How does the profanity filter work? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 hours ago by RenardDesMers@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm on lemmy.ml but as I'm French, I was reading this comment and was surprised to see removed instead of the french word for "late".

Is there anything I can do on my end or is it a server setting and I should move to a French one?

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[-] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Well that’s fuckin slow

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Join us, won’t you? :)

sh.itjust.works

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago

what fucking profanity filter? damned if I've ever seen it

[-] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 3 points 38 minutes ago

It's a misnomer. It's actually a slur filter

[-] onlooker@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 hours ago

Fuck if I know.

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 hours ago

Yeah it's server-side with .ml. You can switch to a French instance, or I imagine many English-speaking instances don't block that word. I guess you can try view that comment from different instances to check.

[-] fjordbasa@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Read Rule 3 in the sidebar

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 14 points 5 hours ago

That's tied to the instance. The French word for slow is the same as a word commonly used as an insult in English, so the .ml devs have it baked in to their slur filter.

[-] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 hours ago

TIL “lent” is a slur

[-] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee -5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 46 minutes ago)

Lemme.ml: Where you can call for murder and warfare against meat eaters and landlords, but don't even think about saying a no-no word, mister!

Edit: funny how all the negative comments flood in at once, almost like folks clocked in for work.

[-] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 hours ago

Where's the inconsistency

[-] Arelin@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 hours ago

Spoken like a true shitlib

Lemm.ee: Where you can be a fascist but still complain about other instances

[-] RubicTopaz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

You say that like it's a bad thing

Socialists not being assholes to fellow marginalized people makes sense, actually.

[-] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 hours ago

When have you seen calls for murder?

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I don't think a lot of people are using the "guillotine landlords" imagery ironically.

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 hour ago

are executions murder, though?

[-] Funkwonker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 57 minutes ago

I mean, yes? Although generally speaking, the word execution is reserved for cases where they've been deemed to deserve it.

For example, most of the executions ordered during the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution were simply murders of people who were even suspected of dissent.

this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2024

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