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:

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  • canEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    I think you’re better off changing instances to one that doesn’t use the filter.

    • soloActivistOP
      10·
      1 year ago

      Do you know what I should look for? Is it the version number? I recall Lemmy was forked to Lenny, but not sure how to recognize Lenny instances.

      (btw, fwiw, I wouldn’t use sh.itjust.works because that’s even more nannied [by Cloudflare]).

      • Big PEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago

        I don’t think lemmy comes with a filter enabled by default, so you could probably move to most other instances

      • canEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago1 year ago

        It’s not a fork or version number thing. It’s just a instance admin toggle as far as I’m aware.

        Lemmy.ml was actually the only one I knew of previously with it enabled.

        sh.itjust.works, lemmy.ca, lemmy.world, etc all dont have the filter.

        Have you messaged your instance admin? They may not be fully aware of the implications of having the filter on.

        And regarding cloudflair at least on sh.itjust.works we’re still hoping its a temporary measure.