AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMeta Censors #Democrat when searched forlemm.eeimagemessage-square213fedilinkarrow-up11.18Karrow-down121file-text
arrow-up11.16Karrow-down1imageMeta Censors #Democrat when searched forlemm.eeAnonomousWolf@lemm.ee to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square213fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRedstoneValley@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-223 hours agoYeah, that was my thought too. What a dumb way to censor by search input instead of censoring the output. It probably went like this at Meta: Product Manager: Hey we just got this word filter list from HQ to be implemented ASAP. Devs: Sure thing boss.
minus-squaretburkhol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 hours agoThat’s the mistake: putting it in the open ban list instead of the shadow ban list. Dev acting in #resistance or dev making an honest mistake? I suppose we’ll never know.
Yeah, that was my thought too. What a dumb way to censor by search input instead of censoring the output.
It probably went like this at Meta:
Product Manager: Hey we just got this word filter list from HQ to be implemented ASAP.
Devs: Sure thing boss.
That’s the mistake: putting it in the open ban list instead of the shadow ban list.
Dev acting in #resistance or dev making an honest mistake? I suppose we’ll never know.
hopefully resistance.