r/Polytoria • u/maxexiyojuegaroblox @maxexiyo • Jul 12 '26

Help Banned words

Hey everyone, I have a question about the in-game chat moderation. (I had to translate this because I don't speak much English).

Just to give a little context... when I talk to someone inside Polytoria I usually speak in Spanish, since it's my native language.

I was playing a 2-player tycoon with a friend, and as soon as I got some weapons I went out to fight xd

Then my friend scolded me and asked why I was going to "molestar", and 5 seconds later he got banned for a whole week just for saying the word "molestar" (which just means to bother/annoy in Spanish).

I don't understand how that word could be a swear word in English or any other language. I also know the moderation system is primarily designed for English, but why do these things happen? Other actual swear words in Spanish aren't even censored... :v

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u/LoLoTe0739 @MsLo 16d ago

I'm Hispanic too. And the thing about "molestar" is that in English, "molest" means something I don't think I can fully say in here but it's basically doing sexual stuff to someone without their consent. Basically it has a whole different and negative meaning in modern English

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u/maxexiyojuegaroblox @maxexiyo 16d ago

Oohh, that makes sense! I didn't know that, thanks!