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Lemmy is a huge no-no for this reason: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1224 https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1224 Hardcoded censoring of certa
by spurgu 4y ago
Lemmy is a huge no-no for this reason: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1224 https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1224
Hardcoded censoring of certain words is outright insane (to me at least).
- ohjeez 4y agoAn amusing aside regarding software responding to certain keywords... There was a BBS package in the 80s that had language moderation as a default feature. The sysop could choose whether the BBS should refuse to post a message that included the word "shit" for instance. It was configurable, but not easily. A friend ran a BBS on behalf of a winery in Napa Valley. But she kept having trouble with a few of the forum sections. After some debugging, it turned out that the software looked at "chardonnay" and saw "cHARDONnay"... and "hardon" was in its list of bad words.
- ufmace 4y agoI find that conversation highly disturbing, but it seems they've changed their mind actually https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/main/RELEASES.md#hardcoded-slur-filter-removed https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/main/RELEASES.md#hard...