[Kye]

Didn't say anything about freedom of speech. And again: I'm not the one to talk to. I don't have any strong feelings on the topic, but if you do, you should take it somewhere that people who can do something about it will see.

I tried to find an existing discussion to help get you started, but couldn't. You can start one here: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues

It's easy to sit here on Hacker News and say "they should just..." Well, there's they. Go suggest it.

Coming up with a standard filter list for an international project will be a long, noisy discussion. You'll tread on internecine conflicts you had no idea about. Old wounds from past related discussions will come out. People will soapbox. The topic of the mere inclusion of the text of the slurs in the filter list will be 500 pages of yelling.

This is why I have no interest in discussing it. It probably won't go anywhere in a place where it actually could. It definitely won't here.