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In my experience, the same string can result in different moderation based on unknown factors. For example, I used to report the trans slur of the "t" word and Facebook would remove the content. Now, when I report it, the comment stays posted. Maybe it has something to do with the age of the post or the number of positive reactions to it. Maybe I reported too much and the false positives resulted in my account being banned from reporting comments. Similar behaviors on other platforms.


> For example, I used to report the trans slur of the "t" word and Facebook would remove the content. Now, when I report it, the comment stays posted.

Isn't that also a slang term for a transmission? An automated rule for that that would probably result in far too many false positives: merriam-webster.com has the transmission sense as the first meaning, and has collected many very recent usages from auto magazines: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tranny.


I couldn't actually think of what the 't' word was until you said transmission - that's the context where I hear it FAR more often.


To be clear, I reported it under photos of people who are trans while it was used as a slur in comments that were derogatory. Usually, this would result in the comment being deleted.

This is only an example to show there is no conspiration about moderation of gender related topics. You get the same issues with other slurs and other topics.




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