diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 881efdcd0..1c687495e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1662,6 +1662,26 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b5320ae4c3782150d900b79807611a59a99fc9a1d61d686faafc24b93fc8d7ca"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "enum-map"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "988f0d17a0fa38291e5f41f71ea8d46a5d5497b9054d5a759fae2cbb819f2356"
+dependencies = [
+ "enum-map-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "enum-map-derive"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2a4da76b3b6116d758c7ba93f7ec6a35d2e2cf24feda76c6e38a375f4d5c59f2"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.103",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "enum_delegate"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -2764,6 +2784,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "deser-hjson",
  "diesel",
  "doku",
+ "enum-map",
  "futures",
  "html2text",
  "http",
diff --git a/crates/api/src/community/ban.rs b/crates/api/src/community/ban.rs
index a0fd7bf18..c5d8999ec 100644
--- a/crates/api/src/community/ban.rs
+++ b/crates/api/src/community/ban.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl Perform for BanFromCommunity {
 
     // Verify that only mods or admins can ban
     is_mod_or_admin(context.pool(), local_user_view.person.id, community_id).await?;
-    is_valid_body_field(&data.reason)?;
+    is_valid_body_field(data.reason.as_deref())?;
 
     let community_user_ban_form = CommunityPersonBanForm {
       community_id: data.community_id,
diff --git a/crates/api/src/local_user/ban_person.rs b/crates/api/src/local_user/ban_person.rs
index 452557d2c..f7dc4525e 100644
--- a/crates/api/src/local_user/ban_person.rs
+++ b/crates/api/src/local_user/ban_person.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl Perform for BanPerson {
     // Make sure user is an admin
     is_admin(&local_user_view)?;
 
-    is_valid_body_field(&data.reason)?;
+    is_valid_body_field(data.reason.as_deref())?;
 
     let ban = data.ban;
     let banned_person_id = data.person_id;
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/src/comment/create.rs b/crates/api_crud/src/comment/create.rs
index 8e5bcde21..e0e942c3e 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/src/comment/create.rs
+++ b/crates/api_crud/src/comment/create.rs
@@ -45,11 +45,10 @@ impl PerformCrud for CreateComment {
     let local_user_view = local_user_view_from_jwt(&data.auth, context).await?;
     let local_site = LocalSite::read(context.pool()).await?;
 
-    let content_slurs_removed = remove_slurs(
-      &data.content.clone(),
-      &local_site_to_slur_regex(&local_site),
-    );
-    is_valid_body_field(&Some(content_slurs_removed.clone()))?;
+    let content_slurs_removed = remove_slurs(&data.content, &local_site_to_slur_regex(&local_site));
+    is_valid_body_field(Some(&content_slurs_removed))?;
+
+    let mentions = scrape_text_for_mentions(&content_slurs_removed);
 
     // Check for a community ban
     let post_id = data.post_id;
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ impl PerformCrud for CreateComment {
     .await?;
 
     let comment_form = CommentInsertForm::builder()
-      .content(content_slurs_removed.clone())
+      .content(content_slurs_removed.into_owned())
       .post_id(data.post_id)
       .creator_id(local_user_view.person.id)
       .language_id(Some(language_id))
@@ -126,7 +125,6 @@ impl PerformCrud for CreateComment {
     .map_err(|e| LemmyError::from_error_message(e, "couldnt_create_comment"))?;
 
     // Scan the comment for user mentions, add those rows
-    let mentions = scrape_text_for_mentions(&content_slurs_removed);
     let recipient_ids = send_local_notifs(
       mentions,
       &updated_comment,
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/src/comment/update.rs b/crates/api_crud/src/comment/update.rs
index 86bdb52e2..730f6b3b8 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/src/comment/update.rs
+++ b/crates/api_crud/src/comment/update.rs
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ impl PerformCrud for EditComment {
       .as_ref()
       .map(|c| remove_slurs(c, &local_site_to_slur_regex(&local_site)));
 
