Censored by M S N

Journal entry
June 6, 2002

Apparently Microsoft have decided to put themselves above morals and ethics and decide for the users of the MSN Messenger what they may and may not call themselves. When trying to change your .NET name, some words will simply make your name “invalid”. So far I have identified the following, does anybody have a list of these forbidden words?

  • Abuse
  • Admin
  • Fuck
  • Microsoft
  • MSN
  • Messenger
  • Spam
  • Tits

Oddly enough, “porn” is accepted…

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jeppe June 6, 2002

Anything that has the letters "www" in it.

Jakob August 16, 2002

Add "tech" to the list

homie September 2, 2002

add..'remember'

asdf October 26, 2002

words like nazi and microsoft are also banned, but the one that struck me as really odd was "help". If anyone can explain that one to me I will be amazed.

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