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Open survey about censorship on lemmy (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This seems to be becoming the hot topic, the elephant in the chatroom - the balance between censorship / freedom of speech on lemmy. There are solid arguments for both ways, and good compromises too.

IMO the FAQ makes it quite clear what the devs have built here, and why. But recent discussions, arguments, make it clear that a lot of the most vocal users object to it.

I'm very curious. Many active users feel this way? Please vote using the up arrows in the comments.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 years ago (2 children)

Anyone who complains about not being able to use slurs is basically outing themselves as assholes as far as I'm concerned.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 years ago

depends on the slur. For example, some people like to be called whøre, myself included.

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

Exactly. Swear words like shit and fuck aren't "censored". The only words in the slur filter are actual slurs, words pretty much specifically meant to insult people, often an already marginalized group. The filter is not perfect and can be problematic with non-English instances, but in those cases, admins can just edit the source code to eliminate the false positives.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

The problem is that people are inserting their own political opinions into software, and it simply put doesn't belong their.

Regarding code of conducts too, my opinion is simply "we do not care about your political opinion, please don't share it with us". Software should not be a political tool