So, not sure if I am completely off base here, but I had this odd thing happen today where I couldn’t post an URL because whenever I did, part of it would be replaced with the text removed. You can see what I am talking about in the screenshot, and I am linking my comment below. Another commenter replied saying it was likely something related to a slur filter in my instance, so I am coming here for help to understand the issue. Sorry if this is completely wrong, I am not very well versed in the workings of the fediverse and different instance implementations. Here’s the comment:

https://lemmy.world/comment/10534403

EDIT: if it matters, I am using the Boost for Lemmy android client

    • @[email protected]
      11•22 days ago

      In February 2004 in Scotland, Craig Cockburn

      Absolutely no way this guy wasn’t teased every which way to Sunday in school with that name LMAO

    • db0
      10•22 days ago

      Huh interesting, it’s censored in L.W but not in my instance, which I would assume it would have been since it would federate through l.w.

      Really, what’s so dangerous about a theapp?

      • @can
        4•22 days ago

        Depends who posted it too

        Testing: theapp

        • 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️English
          7•22 days ago

          It only matters what instance you’re logged into when viewing. Lemmy.World has a censor filter. Nobody else, that I’ve seen, does.

          Edit: MrKaplan apparently removed it from the filter only moments ago.

          • @can
            11•22 days ago

            lemmy.ml famously censors “bitch”.

            Edit: for my dot ml friends, “a female dog”

    • @[email protected]
      7•22 days ago

      It also blocked emails sent in Welsh because it did not recognise the language.

      Highly recommend reading the Examples section of that page

    • dave@hal9000OP
      6•22 days ago

      Ha, thanks for the reference. Now I am trying to think of what offensive word “the app” could be a substring for

    • @[email protected]
      11•22 days ago

      Seriously though, why? I’m not a native speaker so I think there’s something going over my head here. Someone please explain.

  • @[email protected]
    9•22 days ago

    Censorship is dumb as fuck and lazy. The sites that do this are as fucking stupid as the religious pearl clutchers out there getting mad when we say “God damn it” or “fucking Christ”. Grow up you dipshit control freaks.

    • Stern
      6•22 days ago

      I’m fine with censoring spam personally (which was what the filter was originally doing, per lemmyworld admins).

      I’m also fine with using ublock to censor ads fwiw.

      • @best_username_ever
        9•22 days ago

        I thought they removed the stupid slur list a long time ago. That’s stupid. Also theapp.

      • Fern
        3•22 days ago

        Did you check your phone or computer’s text shortcuts? Has it ever happened for any other words?

        • dave@hal9000OP
          3•22 days ago

          Using on a mobile app, not sure what you mean text shortcuts? Like auto complete? At first I thought it might copying the URL from Firefox with an extension that cleans trackers in URLs, but, not typed it manually several times, appears in the comment editor just fine, then shows removed when I post

      • @[email protected]English
        1•22 days ago

        huh. I was going to guess this was something to do with that creepy (how’s that for understatement) “the happening” celebrity porn leak thing that happened.