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thank you for the post, and a reminder to people that a fundamental aspect of moderation is for the people to report posts and comments that violate the code of conduct.
So, to reassure us, it's not "too small of a matter" to report a post with commonly used casually ablest language? (etc)
I think my instinct is often that if I can't summon the energy to engage directly to at least ask politely for a correction, then I haven't done the basic work myself before hitting report.
But sometimes one is just too tired to engage and I'm realising that hitting the report button is not just acceptable, but appropriate and perhaps necessary since it might spare the next vulnerable person from hostility.
100% without reports the mod team has to see every post and comment during all timezones. When someone makes a report you help to focus our attention and are very happy to have anyone's participation in the process through the report function.
And also, I personally don't necessarily want to personally step in as I've been on the receiving end of ableism all my life and it can easily become triggering. It has happened a few times here.
I've started to just hide posts that are like this. Because I also feel like just reporting something that some might consider "minor" is not necessarily good if I haven't first engaged in the post. A clarification on this would be nice.
Mods have the ability to remove certain parts of a comment I believe? I think it would be a good thing to do
No. They can't. The slur filter can remove a part of posts and comments.
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I thought that was mods, thanks for the heads up
Imagine the negative reaction there could be had if mods had the technical ability to edit comments. I can barely fathom it and it makes me want to quit at the very thought
I didnt think you could edit, just censor parts of the message explicitly. I'd be fine with that, I trust my moddies <3
So there's a Slur filter regex box in the admin section of the site where the past admins spent a lot of time filling it with all the slurs, and all their variations, to ensure any dweeb trying to have a gamer moment gets their gamer words zapped instantly
You should do a bit sometimes where you add censored words like "authoritarian" lmao
People get mad at me when I do stuff like that
Edit: I also promised carcosa I wouldn't do it anymore
Hahahaha I'd never get mad at my moddies <3 love you all