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Reddit knew this was going to happen if they brought r/place back, right ? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

slurs in general are not allowed on lemmy.ml

[–] gigachad@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago

Das glaub ich nicht Hurensohn

[–] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Changing it to "removed" instead just drives the euphemism treadmill faster, people will find ways to say the same without those specific words. Whether something is a slur is also very context-dependent. Something computers as of yet aren't well equipped to handle.