Is anyone else seeing swear words censored in comments? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by yimby@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I'll be scrolling through lemmy world and occasionally I'll see comments where a word in them has been replaced with removed. Usually from context it's early a swear word, normal stuff not slurs.

Is this a lemmy.world censorship thing? A lemmy wide thing? I doubt it has anything to do with my app, unless Jerboa is censoring specific words.

Anyone else experiencing this?

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[-] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's either the instance sending the comment, or your instance. Let's check: fuck shit crap bitch

Edit: looks like lemmy.ml censored bitch.

If you don't want this, just get an account on another instance. There are some tools to help copy over your list of subscriptions.

[-] TheRealBob@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Seems lemmy.ml censors slurs specifically then, since “bitch” is considered a gendered slur.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

A right cunty thing for them to do, mate

[-] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Interestingly, I can see this. Maybe they require a whole world match to avoid the Scunthorpe problem. (Test: cunt cunty )

[-] ColdWater@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 11 months ago

As a FMHY user I do not have such weakness

[-] bananaghost@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Here in kbin.social I can see it without problem.
Maybe op has activated the filter in settings?

[-] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago

I don't think there is a swear filter in settings, it looks to be a per instance option (looking a the source code it is).

[-] TheRealBob@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

Easiest way to find out: shit fuck bitch asshole

Can you read those or are they censored?

[-] trachemys@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

Who told you my password?

[-] TheRealBob@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

No one. I’m the famous hacker 4chan.

[-] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 months ago

Wdym? All I see is hunter2

[-] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 11 months ago

I can from discuss.tchncs.de, lemmy.world, but from lemmy.ml bitch is censored.

[-] dktr@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I can see them all. On lemmy.world and Thunder on iOS.

[-] anon_water@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

The one after fuck is removed.

[-] trachemys@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

They don’t want you to talk about female dogs.

[-] anon_water@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Huh 🤔

[-] Fantomas@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

A female dog is called a bitch. That's where the profanity comes from, you say that someone is like a female dog and lemmy.ml get real upset.

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[-] FaceDeer@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

What an odd choice for which word to censor.

[-] DaedalistKraken@ttrpg.network 2 points 11 months ago

It's the one in the list that's derogatory towards a specific group (women, in this case)

[-] Nuuskis9@feddit.nl 4 points 11 months ago

Wtf? I'm using Jerboa on Android and can't see anything removed.

[-] anon_water@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

You’re not registered with lemmy.ml on your account. It’s not the client.

[-] Nuuskis9@feddit.nl 4 points 11 months ago

I understand now so thanks for telling me!

[-] ulu_mulu@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I see 4, none appear as removed.

[-] lorez@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits.

[-] ScorpionFrog@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits

[-] valen@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

And tits shouldn't even be on the list.

Mmmm tater-tits

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I think this might be a decision made by lemmy.ml. Previous versions of Lemmy had a word filter list that was force-enabled, so I assume the "main instance" ran by the developers would have it enabled.

I can see all of the swearies in Bob's comment here from pawb.social , but not when looking at it on lemmy.ml.

[-] yimby@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago

Wow that is an absolute dealbreaker for this instance. Blanket censorship is just a big no no. So long and thanks for all the fish, off to find a new instance to call home!

[-] jerdle_lemmy@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Somewhere that isn't a little bitch, yeah.

[-] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I don't agree with lemmy.ml's simpleminded word policing system at all (not least of which because it suffers from a variant of the Cunthorpe Problem), but I really do find terribly amusing the people who are OUTRAGED at their inability to use slurs and choose that as the reason to switch instances. I find it very telling.

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[-] GONADS125@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Well you really don't want to be on lemmy.ml if you don't like censorship, because they have removed criticisms against the CCP and that fucking bitch Xi.

[-] jerdle_lemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Fucking Winnie-the-Pooh-ass bitch.

[-] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I don't recall any particular criticism of the Community College of Philadelphia at lemmy.ml being memory holed. Can you point me to some example? What do people have against that august institution anyway?

[-] GONADS125@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I'm pretty sure this is tongue-in-cheek, but just to be clear, I'm referring to the genocide-committing Chinese Communist Party.

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[-] minorsecond@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

That was what made me move, too.

[-] Synthead@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Just discovered this also. I'm out. What a disappointment.

[-] jtablerd@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

No f***ing way

[-] jtablerd@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

D***it they got me too

[-] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

D*nmark

[-] jtablerd@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

One thing I found out is if you type your lemmy password it censors that too, see: ********************* isn't that a great feature you should try it

[-] ilovecheese@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hunter2

Doesn't look like stars to me.

Wow great feature!

[-] PropaGandalf@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

it only works if its your credit card number and password

[-] jtablerd@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Nah it doesn't blank out your credit card number unless it's followed by cvv number and expiration date - I think it even encrypts it if you enter a 5 digit billing zip code