Tell HN: the word "Niger" (the country) seems blocked in Venmo memos

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6 years ago

Was donating to a charitable cause in Niger and was able to use the word "Niger" in late April ("sadaqah" = charity in Arabic): https://imgur.com/a/yq1tWCq

I no longer can. Two examples with the word "Niger" in it: https://imgur.com/a/pDunMej

Reproduced on someone else's phone as well.

I suspect it's because 1) of recent USA events and 2) "Niger" is one letter away from being the n-word. Contacted customer support but they didn't seem to understand I was trying to file a bug report. My goal isn't to get a customer service rep in trouble, so I won't bother posting the transcript unless people think it would be helpful.

Ideas on how to inform Venmo of this? Wanted to create an Ask HN, but couldn't figure out a short enough question for the title character limit.

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