-    is_valid_body_field(&content_slurs_removed)?;
+    is_valid_body_field(content_slurs_removed.as_deref())?;
 
     let comment_id = data.comment_id;
     let form = CommentUpdateForm::builder()
-      .content(content_slurs_removed)
+      .content(content_slurs_removed.map(|s| s.into_owned()))
       .language_id(data.language_id)
       .updated(Some(Some(naive_now())))
       .build();
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/src/community/create.rs b/crates/api_crud/src/community/create.rs
index 850e9f2f5..ee05f6163 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/src/community/create.rs
+++ b/crates/api_crud/src/community/create.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl PerformCrud for CreateCommunity {
     check_slurs_opt(&data.description, &slur_regex)?;
 
     is_valid_actor_name(&data.name, local_site.actor_name_max_length as usize)?;
-    is_valid_body_field(&data.description)?;
+    is_valid_body_field(data.description.as_deref())?;
 
     // Double check for duplicate community actor_ids
     let community_actor_id = generate_local_apub_endpoint(
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/src/community/update.rs b/crates/api_crud/src/community/update.rs
index f4e0c8c94..fed1393c2 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/src/community/update.rs
+++ b/crates/api_crud/src/community/update.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl PerformCrud for EditCommunity {
     let slur_regex = local_site_to_slur_regex(&local_site);
     check_slurs_opt(&data.title, &slur_regex)?;
     check_slurs_opt(&data.description, &slur_regex)?;
-    is_valid_body_field(&data.description)?;
+    is_valid_body_field(data.description.as_deref())?;
 
     // Verify its a mod (only mods can edit it)
     let community_id = data.community_id;
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/src/post/create.rs b/crates/api_crud/src/post/create.rs
index cd2cf1c3d..abc4b7305 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/src/post/create.rs
+++ b/crates/api_crud/src/post/create.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ impl PerformCrud for CreatePost {
     let url = data_url.map(clean_url_params).map(Into::into); // TODO no good way to handle a "clear"
 
     is_valid_post_title(&data.name)?;
-    is_valid_body_field(&data.body)?;
+    is_valid_body_field(data.body.as_deref())?;
 
     check_community_ban(local_user_view.person.id, data.community_id, context.pool()).await?;
     check_community_deleted_or_removed(data.community_id, context.pool()).await?;
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/src/post/update.rs b/crates/api_crud/src/post/update.rs
index af2c63c50..f340a5025 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/src/post/update.rs
+++ b/crates/api_crud/src/post/update.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl PerformCrud for EditPost {
       is_valid_post_title(name)?;
     }
 
-    is_valid_body_field(&data.body)?;
+    is_valid_body_field(data.body.as_deref())?;
 
     let post_id = data.post_id;
     let orig_post = Post::read(context.pool(), post_id).await?;
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/src/private_message/create.rs b/crates/api_crud/src/private_message/create.rs
index 3f1d4ef89..b5557ff2e 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/src/private_message/create.rs
+++ b/crates/api_crud/src/private_message/create.rs
@@ -39,16 +39,13 @@ impl PerformCrud for CreatePrivateMessage {
     let local_user_view = local_user_view_from_jwt(&data.auth, context).await?;
     let local_site = LocalSite::read(context.pool()).await?;
 
-    let content_slurs_removed = remove_slurs(
-      &data.content.clone(),
-      &local_site_to_slur_regex(&local_site),
-    );
-    is_valid_body_field(&Some(content_slurs_removed.clone()))?;
+    let content_slurs_removed = remove_slurs(&data.content, &local_site_to_slur_regex(&local_site));
+    is_valid_body_field(Some(&content_slurs_removed))?;
 
     check_person_block(local_user_view.person.id, data.recipient_id, context.pool()).await?;
 
     let private_message_form = PrivateMessageInsertForm::builder()
-      .content(content_slurs_removed.clone())
+      .content(content_slurs_removed.clone().into_owned())
       .creator_id(local_user_view.person.id)
       .recipient_id(data.recipient_id)
       .build();
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/src/private_message/update.rs b/crates/api_crud/src/private_message/update.rs
index cc3c377b8..d997f506b 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/src/private_message/update.rs
+++ b/crates/api_crud/src/private_message/update.rs
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ impl PerformCrud for EditPrivateMessage {
 
