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   Kaliah (kaliah@dragonscave.space)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 23:49:44 JST Kaliah

   Okay, people. When you're writing out a word, be that a swear word, or a word that could be triggering for some, or even just a word you find generally uncomfortable to write. Please do not use alternative characters to attempt to censor it. It makes it much more complicated to read, it disrupts people who potentially want to filter out that word from social media, and in the worst cases it can be confusing to people. I've had a couple times where people replaced letters with numbers, or non-qwerty characters to attempt to censor a word, and their attempt made me utterly confused by my screen reader's output. Please just write the actual word in its uncensored entirety. It is not bad and will help people know what you mean, and in some cases will make it easier for people to filter out the content that triggers them or that they don't want to see. Thanks

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     Kara Goldfinch (karalg84@dragonscave.space)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 23:49:42 JST Kara Goldfinch

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     @Kaliah Related, I just had to use OCR to work out what crackling meant in a video. luckily it worked but it took a few goes.

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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jul-2024 13:24:05 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     @Kaliah when I hear or read Americans say “the N-Word” my brain still reads it as the actual word they’re trying to avoid - which makes the whole thing kinda pointless imho.

     Words aren’t bad, its context and how you use them. But if a certain word still bothers you, please use an alternate word - English got plenty.

     📕 :blobcatreach: Behold! a thesaurus.