the scratch team straight up removed comments to solve the filter issue
What’s going on with the filter? I saw a thread on the Scratch forums seemingly showing that words usually filtered now aren’t filtered.
The filter was not working somehow and you could post comments, make forum posts, and register usernames that usually weren't allowed. Its back up now though
It was their smartest choice, considering the fact the filter was actually deleted. It would take way too long to restore it in comparison to just using a 403.
Because suddenly, the filter admin panel started returning an error instead of showing a login page