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[–] AdminBot@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Your comment was auto-removed for profanity, an admin will review it and undelete it soon if there has been an error. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Profanity is against the rules here? It doesn't say so in the sidebar

[–] AdminBot@programming.dev 2 points 14 hours ago

No, it's not against the rules.

It's a proxy (albeit a poor one) for abuse, we are trying to prevent new accounts sending abusive messages.

We are open to other solutions, but we need something, because we kept having spammers sending abusive tirades to other users.

Please reach out to Spyro@programming.dev if you have any better ideas.

[–] kiagam@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

I believe it is instance-level, or at least that is what I saw in another thread (the instance mods can filter that)

[–] Syndication@lemmy.today 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Ugh, this type of automod BS is what made me hate Reddit. And I thought Lemmy users hated censorship?

[–] AdminBot@programming.dev 1 points 14 hours ago

We don't like it either, but we don't have much choice.

It is to prevent abusive messages from new accounts, and it is a poor solution.

If you have a better alternative, feel free to reach out. Contact Spyro@programming.dev.