C is for [CENSORED]: We Can't Say WHAT?!?

If you comment regularly on ANY blog which uses the Disqus comment-processing software, you've probably gotten recent posts sent to auto-moderation or discarded as spam -- even though you never had that problem before.  Disqus has added a word-filter which reacts not only to swearwords, hate speech, and words commonly used by spammers...but also to proper medical terms, childish synonyms for curse words, and mild insults like "dumb" / "ugly". ( I pity the Disqus regular trying to comment on a cooking blog and request a recipe for jerk chicken breasts!)

Even more surprising, the word "monster" landed on their blacklist (forget any discussions of AD&D gaming, horror movies, or half the Sesame Street Muppets).  So did the names of some popular web sites that don't compete with Disqus and have strict anti-spam policies themselves  (What on earth has Disqus got against YouTube?)    Here's hoping the filter-writers come to their senses soon!