• adhoc
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    4 years ago

    Once upon a time one of my Lemmy posts used the word “smartwatch”. Couldn’t post it. Repeatedly gave me the error “slur filter - twat”. Political correctness is fascism disguised as manners. - George Carlin

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      4 years ago

      Did you complain? The devs here do listen to criticism, so it’s good to tell them about these problems, and pile on more evidence that having a list of taboo words creates more problems than it solves.

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        4 years ago

        Evidently! Immediately posted about it and opened an issue.

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      4 years ago

      Shit like that is genuinely annoying but what’s more annoying is what happens to internet communities that don’t enforce any content rules.

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        4 years ago

        Are you referring to LE’s Longinus Spear pedo&terror?

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      Omg, you really think the Scunthorpe Problem is “political correctness”? What is it like to be you, I wonder?

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        4 years ago

        Why hard code word bans then?