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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago (1 children)

If you bother to check the instance Lenny was created for, you would've known that it's a Russian instance that largely post furry shit so no, they didn't create a fork because they "wanted to use the n word".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 years ago

I went to the "flagship" lenny instance when this fork was created and (you are not gonna believe this) a large majority of the comments were flaunting not being censored by the now-removed slur filter.