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Reddit Migration @kbin.social johnson_waters @kbin.social 2y ago

Reddit activated a word filter that whenever you say "fuck spez", your comment won't show up for anyone else. I just tested it on ModCoord. they're also deleting spez memes from the subs they nuked lo

r/ModCoord: The admins in charge of demodded subreddits are mass-removing images of Huffman previously shared on them

the OP asked how are they gonna remove them all, so I replied they'll run a query for terms like "fuck spez". only to find my comment invisible, because they're already blocking it. spez protective word filter, it's active right now.

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f̶͉̹̽u̴̢̫̰̅͑c̶̟͊̈͝ḳ̵͇̇̒͂ͅ ̷̳̮́s̸̭̼̞̈́̃p̸̆͐ͅͅe̴̻̮̯̾͑̄z̶̒ͅ
- This is the way
- Fuck spez. See? Got no power here.
- Fuck u/spez (invisible character inside) @OP, try this 😂
- Oh goodness, could you even write a filter for zalgo? I don't think you could
  
  Run the text through a normalizer that strips combining characters then run your filter.
- f̶͉̹̽u̴̢̫̰̅͑c̶̟͊̈͝ḳ̵͇̇̒͂ͅ ̷̳̮́s̸̭̼̞̈́̃p̸̆͐ͅͅe̴̻̮̯̾͑̄z̶̒ͅ
they're getting crazier and crazier by the hour. spez is executing order 66
- The board must be getting tired of this by now. He's showing that he doesn't know how to handle their user base.
  
  I fear the board is just as deluded as he is.
  
  Just before IPO.
  
  Right after announcing that reddit isn't profitable and his solution is a PR disaster over 3% of site traffic.
So he is the new Elon Musk when it comes to fragile ego?
- He looks up to Musk so....yeah.
- "free speech absolutist"
  
  But no saying "cisgender!" You'll trigger him!
  
  "free speech for me, not for thee" absolutist
  
  The best c/agedlikemilk ever
What if you use his real name, Steve Huffman?
Wow, seems like spez is from the same breed as Elon "Thin-skinned" Musk, no surprises there really. I love to imagine how hurt he is because everyone is saying that to him lol.
- He probably finally googled himself and found the 32 million instances of "fuck spez" that pop up.
  
  I'm new here and I'm not entirely sure what "boost" does but whatever it does I think this needs it.
  
  Finally? That egomaniac probably googles himself after waking up and 5 more times throughout the day
- Yeah, spez has shown himself to actually hold Muskrat in high regard, even as he's breaking contracts left and right and being evicted from offices. It's painfully obvious that Elon's purposefully and maliciously breaking rental agreements to get out of his leases, and it's going to lead to lawsuits.
  
  This is whose business sense spez is publicly praising. It's clear who and what he sees as inspiration.
  
  Damn, that MSNBC post stinks of corpo talk. Sure it shows how he hold musk in high regard, but I hate the way it describes the API pricing debacle and the protests.. it's getting the reasoning all wrong - as if we give a shit about AI companies?
Definitely looks like they are managing their priorities well... /s
It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company

Uh huh.
Spez will also suspend your account if it has spez in the name
- Ah shit, I was about to claim SpezialRedditOperazion
  
  That's a good one!
- Sure enough, /u/DeliciousPez is indeed suspended.
  
  See also the Scunthorpe problem.
There will be no dissent on the front page of the internet!
Does the filter also catch HTML entities? If it doesn't, fuck /u/spez should still be visible.

Edit: If they update their filter, maybe you can get around that with different strings that are rendered identically, for example

fu‮e&zwj;ps/u/‌ kc‬z

f‮ kcu‬/‍u/spez

fuc&ZeroWidthSpace;k /u/‮ze‌ps‬

fu&NegativeThinSpace;‍c‮ps/u/ k‬ez

fu‍‍ck‮ze&zwnj;ps/u/ ‬
- Testing... https://reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/14faw21/the_admins_in_charge_of_demodded_subreddits_are/jozjsuj/
  
  Yep, it works!
jan spez li ike mute. A little longer but gets the job done
What a crybaby! Truth hurts.
EGO BLAST ACTIVATE
This is probably the subreddit spam filter or AutoMod, not something Reddit is doing.

EDIT: By that, I mean - the mods likely set this up to avoid any pretext of the sub being banned for "harassment" and it's probably not something that Reddit (the corporation) did.
- Well, they have enacted an auto-mod removal of any post with "fuck spez" in it now. So, yea, they are actively censoring posts.
- Is there a difference? Or a difference that actually matters?
  
  Yes. The actions of the sub's moderation team are distinct from the actions of Reddit admins. AutoMod is run by moderators. And specifically that subreddit hates the admins.
  
  I mentioned this elsewhere - but Reddit has shown they are willing to ban places for the smallest perceived slight. That subreddit is used to coordinate the protests (alongside a private Discord for mods).
  
  My guess is that AutoMod is aggressive on that subreddit because the admins are going to be looking for an excuse to ban it and the mods don't want to give them one. So by setting an aggressive AutoMod, the mods can keep the community focused on its purpose - moderator coordination - and avoid the potential of a false ban for so-called "harassment".
It is nice to see kbin engagement continues to grow, less than 10 hours for this post to reach 1000 upvotes.
Puck Sfez
I wonder how long before they ban mentions of lemmy and Kbin. lol
Shame it had to come to this. there are a lot of music composing related subreddit's I participated. Straight up hostility from reddit corporate are to overwhelming to have a good time. Today it was time to say goodbye.
@johnson_waters The decision is so unpopular that they’re censoring users, which is preferable to accommodating their users to them. Despicable!
Just gotta get creative. First U Cuddle Kittens, Second Pet Every Zebra
Platform wide censorships not related to general accepted terms are always alarming.
watch as spez goes full Elon Musk

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