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Re:Bluesky now checks against this array of slurs when creat... by jazzyjackson on Thursday July 13, 2023 @09:23AM (#36708722)
not an ordering, but a threshold, "as bad as" to the extent it's on the same list
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Re:Bluesky now checks against this array of slurs when creat... by woodruffw on Thursday July 13, 2023 @09:27AM (#36708781)
“Threshold” means “at least,” not “as bad as.” I don’t think anybody thinks that the two are meaningfully comparable in badness.
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