(maybe bad idea) during server filter, support option to allow user to see 'before' version as well

[jamesmanning]

currently a user can't tell if something was filtered on the server or not, which at times causes lots of confusion (especially around cloud -> butt for some reason) so one potential option is having the server do the replacement into something like:

Look at all the fluffy <span class="filter-original-text">clouds</span>butts

In the default setting, .filter-original-text is set to display: none (so the existing UI behavior is preserved by default), but when 'show filtered text' is on, it changes to text-decoration: line-through (so it's there, but with a strikethrough).

I don't have a good sense for what part the server-side filtering plays, so having this option may be a bad idea, and if so, please feel free to close this issue, of course. 😄

[Eltiech]

Speaking both as a user and a former modmin, part of the fun of the filters is not knowing what exactly happened. The "wait what?" reaction of people as they discover them never gets old. For me, anyway. That said, being able to see pre-filter messages could be a useful feature on the modmin end. However, it would likely be best implemented as being able to view a message before all filters were applied, as some filters have multiple stages(the modmin only markdown links one), and a message making use of a few filters at once could quickly end up a

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nightmare.

[jamesmanning]

fair enough - thanks 😄