The note on language getting weird -- yeah. We hope that by keeping it up to date, we can be as far (or close to it) as language changes. I agree: that trend is concerning.
There’s a line on our doc page:
> Respectify is not an engine for monoculture of thought, but in fact intends to assist in the opposite while encouraging in healthy interaction along the way.
We don’t want to monitor or enforce saying specific things. We want people to be able to speak, but understand how others will hear them.
All those times people talk past each other. Or are rude but don’t realise it. Or are rude but don’t care (and should because it’s a human on the other end.) Or the worse people who intentionally say something awful and… just maybe can learn a bit about what they’re saying.
I get your fear. I think I’ve seen AI used for bad quite a bit. I hope, given the tech isn’t going away, we can use it to make things a bit better. That’s the goal.
I get that objection, and we are certainly very uninterested in that becoming the norm. The idea, of course, is to try to prevent comments that we want prevented and that aren't helpful.
Different bloggers and different communities are going to define that differently. That is why we are making a good-faith effort at allowing sites/people/groups to tweak this as desired.
Thank for your feedback.
First, Thanks so much for trying this out and giving us feedback.
Have you tried adjusting the settings on the left side? For instance, reducing or eliminating dog whistle checks?
I'm sure that'll help, but I'd imagine it's not an option available to me as a commenter on a real website using your tool?
Thanks again for trying it. Really grateful.
Same for the phrase "Horrible people" -- that isn't necessarily in and of itself a bad thing to say.