I gather some server is for some arcane reason censoring naughty words to protect our delicate sensibilities. Is it on my end, on lemmy.ml? Is it the server people are posting from? Is it something happening in the federation? Is it the Romulans?

  • WhipperSnapper@lemmy.mlOP
    101·
    11 months ago

    In a few threads now where someone typed an expletive, the post gets censored and it just says removed where the word should’ve been.

    I’m trying to link to a comment, but when I check the link, it keeps pointing to my response to them. Seems like some other lemmy quirk, but maybe it’ll work for you

    In another post, someone tried to say “resting removed face” but it came out “resting removed face”

    edit: well that’s awkward, when I tried to write b i t c h, it did it to my comment here. So it is a lemmy.ml thing?

      • WhipperSnapper@lemmy.mlOP
        3·
        11 months ago

        Huh, there are some filtered slurs in there I’ve never heard of before! I guess this probably isn’t the place to ask to whom they apply and how, though. Still, the list isn’t as long as I expected, and doesn’t seem to apply to profanity so much as just offensive slurs. I feel like the “b-word” is a little bit of a stretch, but I can appreciate the intent there.

        Thanks for giving the best answer here!

        • similideano@sopuli.xyz
          5·
          11 months ago

          This filter was very controversial, especially because at first it was hardcoded into Lemmy itself, and the devs initially were insistent in keeping it that way. Fortunately they eventually allowed it to be configurable by instance, which is a much more sensible approach. Especially considering other languages and even some english variants. And while most people like you and me appreciate the intent, many are still unsure if this is a good approach to fight the problem. It does seem hard to avoid a lot of silly false positives. I remember someone mentioning being really confused by this “Sremovedew Valley” mentioned everywhere, until they realized it was just Stardew Valley being mangled by the filter.

        • Kerfuffle@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          11 months ago

          The only one I didn’t recognize was the mud + slime one (apparently it’s a derogatory corruption of “muslim”). The rest are relatively common/well known.

        • Techlos@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          1·
          11 months ago

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          • HardlightCereal@lemmy.worldEnglish
            14·
            11 months ago

            A lot of people use slurs like “narcissist” without thinking, and won’t go to the effort of bypassing a filter. In that case the advantage is it gets people to think about their actions. I am perfectly happy with a system where moderates don’t use slurs and reactionaries can, because it allows us to educate the moderates while banning the reactionaries.

      • AmidFuror@kbin.social
        74·
        11 months ago

        Well, that’s a nice place to go see a list of slurs.

        I didn’t see cracker or honkey on the list. Maybe that’s punching up. What about redneck?