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by applfanboysbgon 7 days ago
> "r@pe"

Whenever you see something like this, it's because the platform has some kind of automoderation policy that is liable to delete/shadowban content containing the word. Typing that, then, is not self-censorship; it's the exact opposite, the defiance of external censorshop.

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I hear this argument, but can't believe the content filters are so crap they can't detect simple letter replacements like that.