I mean if someone is choosing to write the n-word I don't think a Google suggestion box is going to change their mind.
The use cases I see here are either words with multiple meanings (particularly when the meanings differ between cultures or the offensive meaning is on the obscure side) or words that are meant completely harmlessly but are historically linked to (or even just sound too much like) something racist/sexist/etc.
This could be helpful for people who were about to accidentally say something offensive, and maybe it could also give pause to someone that was trying to be subtly inflammatory. But flagging words like "landlord" seems on the sensitive side to me. I wouldn't call it censorship but it does further normalize hypervigilance about language use given how sensitive it does appear to be.
I would feel better about it if I knew more about the settings - if I dismiss the landlord suggestion (for example) once will it stop giving me that suggestion in future docs? I would use if so. If not it will definitely get on my nerves and I'd like to turn it off outright. Hopefully that is an option.
The use cases I see here are either words with multiple meanings (particularly when the meanings differ between cultures or the offensive meaning is on the obscure side) or words that are meant completely harmlessly but are historically linked to (or even just sound too much like) something racist/sexist/etc.
This could be helpful for people who were about to accidentally say something offensive, and maybe it could also give pause to someone that was trying to be subtly inflammatory. But flagging words like "landlord" seems on the sensitive side to me. I wouldn't call it censorship but it does further normalize hypervigilance about language use given how sensitive it does appear to be.
I would feel better about it if I knew more about the settings - if I dismiss the landlord suggestion (for example) once will it stop giving me that suggestion in future docs? I would use if so. If not it will definitely get on my nerves and I'd like to turn it off outright. Hopefully that is an option.