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Re:Amazon competitor got our belt listing taken down by sayi... by techdragon on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @04:04AM (#26086991)
Why should it matter? It’s a dictionary, words are in it. What will they find objectionable is utterly random and should not be a factor... what people find objectionable enough to hardcode exceptions for can be rather idiosyncratic https://twitter.com/techdrgn/status/1359221506165805060?s=21 for example.

More importantly, the issue is that there’s no recourse in these cases. It’s downright stupid that you can report a dictionary for this and get them permanently banned. If the issue is don’t run ads on naught word pages then google should make this list public and stop ruining businesses by practicing “I’ll know it when I see it” style moderation by algorithmic bots without human oversight.

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Re:Amazon competitor got our belt listing taken down by sayi... by toshk on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @04:39AM (#26087211)
If you are trying to sell a dictionary I see no reason why a company should allow you to advertise on the word "rape" to do so.
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Re:Amazon competitor got our belt listing taken down by sayi... by ajford on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @08:57AM (#26089094)
That's like saying Oxford Dictionary shouldn't be able to make money off their dictionary because it contains the word rape.

It's a damn definition, not an article or essay on rape. Facts shouldn't be censored because someone feels it might offend their delicate senses.

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Re:Amazon competitor got our belt listing taken down by sayi... by toshk on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @10:18AM (#26090248)
I don't mean that.

I mean it's fine to have those pages. Google also ranks them for those keywords.

But I can understand why a company won't allow someone to specifically run ads on those keywords. Like the above comment about ebay talks about.

I'm not sure whether that happened in this case or not, but that was my question

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