How does the profanity filter work? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by RenardDesMers@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm on lemmy.ml but as I'm French, I was reading this comment and was surprised to see removed instead of the french word for "late".

Is there anything I can do on my end or is it a server setting and I should move to a French one?

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[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago

That's tied to the instance. The French word for slow is the same as a word commonly used as an insult in English, so the .ml devs have it baked in to their slur filter.

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