Why do I keep seeing this weird thing in comments and posts? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by notfromhere@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I keep seeing removed in a lot of comments and posts and my question is why is that?

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[-] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 8 months ago

For a short while, the lemmynsfw server used a slur list that, in order to catch all the variations, only used the first syllable. It resulted in words like 'toremovedht' and 'hot and removedy'.

It was pleasantly nostalgic, with memories of Fark and its attractive and successful African-Americans.

[-] PatMustard@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago

I discovered that lemmy.world uses Scunthorpe Problem filtering when having a conversation about the word "sniggering"

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 months ago

Reminds me of when bOINGbOING started using “disemvowelment” on comments the mods flagged. The comment remained but all vowels were removed.

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