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Can I ask why the terf and Nazi tags are able to stay unblocked?

I'm getting variations on this theme a lot right now. Understandably, folks are pointing out this inconsistency we definitely have with the block list. We hear you. The block list isn’t good enough.

We’ve inherited it and we’re working on it but we need to make sure that it’s done carefully. We've picked up individual tags over the past couple of days to explore unblocking (which takes hours - longer than you'd imagine), and we want to re-examine the entire block list in a systematic manner. It is thousands of terms, added to ad hoc over like a decade. It's a real mess!

Glorification of violence and hate speech isn’t permitted. If you find that content please report it. We have a backlog to get through, but we will look at it and action as soon as we can; that said, we generally answer reports in order, but prioritize certain issues that demand more urgent attention.

Blocking tags means that people can’t talk about certain issues - including speaking out against nazis for example - so we would rather remove offending content from the platform than censor folks by accident with a blunt instrument. The nazi tag right now includes a ton of anti-nazi content and debunking of myths, etc, which is the sort of content we support. Again, this is the inconsistency that is so maddening to folks! We should definitely be allowing trans terms.

If you come across specific tags that are particularly problematic and blocked, please let me know so we can investigate.