It recently came to my attention that .world may be using the censor function of the Lemmy software.
https://lemmy.world/post/27005229/15775834
Is this a recent development? Regardless, I feel that it’s counterproductive and unhelpful.
It recently came to my attention that .world may be using the censor function of the Lemmy software.
https://lemmy.world/post/27005229/15775834
Is this a recent development? Regardless, I feel that it’s counterproductive and unhelpful.
I would argue more generally that censoring words like this is unhelpful and counterproductive.
As seen in the link in the post body, not only can it inhibit clear communication, but anyone actually using the slur would be more clearly identified if the slur remained - thus allowing the mods to definitively identify the user as bigoted and banning them. Replacing it with ‘removed’ creates ambiguity in combating bigotry as well as edge cases and discussions of words - as in the linked case.
We dont censor words, thats just a way that lemmy works. On local its behaviour is not to censor it, rather block it. To not block federation, lemmy just censors it instead of ignoring/blocking the comment or post.