Rewordisanextensionthathelpsshowwhatwordscanbeharmful.Whenuserstypeaword,phraseorsentencethatseemsinsulting,abusive,orhurtful,aredlinewillcrossthewordorwords.
Theextensionissimilartoaspellchecker.Reworddoesnotblockwords.Itsimplealertsuserstolanguagethatmightoffend.
AnAustralianteamdevelopedrewordtocombatcyberbullying.Thedevelopersrealizedthatpeople,especiallychildren,maynotunderstandwhichwordsmightdeeplyaffectothers.
Thedevelopers'testingshowedthat79percentofchildrenchangedtheirwordswhenpromptedtobyreword.
ChrisTantiisadeveloperofreword.Hepraisedhowitcan,inhiswords,“changeonlinebehaviorbystoppinginsultsinthemomentbeforetheyareposted.”
AvideoonYouTubeshowsthethinkingbehindreword.
Therewordwebsitepermitsuserstoaddwordstheythinkshouldbeincludedintheextension.
Therewordextensionisfree.ItcanbefoundattheGoogleChromestore.
JustNotSorryisaChromeextensionthatis,inmanyways,theoppositeofreword.Rewordismeanttosoftenlanguage.JustNotSorryisdesignedtoempowerlanguage.
DevelopersatthecompanyCyrusInnovationcreatedJustNotSorry.Theysaidsomepeopleweakentheirmessagesbyusingapologeticwords.Sotheyinventedatoolthathighlightssuchwordsinawriting.
JustNotSorryworksonlyinGmail,asaChromeextension.
Itworkslikethis:WhenamessageiscreatedinGmail,JustNotSorrywillhighlightthewordsthatweakenthemessage.
Adottedorangelinewillappearbelowtheweakwords.Examplesofsuchwordsinclude"sorry,""just,""Ithink,"and"I'mnoexpert."Anexplanationofwhythewordswerehighlightedwillalsoappear.
Userscanthenchoosetochangethewordsornot.Thewordswillnotbehighlightedinthecopysent.
JustNotSorryisalsoavailableatnocostfromtheGoogleChromestore.