1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy.ex
index 06305235e..f66c379b5 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy.ex
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.StealEmojiPolicy do
 
   defp accept_host?(host), do: host in Config.get([:mrf_steal_emoji, :hosts], [])
 
+  defp shortcode_matches?(shortcode, pattern) when is_binary(pattern) do
+    shortcode == pattern
+  end
+
+  defp shortcode_matches?(shortcode, pattern) do
+    String.match?(shortcode, pattern)
+  end
+
   defp steal_emoji({shortcode, url}, emoji_dir_path) do
     url = Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy.url(url)
 
@@ -72,7 +80,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.StealEmojiPolicy do
           reject_emoji? =
             [:mrf_steal_emoji, :rejected_shortcodes]
             |> Config.get([])
-            |> Enum.find(false, fn regex -> String.match?(shortcode, regex) end)
+            |> Enum.find(false, fn pattern -> shortcode_matches?(shortcode, pattern) end)
 
           !reject_emoji?
         end)
@@ -122,8 +130,12 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.StealEmojiPolicy do
         %{
           key: :rejected_shortcodes,
           type: {:list, :string},
-          description: "Regex-list of shortcodes to reject",
-          suggestions: [""]
+          description: """
+            A list of patterns or matches to reject shortcodes with.
+
+            Each pattern can be a string or [Regex](https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Regex.html) in the format of `~r/PATTERN/`.
+          """,
+          suggestions: ["foo", ~r/foo/]
         },
         %{
           key: :size_limit,