In this comment my use of the “b” word was overzealously suppressed, silently without telling me. I only discovered it when re-reading my post.
There are THREE #LemmyBug cases here:
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when the “b” word is used as a verb, it’s not a slur. And when it’s used as a noun, it’s only a slur if not literally referring to a dog.
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my post was tampered with without even telling me. Authors should be informed when their words are manipulated and yet still presented to others as their own words.
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The word “removed” cannot simply replace any word. It makes my sentence unreadable. In the very least, the word should be “REDACTED”, and there should be a footnote added that explains /why/ it was redacted.
I’ve seen “idiot”( I d i o t) removed in a comment while “retard” (r e t a r d ) in the same comment remained.
The OP is very correctly pointing out that even per word, the filter is very inconsistent.
And personally, I think it’s a bit ridiculous to shelter every possible bad word. Bad people will come up new ones and good people will be left having to tiptoe over every word(after all, words like “Monkey” or “Ape” could be used racistly, so let’s ban them). It doesn’t solve the actual problem of human behaviour; it just throws a cutesy, useless bandaid over it. Besides, you will probably never be able to censor something racist like “Colin Powell was well spoken”. In context we know it means “he’s well spoken for an African American”. A phrase used often when he was in office. A phrase that would get past filters but is clearly not ok.