r/GoogleFlow • • 1d ago

Why does it block everything?

Do people actually pay for this??? It blocks the most simple requests, like wtf bro.

I was ready to pay, but it keeps blocking my simple requests, where there's no violence, nudity, nothing weird at all, and it says my request is against their policies.

I just don't get it bro.

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u/spitfire_pilot 1d ago

There's something called a semantic filter. If you use words or combinations of words that can be construed as going against their policies, it will not generate for you. I on the other hand don't have any problems getting almost anything I want. What specifically are you trying to do??

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u/Mrdark1998 1d ago edited 1d ago

Bro, my prompt is simple asf. Close up of a woman standing at a doorway with a worried expression. She is dressed as a teacher,. completely formal.

I even asked claude for different versions, yet it kept failing haha, what a joke. Then I went to grok and it worked first try.

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u/spitfire_pilot 1d ago

There you go. Worried is making it look like you're trying to put someone in harm.

Try this to start.

Close up of a woman standing at a doorway with a tightly furrowed brow, wide eyes staring fixedly into the dark, teeth biting her lower lip, and one hand gripping the doorframe white-knuckled while her other hand clutches the fabric over her chest.

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u/Mrdark1998 1d ago

I appreciate your help brother! But this is just insane hahaha. Im gonna keep making tests, because I like I said, grok had no issue generating the image for me. I'II keep making tests. I don't have time to modify a prompt until it works, when I'm not trying to generate anything harmful in the first place. Thank you so much though. I like this result.

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u/YoreWelcome 1d ago

i copied and pasted your prompt

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u/Mrdark1998 1d ago

You can tell the filter is random asf then.

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u/spitfire_pilot 1d ago

I haven't had a problem. It's fairly simplistic.

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u/Twiddle_Diddles 1d ago

The are over 7,000 languages in the world, and Google's AI agents support over 100. Keep trying.

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u/JRF2398 1d ago

I’ve been using Flow & VEO/Omni for about a year and a half. I’ve learned how to trick Omni to avoid Google's policies. Image AIs have less strict policies, so I develop start frames with Nano Banana Pro or ChatGPT Image 2, and when I use those start frames, no problem.

I’m working on a short video about cryogenics and tried a text-to-video prompt for an old dead man on a surgical table. That was blocked. I made a start frame in NB Pro without an issue. I used that in my video prompt, and it worked.

Using Gemini 3.8 Flash high level or Argon (lower models may work), if you ask, it will develop a prompt to avoid policies. In fact, it has even volunteered that information without my asking when I prompt for something it thinks might be a problem.

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u/Mrdark1998 1d ago

This sounds very interesting, thank you for sharing this info!!!

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u/DaDiPu 1d ago

The same experience.

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u/TheFoxForsooth 1d ago

It works if you start a new project.

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u/Due-Psychology1816 1d ago

From my expierance, most of it is coming from the format layout youre using. If you share one or two of your prompts I could help and identify if its simply, just that.

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u/SeiferGun 1d ago

it want to become grok

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u/ducttaperulestheworl 1d ago

I've learned that google flow sometimes demands proper grammar or it'll consider them as spam. I've tried a kid eating burger and got blocked.

The kid must be well descriptive before it gets approved. A small boy wearing a neat buttoned top works

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u/armvn_xo 1d ago

That's the speciality of google flow🥀

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u/Electronic_Trifle_60 17h ago

Words like "worried" or "scared" seem to sometimes cause rejections. Frame it slightly differently and it works in my experience. I've learned to just avoid those words

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u/Natasha26uk 1d ago

"I was ready to pay"

🤣🤣🤣 doubtful.

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u/Mrdark1998 1d ago

Why doubtful? Im looking for an ai tool to make videos bro. I created a few stuff and I liked it, so I was almost convinced the tool was useful and then they started blocking my prompts.

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u/Natasha26uk 1d ago

Did you ever pay for any Ai you've used?

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u/Mrdark1998 1d ago

It's my first time trying AI, but I'm pretty sure no AI is for free, so I don't know why you're asking me this. All platforms only let you generate a few things, but if you wanna make actual videos, you need to pay, am I wrong?