It recently came to my attention that .world may be using the censor function of the Lemmy software.

https://lemmy.world/post/27005229/15775834

Is this a recent development? Regardless, I feel that it’s counterproductive and unhelpful.

  • southsamurai
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    4 hours ago

    Eh, there’s a few words that are perfectly fine to be auto censored because of the absolute shit that they’re tied to.

    If we can’t have a discussion over the n word without someone coming along that’s had to deal with that slur in their face having to deal with it again, then it isn’t a useful conversation. See, everyone knows what word I’m talking about, no need to have it there, waiting like an antipersonnel mine to hit someone just cruising along lemmy having a good day.

    There aren’t many words that carry the kind of weight that one does, but they exist.