This seems to be becoming the hot topic, the elephant in the chatroom - the balance between censorship / freedom of speech on lemmy. There are solid arguments for both ways, and good compromises too.
IMO the FAQ makes it quite clear what the devs have built here, and why. But recent discussions, arguments, make it clear that a lot of the most vocal users object to it.
I’m very curious. Many active users feel this way? Please vote using the up arrows in the comments.
I’m an active user and I think the policy is exactly in the goldilocks zone. It keeps the worst rightoids out but also isn’t ridiculous and does allow for dissent. The only items on the slur filter are items that are unquestionably slurs. IMHO it’s about as perfect as rules can be.
As @xe8@lemmy.ml said: it’s a neat social hack. I don’t think most people here are ideologically for such kind of “censorship”, but it is funny to see how certain people think it is the worst thing ever done ;)