

Anyway ... there's the Man again, the Establishment, interfering with our Freedom.

 

[sneezydog]

thats not as bad as just TALKING about wanting something, and then the ads show you those things to buy... thats a freaky one. I want a hardwired computer myself.

 

[Douglas.Curtis]

The new fangled communication devices try to force people to have no idea about spelling punctuation. I strongly advise turning off predictive text and spell check functions. This way your typois will be normal and undrstindable. lol

Who's Molly, and why is she coming with us again?? lolololol

 

[sneezydog]

yes its nice to be able to make tyops sithout repercussion or percussion. but the rest of the pgone is watching still....
nice to be able to spell a word. instead of just throwing letters and hoping they come together or worse yet talk to text.

 

[Ca++]

Spelt it wrong on my Samsung, and it corrected it for me.
It's just a word who's meaning isn't foremost a drug. Just like a dog isn't foremost an ugly bird.

 

[VenerableHippie]

The new fangled communication devices try to force people to have no idea about spelling punctuation. I strongly advise turning off predictive text and spell check functions. This way your typois will be normal and undrstindable. lol

Who's Molly, and why is she coming with us again?? lolololol

There's thread on-site titled Mary Jane meets Molly Roll ... in case yr intertested.

 

[VenerableHippie]

I

Spelt it wrong on my Samsung, and it corrected it for me.
It's just a word who's meaning isn't foremost a drug. Just like a dog isn't foremost an ugly bird.

I must have an earlier phone then. It was secondhand. Maybe a drug deaaler owned it before me.

 

[Ca++]

eustace is a name, without a capital. This has been taught the phone through continued input. Though a used phone is usually wiped by the seller and buyer, so maybe somebody else uses your phone?

My phone is 5yo. I'm waiting for someone to make a replacement with the same functionality. However, the situation just worsens.

 

[St. Phatty]

I like this song



I hope your phone doesn't censor songs about MDMA.

 

[brickweeder]

cant u just turn your auto-correct off?

 

[VenerableHippie]

cant u just turn your auto-correct off?

Yep. Done that. Then sent the msge ...

 

[brickweeder]

ok. then maybe just type in "x" instead of ecstacy

 

[Ca++]

I just remembered. After factory reset, my auto-fill still remembered. I have poked about trying to specifically make it forget, with no joy. It remembers things like my email and subtle variations of it, that I no longer use. Generally variations that are off the edge of the screen when I get the suggestion list. Thus, I can't choose the one I want, and must type in the whole thing. Which is about the only time I would rather not.

Edit: I just hit me. I don't have auto-fill. I have suggestions. Auto-fill was making changes. I honestly hated it. I have it set for suggestions. It says what I tell it, but offers suggestions along an upper tool-bar that I can tap on to use them.