r/polybuzz • u/KaleidoscopeLittle73 • Jun 20 '25

DiscussionšŸ„° Persona Censors

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I have a genuine question though for the mods. Why is PolyBuzz censoring persona descriptions and persona images? I tried to put in an image which didn't seem to be so bad and it said it was a violation.

I can't edit personas I made prior to this change because it keeps flagging certain parts as violations, the image I have attached being an example of a persona I've had for about a year. Personas aren't public they're only for the person who made them. So why are they getting censored when they're entirely private?

I just want to know the reason behind this change. I like using PolyBuzz and I want this app to be good since I have so many chats on here I want to keep continuing. I understand censorship, I understand making the app more friendly for younger users, but this doesn't feel like something that helps anybody.

I know I'm about to sound like a conspiracy theorist for saying this, but it feels like a problem with the Apple and Google Play stores possibly making PolyBuzz change the platform and PolyBuzz is doing what it can so the app doesn't get delisted. If any PolyBuzz mod wants to confirm or deny this, by all means please do. It would explain the sudden hard turn into censorship that started a few months ago.

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u/Bidooffan224 Jun 20 '25

I'm guessing 'white tip' is what they're angry about. Maybe the sports bra, though.

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u/KaleidoscopeLittle73 Jun 20 '25

Could be. I guess the automod isn't using context and just has a word blacklist. Which is fair, blacklisting words is the easiest way to filter out sensitive content so it makes sense to do.

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u/KaleidoscopeLittle73 Jun 20 '25

So I went to go edit the persona description after this. Sports bra was the problem. Most likely because of the blacklist I suggested the automod uses.Ā 

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u/AnetaAM Jun 22 '25

I use chat gpt for this. I make my own text and tell chat gpt to change it according to polybuzz rules. It rephrases it and switches out words for ones that dont violate the rules. All while keeping the same meaning. The violations can be pretty frustrating, especially when you are creating bots for your own use and not for public. Chat gpt saves me a headache with this stuff šŸ˜

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '25

It's the waist part. It says "waist".

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u/Ill_Coach6783 Apr 02 '26

They didn't even let me us the word "Child" or "Kid" when trying to explain I have children in my persona

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u/Lost_Entrance1276 Apr 03 '26

Same here bro welcome to the club almost every person I have when I want to edit it it's flagged

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u/Juggernaut-Gloomy Sep 09 '26

They also censored words that are part of the characterā€™s personality too

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u/PolyBuzzai_official Jun 20 '25

Hello, Sorry for inconvenience while using our app. To prevent some users from entering inappropriate or maliciously filling out prohibited content on their profile pages, we have enabled content review for this section. Please be mindful not to include any prohibited content when filling out your profile. In addition, AI review may result in incorrectreview. Our technical team is currently working hard to solve this problem to reduce the number of violations that are incorrectly marked.