Make the slur filter editable from the site itself · Issue #622 · LemmyNet/lemmy
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It's generally not a good idea to hard code something like the slur filter because the needs of every instance is different. Instances in another language would need their versions, and cas...

The Chapo.Chat moderators have already stated that they're planning on removing the hard-coded slur filter from their instance of Lemmy; it's the reason you're not able to say the full text of ACAB. It's just a bad idea to have something like this hard-coded in, leftist instances are created by fostering a good culture and not by babying the people who run these servers and if we want Lemmy to grow as an actual federated alternative to Reddit then it's worth bringing up how bad this policy is by the original developers.

    • garbology [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Word filters are infamous as meme generators, and this is a good example of why.

      Also the word filter makes sense based on the lack of moderating tools sophistication in the lemmy code, so the filter should shrink a bit as those are developed, but not go away totally.

    • Neckbeard_Prime [they/them,he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Or just channel Johnny Dangerously, at the risk of starting a struggle session on whether '80s Michael Keaton/Joe Piscopo movie references are problematic, and if so, to what extent.