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minus-squareSocsa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up53arrow-down7·9 months agoIncluding the literal scientific name for a female dog. .ml is a joke.
minus-squarenull@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down4·9 months agoI mean, I can think of plenty of slurs with innocuous origins. It’s about how they’re used.
minus-squarevrek@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 months agoI’m tempted to start a community about the country between Chad and Mali… A nice wholesome community… I’m completely unqualified and know nothing about it but the amount of removed words would be amusing…
minus-squarenull@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·9 months agoI hope you have better luck than I did with my community about Scunthorpe
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 months agoDont know nothin’ about Scunthorpe but I know about Cockthorpe, learned about it from a couple of hunters.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·9 months agoSo do they consider the use or no?
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-29 months agoNo, it’s automatic based on a filter list. I wonder if it accounts for other languages though.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoje suis en retard
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-29 months agoAny ml users want to let me know if it filtered? I set my language to French for that comment. lmao
minus-squarenull@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·9 months agoHaven’t read their policy – simply saying origin is a useless way to determine whether or not something is a slur.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down2·9 months agoWell yeah, which is why a blanket ban on “bitch” would be stupid
minus-squarenull@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 months agoA blanket ban on any word won’t do anything to fix the problem.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoOriginally they weren’t even going to let admins turn it off.
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down7·edit-29 months agoThe newest example being “DEI” I’m sorry have y’all not seen racists using that as a slur lately? Saw a dude refer to Baltimore’s “DEI mayor” the other day
Including the literal scientific name for a female dog. .ml is a joke.
I mean, I can think of plenty of slurs with innocuous origins. It’s about how they’re used.
I’m tempted to start a community about the country between Chad and Mali… A nice wholesome community… I’m completely unqualified and know nothing about it but the amount of removed words would be amusing…
I hope you have better luck than I did with my community about Scunthorpe
Dont know nothin’ about Scunthorpe but I know about Cockthorpe, learned about it from a couple of hunters.
So do they consider the use or no?
No, it’s automatic based on a filter list. I wonder if it accounts for other languages though.
je suis en retard
Any ml users want to let me know if it filtered? I set my language to French for that comment.
lmao
Haven’t read their policy – simply saying origin is a useless way to determine whether or not something is a slur.
Well yeah, which is why a blanket ban on “bitch” would be stupid
A blanket ban on any word won’t do anything to fix the problem.
Originally they weren’t even going to let admins turn it off.
The newest example being “DEI”
I’m sorry have y’all not seen racists using that as a slur lately? Saw a dude refer to Baltimore’s “DEI mayor” the other day
I have not?
Sorry, but… “scientific”?