So, not sure if I am completely off base here, but I had this odd thing happen today where I couldn’t post an URL because whenever I did, part of it would be replaced with the text removed. You can see what I am talking about in the screenshot, and I am linking my comment below. Another commenter replied saying it was likely something related to a slur filter in my instance, so I am coming here for help to understand the issue. Sorry if this is completely wrong, I am not very well versed in the workings of the fediverse and different instance implementations. Here’s the comment:
it’s removed from our slur filter now
Just out of sheer curiosity, do you know what might have gotten it added in the first place? Is it a substring of some obscure slur? Substring of some spam domain or something?
Anyway, thanks for the fix
it was a significant part of the brand of a spam/advertisement campaign several months ago
Testing:
theapp
Testing the URL I was sharing:
https://theappendix.net/issues/2013/10/local-history-feet-first
Edit: thanks, it works!
Testing in comment: removed
Yep, the string “the app” as one word gets removed
I thought they removed the stupid slur list a long time ago. That’s stupid. Also theapp.
Did you check your phone or computer’s text shortcuts? Has it ever happened for any other words?
Using on a mobile app, not sure what you mean text shortcuts? Like auto complete? At first I thought it might copying the URL from Firefox with an extension that cleans trackers in URLs, but, not typed it manually several times, appears in the comment editor just fine, then shows removed when I post
theapp
theapp
the**app
It’s fixed now: https://lemmy.world/comment/10537653
Censorship is dumb as fuck and lazy. The sites that do this are as fucking stupid as the religious pearl clutchers out there getting mad when we say “God damn it” or “fucking Christ”. Grow up you dipshit control freaks.
I’m fine with censoring spam personally (which was what the filter was originally doing, per lemmyworld admins).
I’m also fine with using ublock to censor ads fwiw.
Why would it filter the***app? Make it make sense.
I am about to do some searches for theapp* to find out lol
Seriously though, why? I’m not a native speaker so I think there’s something going over my head here. Someone please explain.
theapp
See mod comment t, they removed the filter
I can’t see any mod comment, not sure why
They just removed it, and now I can see it all in your comment :)
Huh interesting, it’s censored in L.W but not in my instance, which I would assume it would have been since it would federate through l.w.
Really, what’s so dangerous about a theapp?
Depends who posted it too
Testing: theapp
It only matters what instance you’re logged into when viewing. Lemmy.World has a censor filter. Nobody else, that I’ve seen, does.
lemmy.ml famously censors “bitch”.
It also blocked emails sent in Welsh because it did not recognise the language.
Highly recommend reading the Examples section of that page
Ha, thanks for the reference. Now I am trying to think of what offensive word “the app” could be a substring for
I couldn’t find anything, probably a spam domain at some point, maybe
Maybe someone just really wants us to use the website.
In February 2004 in Scotland, Craig Cockburn
Absolutely no way this guy wasn’t teased every which way to Sunday in school with that name LMAO