Hi, I posted something in the Quebec community on Lemmy.ca recently and one of the replies had someone write in French with the word r.e.t.a.r.d. being deleted from their comment.
That word means “late” in French and is not a derogatory word.
C’est ajusté, désolé!
The default filter was turned off, but after adding a couple of words to filter out I didn’t think about that language collision.
No problem. Thank you! :)
The Lemmy software has a built-in word filter that I believe can be disabled by an instance’s admins. Said word filter doesn’t really account for languages other than English and I know that the developers did receive some criticism for that.
I wonder what happens if you say see ya later, or talk about a certain convenience store chain, using the French words.
Hahahahaha! An American I knew that lived in Quebec for a while called them “Coochie Tard”. And also “Pharmapricks” was a good one that I kept.
a lot of website owners are micromanaging people’s posts because it is the only thing they can do
otherwise they feel useless
and they can hide behind the false morality of hate speech
I’m not accusing anyone of anything here. This could be a built-in feature of Lemmy or something.
I can’t blame anyone for trying to reduce hate speech and discrimination online. I don’t think blocking words is the right way to do it, but then again, this is all community and volunteer based. The admins can’t spend their whole day reviewing reported comments and posts either.
If only people were a little bit more respectful and tolerant.
This is indeed a feature of Lemmy, activated by default
This issue was completed a long time ago, the slur filter is entirely optional, you can add one using the config: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/configuration.html
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/622
Lemmy.ca’s admin probably never changed the default values. I noticed it a while ago too but forgot to notify it, thanks.
Edit: also don’t bother too much with the other commenter, they have MAGA in their bio
" this is all community and volunteer based. "
that does not mean it’s right
“If only people were a little bit more respectful and tolerant.”
but to let free speech run wild
hoping people would be different leads to authoritarianism and censorshipOof, that instance is going in the 🚮
Thanks
I appreciate you
Thank you for that!
Doesn’t that remove their 231 protection?
