Can we get an autoban plugin?

Can we get an autoban plugin?

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Forboding Angel
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Can we get an autoban plugin?

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Specifically for exact words and phrases.

Specifically to be used for homophobic or racist slurs. I find it somewhat disturbing that there isn't something in place already.
gajop
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Re: Can we get an autoban plugin?

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Wouldn't you be the first one to get banned by such a system based on your discussion on discord? I doubt it would be able to reliably tell apart racism from talking about racism.
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Re: Can we get an autoban plugin?

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I find it somewhat disturbing that there isn't something in place already.
Ah yes, the default config is very niggardly, it's hard for players to peacefully have a gay time without naggers interrupting.
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nixtux
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Re: Can we get an autoban plugin?

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Ohh it's gay time with sprunk everywhere.....
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Re: Can we get an autoban plugin?

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Forboding Angel
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Re: Can we get an autoban plugin?

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That's cute, but all of this is an aside. Just because there are potential pitfalls for too zealous banning, doesn't mean that you don't put anything in place for it.
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Re: Can we get an autoban plugin?

Post by sprunk »

I think the better use for such system would be to make reports for a human to handle it, not ban by itself. Overzeal is alright when it has no direct consequences but I don't think the community is big enough to be able to afford false positives that result in a ban. This is especially true when the filter is trivially circumventable and simply requires to be overzealous to be able to catch anything at all.
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