I can still write mоist in the arcane way of the Old Ones, but my attempt to write the t-word using the same dark arts was blocked.
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I can’t edit the post after I write the offending word. I have to delete everything and try again from scratch.
Why is this word that bad?
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there are others. 
i’ve accidentally learned a few. none of them were that surprising once i triggered it. ( streetcar being the most surprising )
taking a quick look… it’s more a matter of what the software can do with word triggers, mainly: replace the word, block the post, flag the post, require approval, or silence the user.
and, that seems fair – im not quite sure what other alternatives would be. ( except, maybe having no banned reviewed words. and i can totally see that with experience, they’ve discovered having at least some is useful. )
[ eta: i replaced “banned” with “reviewed”. cause re: duketrout’s point. they’re not really banned, just … delayed. ]
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Maybe so, but I expect it to understand that trolley and trolleyey are two completely different words, much like monk and monkey are different words. Not to mention the weirdness that ensues when the offending word is in a link or file name.
Creates lots of false positives, and even without these, it still creates headaches for the mods. Especially since none of us are really sure why this word is so much trouble.
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ETA: This is the post that was approved after more than two hours.
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This really is the Bad Place, isn’t it?
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It does but then again think like a passive-aggressive end user. Like the kind who might use an emoji to convey a near sentiment while insisting they aren’t saying that.
From my standpoint it seems like a systemic limitation that kind of also functions in the sense that people, when they find a rule, also often find a lot of motivation to bend that rule as much as they can.
It makes the rare conversation about pulley trucks and related locomotion slightly more cumbersome but eh…
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Moist trølls riding trolleys. Yes, it’s a problem.
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Let’s see…
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A țřøłļ bit my sister…
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I hear those can be very bad…
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Discourse checks every new upload against (hashes of, I assume) all previous uploads and remembers the filename it was first uploaded as
In this case, the generated markup was
Editing the alt-text in the markup might help
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What is going on with the interface???
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Of course.
But the guidelines state not to make assumptions about mental state without corroboration.
I think that 18-20 posts before me laughing about institutions, psych evals, throwing him in a sort of cage fight with other violent air passengers for entertainment value, etc. had already trampled on that territory, so my ‘assumptions’ riffed on the possibility that all the other commentors were possibly correct in their assumptions about his mental state. Ergo suggesting that, if everyone is in agreement that this is a mental health issue, it may not be ok to broadcast his image and make him a laughing stock.
Honestly, after the all the bullying taking place on this thread, I can understand why someone would want to put as much distance from their own mental state and this man’s behavior. But, that doesn’t make this man’s situation moral instead of heath. And the mirth expressed by dozens of posts suggesting that whatever pain the man is in right now is hilarious and only what he had coming is discriminatory.
I’m hurt and annoyed by having my post removed when all the bullying and mocking posts are left up, and I know it’s stupid and futile to question mod decisions, but since there were only like 2 or 3 posts total that weren’t giddy at the pile on, I brought it up. Bummer all around.
Can you quote some examples?
The vague reference makes it hard to assess your interpretation.
FYI- all of us have responsibilities to flag offending post that violate community standards. Flag away!
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