Whatever system filter is in place on the Mojang website to "filter" out inappropriate usernames is broken as the available username "Effinanne" which is the username currently used and not flagged here is being deemed as offensive. I believe the system filter may be bugged or not working. I am looking to make the username switch for safety reasons as my account name currently contains personal information and the filter being broken makes this change difficult. I want to reiterate that the username is available, contains no offensive, crude, discriminatory, or otherwise unfriendly language but it is still being flagged making the continued use of my account a safety hazard since it contains personal information.
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I hope so too, I've come back to this issue every couple of months for the past year or two in an attempt to get it fixed. Sadly, nothing has changed yet.
Its a shame that this issues is basically ignored or invalidated in such a way. If there is no interest in actually fixing the problem then they should clearly say "We have no interest in this problem nor how it affects our users and as such will not be addressing nor fixing it." Instead of copy pasting an excerpt of the same rules that state they have a "lax policy" on usernames for the game.
Commenting again because I'd like to have some answer whether this will be addressed or not please. I fail to see why my username which is non offensive is flagged as such and if there's any way to fix this that isnt the incredibly lazy answer of "pick another username".
Agreed, after further research I've come to see how bad the filter really is. It's super easy to bypass, you can say ANY word you want if you just add or remove a letter in the middle of the word. I'm obviously not happy about my name being falsely flagged for no reason, but now I'm actually kind of mad that the filter is so easy to bypass, but I somehow got caught in the crossfire for no reason. Possibly the worst filter I've ever had the pleasure of dealing with in my about 10 years of using the internet.
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I hope someone takes the time to check this as the username is available and used in many places so this flagging is unwarranted. Thank you.