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submitted 1 month ago by cyborganism to c/lemmy_ca_support

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Hi, I posted something in the Quebec community on Lemmy.ca recently and one of the replies had someone write in French with the word r.e.t.a.r.d. being deleted from their comment.

That word means "late" in French and is not a derogatory word.

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[–] mp3 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

C'est ajusté, désolé!

The default filter was turned off, but after adding a couple of words to filter out I didn't think about that language collision.

[–] cyborganism 2 points 1 month ago

No problem. Thank you! :)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

The Lemmy software has a built-in word filter that I believe can be disabled by an instance's admins. Said word filter doesn't really account for languages other than English and I know that the developers did receive some criticism for that.

[–] masterofn001 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I wonder what happens if you say see ya later, or talk about a certain convenience store chain, using the French words.

[–] cyborganism 3 points 1 month ago

Hahahahaha! An American I knew that lived in Quebec for a while called them "Coochie Tard". And also "Pharmapricks" was a good one that I kept.

[+] [email protected] -7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

@cyborganism

a lot of website owners are micromanaging people's posts because it is the only thing they can do

otherwise they feel useless

and they can hide behind the false morality of hate speech

[–] cyborganism 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm not accusing anyone of anything here. This could be a built-in feature of Lemmy or something.

I can't blame anyone for trying to reduce hate speech and discrimination online. I don't think blocking words is the right way to do it, but then again, this is all community and volunteer based. The admins can't spend their whole day reviewing reported comments and posts either.

If only people were a little bit more respectful and tolerant.

[–] Camus 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is indeed a feature of Lemmy, activated by default

This issue was completed a long time ago, the slur filter is entirely optional, you can add one using the config: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/configuration.html

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/622

Lemmy.ca's admin probably never changed the default values. I noticed it a while ago too but forgot to notify it, thanks.

Edit: also don't bother too much with the other commenter, they have MAGA in their bio

[–] Auli 1 points 1 month ago

Doesn't that remove their 231 protection?