     // Doing the update
     let content_slurs_removed = remove_slurs(&data.content, &local_site_to_slur_regex(&local_site));
-    is_valid_body_field(&Some(content_slurs_removed.clone()))?;
+    is_valid_body_field(Some(&content_slurs_removed))?;
 
     let private_message_id = data.private_message_id;
     PrivateMessage::update(
       context.pool(),
       private_message_id,
       &PrivateMessageUpdateForm::builder()
-        .content(Some(content_slurs_removed))
+        .content(Some(content_slurs_removed.into_owned()))
         .updated(Some(Some(naive_now())))
         .build(),
     )
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/src/site/create.rs b/crates/api_crud/src/site/create.rs
index af8540669..09eb457ba 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/src/site/create.rs
+++ b/crates/api_crud/src/site/create.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl PerformCrud for CreateSite {
       site_description_length_check(desc)?;
     }
 
-    is_valid_body_field(&data.sidebar)?;
+    is_valid_body_field(data.sidebar.as_deref())?;
 
     let application_question = diesel_option_overwrite(&data.application_question);
     check_application_question(
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/src/site/update.rs b/crates/api_crud/src/site/update.rs
index b3e865759..82407939d 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/src/site/update.rs
+++ b/crates/api_crud/src/site/update.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ impl PerformCrud for EditSite {
       site_description_length_check(desc)?;
     }
 
-    is_valid_body_field(&data.sidebar)?;
+    is_valid_body_field(data.sidebar.as_deref())?;
 
     let application_question = diesel_option_overwrite(&data.application_question);
     check_application_question(
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/objects/comment.rs b/crates/apub/src/objects/comment.rs
index e2a03b8b3..3c4e1c9c3 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/objects/comment.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/objects/comment.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ impl Object for ApubComment {
     let form = CommentInsertForm {
       creator_id: creator.id,
       post_id: post.id,
-      content: content_slurs_removed,
+      content: content_slurs_removed.into_owned(),
       removed: None,
       published: note.published.map(|u| u.naive_local()),
       updated: note.updated.map(|u| u.naive_local()),
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs b/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs
index b255ffb9b..34ecef4fa 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs
@@ -211,15 +211,14 @@ impl Object for ApubPost {
       let local_site = LocalSite::read(context.pool()).await.ok();
       let slur_regex = &local_site_opt_to_slur_regex(&local_site);
 
-      let body_slurs_removed =
-        read_from_string_or_source_opt(&page.content, &page.media_type, &page.source)
-          .map(|s| remove_slurs(&s, slur_regex));
+      let body = read_from_string_or_source_opt(&page.content, &page.media_type, &page.source);
+      let body_slurs_removed = body.as_deref().map(|s| remove_slurs(s, slur_regex));
       let language_id = LanguageTag::to_language_id_single(page.language, context.pool()).await?;
 
       PostInsertForm {
         name,
         url: url.map(Into::into),
-        body: body_slurs_removed,
+        body: body_slurs_removed.map(|s| s.into_owned()),
         creator_id: creator.id,
         community_id: community.id,
         removed: None,
diff --git a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
index 4e80c5df3..fcb6ba4c1 100644
--- a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ jsonwebtoken = "8.1.1"
 lettre = "0.10.1"
 comrak = { version = "0.14.0", default-features = false }
 totp-rs = { version = "4.2.0", features = ["gen_secret", "otpauth"] }
+enum-map = "2.5"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 reqwest = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/rate_limit/rate_limiter.rs b/crates/utils/src/rate_limit/rate_limiter.rs
index d40db5239..5351e4c82 100644
--- a/crates/utils/src/rate_limit/rate_limiter.rs
+++ b/crates/utils/src/rate_limit/rate_limiter.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::IpAddr;
+use enum_map::{enum_map, EnumMap};
 use std::{collections::HashMap, time::Instant};
-use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
 use tracing::debug;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ struct RateLimitBucket {
   allowance: f64,
 }
 
