Community Guidelines & Abusive Content Moderation Support

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Hi,

Does Discourse provide any built-in blocked word list or moderation feature for abusive, offensive, or discriminatory language?

We would like to know:

  • Is there any default profanity/discriminatory word list available?

  • Can we add custom blocked words/phrases?

  • Can posts containing those words be automatically blocked or flagged for moderator review?

Please share the recommended approach or best practices for implementing this in Discourse.

Thanks!

2

there is one here

i don’t think there is a core watched word list

you can get a number of them on google

3

See Watched Words Reference Guide.

There is no default list but as Lilly mentions, they are publicly available. Every community has different needs.

We support:

  • single words
  • phrases
  • wildcards with *
  • optional case sensitivity
  • bulk CSV import / export

Watched Words supports multiple actions, including:

  • Block — prevent the post/topic from being submitted
  • Require Approval — hide it until staff review
  • Flag — allow posting, but send it to the review queue
  • Censor — replace the word with blocks
  • plus Replace, Link, Tag, and Silence in some cases