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Why are people censoring "bad" words? (lemmy.ohaa.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Whats the point of writing prn, f@ck, sht or anything like that instead of the actual words? You can still read them, its not like they are gone if you replace a letter or two.

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[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Fun fact: you won't get told when your stuff is removed or if you get banned. You have to check the modlogs.

This is Lemmy wide.

And looks like it's still up as of 2 hours after you posted

Edit: Spelling

Edit 2: Spleling

[–] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Interesting, I didn't even know there is a modlog.