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VocaDB is a Vocaloid Database with translated artists, albums, music videos and more.
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Limit/Forbid specific user names #1713

Open andreoda opened 6 months ago

andreoda commented 6 months ago

To prevent mix ups and for proper moderation.

User names:

Perhaps, this list could also include some other names like those related to profanity. Feedback is wanted.

Related: https://github.com/VocaDB/vocadb/issues/1712 & https://github.com/VocaDB/vocadb/issues/1391

FinnRG commented 6 months ago

@andreoda This isn't difficult to implement, but I would like to point out that filters like these can usually be bypassed very easily (especially if the list is hardcoded, and VocaDB is open source) and can block normal usernames (i. e. blocking "Dev" could also block one of the many normal names starting with "Dev").

I personally think that manual moderation would be more effective. Why don't we create a guideline that misleading names are forbidden and rename the users who create these accounts?

This also applies to filtering profanities (I very much recommend this video by Tom Scott about content blocking: https://youtu.be/CcZdwX4noCE).

But I'm open to other suggestions/feedback regarding this.

andreoda commented 6 months ago

That sounds like a good idea. Maybe we could also use a bot to check for forbidden usernames when they register or when they rename themselves to such. I would like to know @Shiroizu s opinion on this issue as well.