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.

  • Sushi_Desires
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    4 years ago

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    • Helmic [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I think that's as simple as not including words like trap and instead just filtering words that are exact, whole word matches that have no innocent uses. We don't have to be unable to talk about Chapo Trap House to still automate action to be taken against someone saying the N word. It mostly removes the need for someone to have to see it in the first place. There is an option other than having a draconian filter or no filter at all