• CAPSLOCKFTW
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    The text in the german flag area translates to

    u/spez is a son of a removed

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      You can swear on the internet. Violence? Gore? No problem!

      A bad word? Son of a removed, we’re all going to die.

      Edit: Wtf, there is a swear filter? Fuck.

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        What pearl clutching son of a removed at lemmy.ml decided its users were too fragile to hear the word “removed”? And here’s the real question, can you read ot or does it censor mine? Because if you can read it then what’s the point of censoring your own users?

        Edit: yeah Kbin lets you say it.

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          Nobody can read it, check the source of your comment. The word gets immediately replaced when you post. I’d like to know what words are forbidden, is there a list somewhere?

          Just to test how the filter behaves: Bi.tch.

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            Nobody can read it, check the source of your comment.

            Correction: No one browsing through your specific server can read it. The rest of us see it just fine.

            From where I’m sitting, it seems like the filter is applied (a) when a lemmy.ml user makes a post (it strips it from the source and says removed for everyone) and (b) when lemmy.ml federates another instance’s comment over (source instance and any other non-censored federated instance has the word intact, ONLY you guys don’t see it).

            Come see!

        • galaxies_collide@lemmy.world
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          That’s how the Fediverse works. That word is constantly used in inflammatory comments. Don’t like the rules, then leave.

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              I meant how the fediverse works as in each instance can have its own rules and if you don’t like the rules you find a different instance.

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            Or stay and rightfully criticize the instances that use words filters.

            Here’s a wild idea: word filters are the most brain-dead way to deal with a problem. They don’t understand context – you can’t even use a “bad word” so people understand what you’re denouncing. You can’t share your experience with being called a removed.

            They’re also easily bypassed with odd spellings by people that are going to use a “no no word” to be assholes.

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        Time to switch to a different instance you fucking fuck face!

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            Changing it to “removed” instead just drives the euphemism treadmill faster, people will find ways to say the same without those specific words. Whether something is a slur is also very context-dependent. Something computers as of yet aren’t well equipped to handle.

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          Iirc, lemmy.ml is a specifically leftist instance, right? They may have banned the word because of its sexist nature. A bit like allowing fuck, but not allowing the other f word that generally applies to gay men. Swearing isn’t the issue, slurs or derogatory terms are.

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          Just fyi, i used the w word because it is the most accurate translation. Hurensohn means Sohn einer Hure, Son einer Hure, Son of a Hure, Son of a removed

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            A lot of translations of “Spez ist ein hurensohn” translates to “Spez is a son on of a removed” – although “hurensohn” is more literally “removed’s son”

            Edit: Seems like it’s just your instance (lemmy.ml)

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      Hmm. Testing to see: removed.

      That’s crazy, it even blocks my ex wife’s name.

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      For anyone who wants to swear in german, just say

      who rain zone

      But fast

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        I’d say ran is a bit closer than rain, but either way, that’s still very English German.

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      What a joke is this the US? For europeans these swear words are fine. u/spez ist ein HÜR3ns0hn