Hello, I am coding a low-level game where you guess digits of pi, and I want to write words that if the username has, it stops you from proceeding (The reason is because I have a leaderboard), is this allowed or would I be kicked/banned?
Hey @Andrii-JrJr welcome to the forums!
This is allowed. Even other site mods have done this
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@Andrii-JrJr Got some more info and you cant publish it to the community with this unfortently.
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Yes, I also got more info. It is allowed if the swears are in secrets. Thats how Ironclad did it
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Is it okay if they’re stored in a database (so moderators can add more while it’s running, in case a spammer joins)? Would they need to be encrypted in that case?
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I think Replit would prevent creating accounts with inappropriate usernames, but I’m not sure.
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OP may not be using Replit Auth.
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In that case, could they (ab)use OpenAI’s moderation API endpoint for making sure usernames are appropriate?
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If that’s the case, I hope they’re using a good password hashing algorithm and storing passwords responsibly.
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It’s okay to have a list of swears in your code in a published Repl, but at the bare minimum, maybe make it hard for people to read.
If you encode the swears in base64, reverse them, or stick a bunch of random characters between them for future reference in your code, that’d be awesome.
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No they don’t. That has previously been an issue with someone named the word for ඞ pics i think.
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