Roblox text filter falsely censors basic words, making asset search nearly impossible

Bug Reports Roblox Application and Website Bugs
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#1

Typing any of the most basic words into the search box on Creator Store and Toolbox will result in the following message:

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Examples:

:x: “screw”
:x: “Screw”
:x: “Screw Piece”
:x: “A Screw”
:x: “a screw”
:x: “A Screw Piece”

:white_check_mark: “Screwdriver”
:x: “screwdriver”

:white_check_mark: “Sheet Metal”
:x: “Sheet metal”
:x: “sheet metal”

:white_check_mark: “Cloth Pile”
:white_check_mark: “Cloth pile”
:x: “cloth pile”

Also from my observation, it appears that the text filter might have hardcoded allowlist thus being the sole reason why some of the very specific combination of words and casing allows me to proceed with search.

Expected behavior

I should be able to type basic words into a search bar without them getting censored and blocking me from searching items that I need to develop my game.

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#2

I would argue the creator store and toolbox search field being filtered is also a bug. They are only shown to you. There is 0 reason to filter it

#3

I would like to add onto this, words like “Smoke” and “Thump” also get unnecessarily censored, making the correlating decals and sounds almost impossible to find as well.

As someone who needs a smoke decal in general for an effect, this complicates development to an unnecessary extent