Swipeblocked: The phrases your iPhone won't suggest

lladnar 46 points 17 comments November 06, 2026
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dado3212

Why did someone buy a full domain for this.

shmoobadge

I gave up using swipe typing after the Nth time it changed a word 10 words back just as I pressed send. Maybe this is why in a few of those cases but not generally. Having to proofread messages after sending didn't seem efficient. But thank you for doing this... a little light shone on something goes a long way.

rationalist

WTF, it changes words after you already typed it and moved on? That's worse than the HN title of merely just not suggesting the phrase, that is some 1984 going on. > After “Left wing”, swiping conspiracy makes the keyboard rewrite the word before it. Wing becomes wrong,

patwork

Same energy as turning the gun emoji to a water gun. You don't help anything by getting in the way of what people are trying to communicate.

operator-name

This isn’t limited to swipe, they don’t auto-suggest either. Some of the phrases in the full world list are really innocent too: - are some important - fish finger(s) - he’s hot - is the worst - sneak peak - thank god - you suck

ChrisArchitect

Related: Apple's predictive text restrictions include 'Dictator Trump' and 'Sleepy Joe' https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50391486 I dumped Apple's word list https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50357782

calmingsolitude

Why do some of the listings say “Swipe works”? Why are they listed in the first place?

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