Asklemmy

I know someone (my ex-girlfriend) who has but I haven’t.

On Reddit, there is a bot called u/profanitycounter that users could summon to count the number and types of swear words someone had used in their recent comment history.

While it was mostly used for humor or lighthearted callouts, it also sparked discussion around online civility, user behavior, and moderation trends.

With Lemmy growing as a federated alternative to Reddit, I'm curious:

Should Lemmy (or a third-party dev) implement a similar profanity counter bot?

Would such a tool add meaningful engagement, moderation assistance, or humor to the platform?

Or would it be seen as invasive, performative, or redundant given Lemmy's decentralized nature and local moderation policies?

Some possible considerations:

Could such a bot be opt-in or confined to specific communities?

Would this be better as a per-instance moderation tool or a user-invoked script (like tagging a bot)?

How would it handle federation? Would it scan only local comments, or across instances?

Could it be useful as a moderation analytics tool, or does it risk shaming users?

Would love to hear from both devs and moderators—whether this kind of bot aligns with Lemmy’s goals, or if it's best left in Reddit’s history books.

I would love to attempt something like this, but I lack both the time and energy.

https://www.reddit.com/u/profanitycounter/s/6cwlJ9sjIG

https://www.reddit.com/r/profanitycounter/s/V6bvzqUrrH

Title. I honestly think he is genuinely more clever than the richer, more glory hogging power players, but that's just a guess.

https://www.padmagazine.co.uk/lifestyle/peter-thiels-net-worth-how-rich-is-the-paypal-founder-in-2025/27058/

I was putting up some wall decorations earlier today and was painstakingly realigning everything until it looked level to my eyes. It might be just a hair off, but if I don't correct it, I'll see the misalignment almost instantly and get bothered for the rest of time until I fix it. Has anyone investigated, or is there literature on the minimum perceptible angle from level to the naked eye?

Based on no science whatsoever.

Do the army support the president even if his orders are against your constitution? How is the overll clima and feeling today?

Just asking because I'm curious, I have no horse in this race :)

Edited to Armed forces since thats exactly what I ment

I saw this Lemmy post, but a huge list of games with no discussion isn't very interesting! Let's talk about why the games that influenced us had such a big impact - how they affected us as people.

For me, it was the PC game Creatures. It's a life simulation game featuring cute little beings called 'Norns' which you raise and teach.

You can almost think of it like a much cuter predecessor to The Sims, but which claimed to actually "simulate" their brains.

As a thirteen-year-old it was the first game that made me want to go online and seek out more info. What I discovered was a community of similar-interest nerds hanging out on IRC chat, and it felt like for the first time in my life I had "found my people" - others who weren't just friends, but whom I really resonated with.

I learned web development (PHP at the time!) so I could make a site for the game, which became the foundation for my job in software engineering.

And through that group I also discovered the Furry community, which was a wild ride in itself.

So yeah, Creatures. Without that game, I think I'd have become quite a different person.

If an employer wanted to do a background check what would be the limits? Like would they have access to your medical history? and if so as someone with ASPD this would be a huge problem.

I work in entertainment so it wouldn't really affect anything but still. Being a literal sociopath isn't a good look. That's why I haven't told anyone irl. It wouldn't look good to an employer. Could it hold me back? And if so is there anyway I can withhold such information?

Pretty self explanatory, been learning Italian for awhile (1.5 years) and would like to practice with someone who is learning English or just wouldn’t mind having random conversations with an American from Ohio haha.

Just looking to see what’s out there

I blocked a lot of political keywords, so I am genuinely asking because I might be ill informed. What concrete actions have the Democrats taken to block, stop, or reverse Trumps illegal actions?

Again, I am genuinely asking.

Do they ever look at the sky for any reason, other than maybe watching out for the Albatroses ?

i found this quite cute 🥰

I do. The is “el/la” and a is “un/una”.

In my dad’s language and my second language, it’s “the” and “a”

mine, i’ve been dating for a year but met him 3 years ago.

Mine: crab rangoon!

Hey guys one of the things I miss about reddit is communities like r/Conservative or r/conspiracy, not because I agree with really anything they say there, but because it's a challenge for me.

It's really easy to say "no you're dumb and wrong", but I like going down rabbit holes so I will take the bat shit insane stuff they say and find actual sources to refute them. I know it won't actually change any minds but it's fun for me.

I know theres @[email protected] but that is basically just non-conservatives making fun of conservatives. And I have not been able to find any good conspiracy theory communities on Lemmy at all.

Any advice?

Of the following, which of the two personality types do you generally align with?

When approaching a given situation or idea, do you typically focus on details first, or start with the bigger picture, filling in details second?

Edit for clarity: I'm not asking anyone to strictly identify with one or the other. It's a question of where on the spectrum between them you fall.

I am more of a big picture person and my partner is more of a details first person.

I am :)

Or to put it another way: if people ask you touch grass, where would you go?

Is it douchey to wear shades inside, even if you're only going to be in for a few minutes?

How would dimming the sun over one Island help fight climate change? How would they prevent these particles from traveling and dimming the sun in areas that don't want the sun dimmed? If we can dim the sun in a specific area why would you do it over a populated area that already has problems with Vitamin D deficiency and stereotypically is one of the least sunny population areas of the world? Why wouldn't you do it over the pacific where there isn't a population, there is more solar heating per area, and not negatively impact crop yields or health?

My own opinion is that there is a budget for political will to handle climate change and by impacting people you are exhausting political will. So why wouldn't you modify an approach in a way that would be more effective and not exhaust that political will?

Part of the problem is doing things like this over UK just feeds conspiracy theorists that say things like, "You are the carbon they are trying to eliminate." When you target population centers and arable land people immediately ask "Why are you doing this to me?" That's just where their mind immediately goes. So then why not find adjustments that give you the same or better impact without feeding conspiracy theories?

Most of the planet is not populated, so if you are doing it over a population center it starts to look a lot like targeting that population rather than the environment. Looks matter. Because next thing you know people are getting paranoid and opposing everything you want to do with climate change.

So does anyone have a good explanation for why solar dimming over the UK is a good idea?