Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names like ‘Dick’ and ‘Cummings’

Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by AdrianB1 on Saturday January 11, 2020 @04:35PM (#22022487)

Forbidding a name like Cummings because it is not "polite" is neither secular or logical. Also in non-Catholic Christian countries sex and nudity are not a big deal (example: Germany), so you are partially right: not a Christian connotation, just particular forms of it.

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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by koyote on Saturday January 11, 2020 @09:07PM (#22023952)

It's ironic that you specifically mention Germany.

Although you are correct about nudity not being a big deal there, they actually have specific laws about the names that newborn children are allowed to be given.

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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by AdrianB1 on Sunday January 12, 2020 @08:14AM (#22026145)

That is a different matter: state control over citizens. We have the same laws, inspired from Germany (we are geographically close).

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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by def_true_false on Sunday January 12, 2020 @10:40AM (#22026730)

Half the Christians in Germany are Catholics.

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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by thaumasiotes on Saturday January 11, 2020 @08:30PM (#22023795)

> Also in non-Catholic Christian countries sex and nudity are not a big deal (example: Germany)

Example: the United States.

Oh wait, that one goes the other way.

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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by Thorrez on Sunday January 12, 2020 @03:38AM (#22025208)

> Forbidding a name like Cummings because it is not "polite" is neither secular or logical.

How do you know it's not secular? Are you sure the people who made the decision at Lyft were religious, or did it for religious reasons?

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