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In French it's horrible as well. They have such a naive approach it is ridiculous. One word that keeps getting banned is "pédale" which means pedal but was al

In French it's horrible as well. They have such a naive approach it is ridiculous. One word that keeps getting banned is "pédale" which means pedal but was also used as a slur till maybe the 90s in France. Some people getting banned because they want to sell their guitar pedal... pretty ridiculous.

l5870uoo9y 5y ago
Know the etymology behind "pédale"?
- malka 5y ago
  It comes from 'pédé' which is slur for 'pédéraste', which means a man who has sex with other men
  - aorth 5y ago
    Rather, a man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy.
    - Dma54rhs 5y ago
      At least in Eastern Europe the word was used as a synonym for both during the communism, or well at the time there was no difference between the two (piderast/pederast etc)
gigglesupstairs 5y ago
In Hindi, they don’t care. Most of Facebook’s focus is US where it is based and held liable more often.
himinlomax 5y ago
You get a two day block for saying "ritale". I also got a two a two day block for using the word "japs" in the context of talking about atrocities committed by the Japanese Imperial Army during the Rape of Nanking. Wouldn't want to be offending long dead mass murderers, would we.
- seoulmetro 5y ago
  I am near getting banned on my personal FB account of over 13 years because I posted the Hitler wearing pink with love hearts joke image about 8 years ago and it finally got automatically removed as a serious violation, violation of what? I don't know, they didn't say. Hitler is scrubbed from the platform though in all forms... which is a shame since it's blatant censorship. The other reason I'm near getting banned is because I told someone to please not be racist in the Subtle Asian Traits group. They were being extremely racist and it's quite common in that group, I tried to cool it down by asking them not to be racist and I got striked again for violating terms, but no idea what I did wrong. Eventually everyone will have their original accounts deleted if they engage in any actual form of discussion, it's just a matter of when the AI will get you. This is the image: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.advocate.com%2Fsites%2Fadvocate.com%2Ffiles%2F2016%2F11%2F10%2F5.jpg&f=1&nofb=1 https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fw...

l5870uoo9y 5y ago

Know the etymology behind "pédale"?

malka 5y ago
It comes from 'pédé' which is slur for 'pédéraste', which means a man who has sex with other men
- aorth 5y ago
  Rather, a man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy.
  - Dma54rhs 5y ago
    At least in Eastern Europe the word was used as a synonym for both during the communism, or well at the time there was no difference between the two (piderast/pederast etc)

gigglesupstairs 5y ago

In Hindi, they don’t care. Most of Facebook’s focus is US where it is based and held liable more often.

himinlomax 5y ago

You get a two day block for saying "ritale". I also got a two a two day block for using the word "japs" in the context of talking about atrocities committed by the Japanese Imperial Army during the Rape of Nanking. Wouldn't want to be offending long dead mass murderers, would we.

seoulmetro 5y ago
I am near getting banned on my personal FB account of over 13 years because I posted the Hitler wearing pink with love hearts joke image about 8 years ago and it finally got automatically removed as a serious violation, violation of what? I don't know, they didn't say. Hitler is scrubbed from the platform though in all forms... which is a shame since it's blatant censorship. The other reason I'm near getting banned is because I told someone to please not be racist in the Subtle Asian Traits group. They were being extremely racist and it's quite common in that group, I tried to cool it down by asking them not to be racist and I got striked again for violating terms, but no idea what I did wrong. Eventually everyone will have their original accounts deleted if they engage in any actual form of discussion, it's just a matter of when the AI will get you. This is the image: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.advocate.com%2Fsites%2Fadvocate.com%2Ffiles%2F2016%2F11%2F10%2F5.jpg&f=1&nofb=1 https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fw...