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Instagram Rolls Out 'Keyword Moderation Tool' That Will Filter Out Offensive Comments (macrumors.com)

In an effort to "promote a culture where everyone feels safe to be themselves without criticism or harassment," Instagram has introduced today a "keyword moderation tool" that anyone can use to block offensive or inappropriate words. Mac Rumors reports: Referred to as a "keyword moderation tool," the feature will let each user type in words they find to be offensive, effectively hiding any mention of them in the comment section of their posts. The comments containing the harsh language will still be available for other Instagram users, but the company believes that allowing each user to determine which words to hide from their personal collection of photos will cultivate a "positive and safe" environment. To deal with abusive accounts, Instagram already lets users swipe to delete comments, report inappropriate comments and block accounts.

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  1. Re:Belgium by ganjadude · · Score: 2, Informative

    which is the better way to go

    lets face it, people are offended by stupid shit these days, and instead of reporting others because they said a word that hurt your little feelings, just....block those words from getting to you. live in your safe space bubble, and let the rest of the world act like adults in peace

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  2. Re:Bubble boys and girls by ganjadude · · Score: 3, Informative

    The findings suggest a great majority of Trump supporters hold unfavorable views of Muslims and support a policy that bans Muslims from entering the US. Most of them support proposals that stifle immigration from Mexico, and they agree with Trump’s comments that Mexican immigrants are criminals. And many — but not a majority — say that black people are less intelligent and more violent than their white peers.

    the muslim and mexican thing, really isnt racist. nationalist perhaps, but not racist. As for the black folks, DOJ statistics are also not racist. I mean the findings dont support the idea that trump supporters are racist, they just show that pollsters know how to work a poll to show what they want it to show

    SOME trump supporters are in fact racist, so are SOME hillary supporters, SOME johnson supporters and SOME stein supporters (if she has any left after the fact that she has an arrest warrant out for her)

    wanting to protect the borders however is in no way racist no matter how hard some people try and make it out to be so

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  3. Re:Bubble boys and girls by ganjadude · · Score: 3, Informative
    well yeah, because thought police. I didnt spin anything, i found fault with your previous poll and thats all i was going off of. I really dont care if some fringe number of people who are actually racist agree with me on some things, nore should anyone the entire concept of groupthink, everyone who agrees with X must also agree with Y is completely insane.

    Some people would argue that BLM is a racist group, yet they get major love from their chosen side. All I can do is worry about me not being an asshole.

    as for your new link, again you are wrong

    Our new poll finds that Trump is benefiting from a GOP electorate that thinks Barack Obama is a Muslim and was born in another country, and that immigrant children should be deported. 66% of Trump's supporters believe that Obama is a Muslim to just 12% that grant he's a Christian. 61% think Obama was not born in the United States to only 21% who accept that he was. And 63% want to amend the Constitution to eliminate birthright citizenship, to only 20% who want to keep things the way they are.

    NONE of any of what this poll is asking says ANYTHING about race! its about religion! i mean do you even know what the word means??? or like most americans does it simply means "things i dont like " these days???

    2 up, 2 shot down, have a nice dat

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