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Not sure if this is the right place, but I've seen this for the 3rd removed now.

Literally couldn't use the word in the title ... got a red pop-up that said "slur".

It's the 3rd word (singular) in the famous newspaper from New York ....

UPDATE: seems to be an issue with ani.social, thanks for all the feedback!

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[–] hitagi@ani.social 107 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

time

should be okay now. i put a certain domain in the slur filter rather than the domain filter. everything should be ok now

[–] remon@ani.social 39 points 3 weeks ago

Hey, I helped!

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] hitagi@ani.social 8 points 3 weeks ago
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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Is there a publicly available list of domains lemmy instances filter out? For transparency.

[–] leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Here's the list that your instance (lemmy.world) blocks.

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] hitagi@ani.social 23 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

No it was telegram invite links

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, yeah if "t.me" was interpreted as a regex it would match "time".

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago

Also tome, tame, TSME, anything really

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[–] Rod_Orm@piefed.world 89 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

t-i-m-e is a slur word now because it reminds us of the shitty times today that we have

[–] farmgineer@nord.pub 61 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I wonder if someone is learning a lesson about regexes on that instance. It would be very weird to replace the string 'time' on its own.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] remon@ani.social 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Thanks so much, I knew there was some kind of term of concept for that but couldn't find it!

[–] farmgineer@nord.pub 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I always called it the buttbuttination (of Lincoln) problem, heh.

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[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Tom Scott has a video on it

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I remember back in the early web days I was trying to make a post on a forum with something about Dick Van Dyke, getting a double-whammy name block. He already unfamiliar to the younger people even back then, so none of my attempts to explain who I was talking about worked. I couldn't even say what show he starred in for them to look up, since it was also called The Dick van Dyke Show.

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[–] xia@lemmy.ca 39 points 3 weeks ago
[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That's crazy, i can't think of a reason why thyme are banned or is a slur. Maybe the admin made a mistake?

[–] remon@ani.social 19 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, has to be a mistake.

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[–] arcine@jlai.lu 19 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Reminds me of when Minecraft Bedrock censored the word "flèche" from me, the French word for "arrow", literally an item in the game x)

[–] GottaHaveFaith@fedia.io 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

elder scroll online censored the word sperm, but "whisper" was how they called the private chat, so you'd see lot of people on the global chat writing "whisper me" which was shown as "whi*** *e"

[–] remon@ani.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

That is hilarious!

[–] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Gundam Evolution has been censoring the word "corn"

So you've seen Gundam Uni**** in the chat

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] remon@ani.social 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

removed?

yeah ... that one.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] remon@ani.social 21 points 3 weeks ago

Ok, might be my instance. Thanks for the feedback.

[–] marighost@piefed.social 16 points 3 weeks ago

Time, Dr. Freeman?

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Your instance is ani.social and “ti-me” (ちめ) can mean bloodshot eyes or fatal error, and might be slang for a pejorative in Japanese or something that sounds close to an actual slur.

Still a stupid reason to censor the English word time on an English community, but that’s the best reason I can think for why it got zapped by a censor bot.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Which is funny because there are multiple anime with “time” in their title. So I wonder how that’s going to look.

“Tis redacted for torture, princess”

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Wait, "Newsday" is a slur now?

[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Thorry@feddit.org 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I see time, must be something on your side or instance? Probably a mistake, I can't see how time is a slur in any way or form.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I see the word time a lot of times here too.

[–] remon@ani.social 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The funniest thing is, even with "view source" it shows up the same for me. So I can't even tell if you're mocking me!

(I could by going through another instance, but I'll just assume you are).

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] remon@ani.social 7 points 3 weeks ago

Well, then you're just missing out!

[–] Jerry@feddit.online 6 points 3 weeks ago

Lemmy is t-i-m-eless.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

They're afraid because removed not only conquers all, it heals all wounds.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] remon@ani.social 10 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)
[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago

... is your instance run by Melinoë?

Death to Chronos by the way

[–] notabot@piefed.social 8 points 3 weeks ago

It sounds like there's something up with your instance. The word is t i m e, and it shows up ok here.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Must be, I can see it all. Nothing is censored except your reply.

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

I wonder if t-i-m-e is a slur in a different language, because it definitely ain't in portuguese, english, spanish, italian or japanese

[–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
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