TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Jerboa@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhy the [removed] do swears show up as [removed]?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1155arrow-down1imageWhy the [removed] do swears show up as [removed]?lemmy.mlTheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Jerboa@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square109fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepitninja@lemmy.pit.ninjalinkfedilinkarrow-up54·1 year agoIt is a server config option. Lemmy.ml uses a banned word list, while other instances don’t. The words are still there and visible from instances that don’t censor.
minus-squarehakase@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoThis doesn’t seem to quite be true, based on my testing in the comment here. It seems that if your comment is made on a censored instance, the word is completely replaced, and isn’t visible to non-censored instances. If this isn’t accurate and you know more about how the code actually works, I’d love to know what the details are.
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It is a server config option. Lemmy.ml uses a banned word list, while other instances don’t. The words are still there and visible from instances that don’t censor.
Fuck
Poo
Mao Zedong was a bìtch
This doesn’t seem to quite be true, based on my testing in the comment here.
It seems that if your comment is made on a censored instance, the word is completely replaced, and isn’t visible to non-censored instances.
If this isn’t accurate and you know more about how the code actually works, I’d love to know what the details are.
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