-#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Hash, Debug, EnumIter, Copy, Clone, AsRefStr)]
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Hash, Debug, enum_map::Enum, Copy, Clone, AsRefStr)]
 pub(crate) enum RateLimitType {
   Message,
   Register,
@@ -22,30 +22,10 @@ pub(crate) enum RateLimitType {
 /// Rate limiting based on rate type and IP addr
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
 pub struct RateLimitStorage {
-  buckets: HashMap<RateLimitType, HashMap<IpAddr, RateLimitBucket>>,
+  buckets: HashMap<IpAddr, EnumMap<RateLimitType, RateLimitBucket>>,
 }
 
 impl RateLimitStorage {
-  fn insert_ip(&mut self, ip: &IpAddr) {
-    for rate_limit_type in RateLimitType::iter() {
-      if self.buckets.get(&rate_limit_type).is_none() {
-        self.buckets.insert(rate_limit_type, HashMap::new());
-      }
-
-      if let Some(bucket) = self.buckets.get_mut(&rate_limit_type) {
-        if bucket.get(ip).is_none() {
-          bucket.insert(
-            ip.clone(),
-            RateLimitBucket {
-              last_checked: Instant::now(),
-              allowance: -2f64,
-            },
-          );
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   /// Rate limiting Algorithm described here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/668327/1655478
   ///
   /// Returns true if the request passed the rate limit, false if it failed and should be rejected.
@@ -57,40 +37,39 @@ impl RateLimitStorage {
     rate: i32,
     per: i32,
   ) -> bool {
-    self.insert_ip(ip);
-    if let Some(bucket) = self.buckets.get_mut(&type_) {
-      if let Some(rate_limit) = bucket.get_mut(ip) {
-        let current = Instant::now();
-        let time_passed = current.duration_since(rate_limit.last_checked).as_secs() as f64;
+    let current = Instant::now();
+    let ip_buckets = self.buckets.entry(ip.clone()).or_insert(enum_map! {
+      _ => RateLimitBucket {
+        last_checked: current,
+        allowance: -2f64,
+      },
+    });
+    #[allow(clippy::indexing_slicing)] // `EnumMap` has no `get` funciton
+    let rate_limit = &mut ip_buckets[type_];
+    let time_passed = current.duration_since(rate_limit.last_checked).as_secs() as f64;
 
-        // The initial value
-        if rate_limit.allowance == -2f64 {
-          rate_limit.allowance = f64::from(rate);
-        };
+    // The initial value
+    if rate_limit.allowance == -2f64 {
+      rate_limit.allowance = f64::from(rate);
+    };
 
-        rate_limit.last_checked = current;
-        rate_limit.allowance += time_passed * (f64::from(rate) / f64::from(per));
-        if rate_limit.allowance > f64::from(rate) {
-          rate_limit.allowance = f64::from(rate);
-        }
+    rate_limit.last_checked = current;
+    rate_limit.allowance += time_passed * (f64::from(rate) / f64::from(per));
+    if rate_limit.allowance > f64::from(rate) {
+      rate_limit.allowance = f64::from(rate);
+    }
 
-        if rate_limit.allowance < 1.0 {
-          debug!(
-            "Rate limited type: {}, IP: {}, time_passed: {}, allowance: {}",
-            type_.as_ref(),
-            ip,
-            time_passed,
-            rate_limit.allowance
-          );
-          false
-        } else {
-          rate_limit.allowance -= 1.0;
-          true
-        }
-      } else {
-        true
-      }
+    if rate_limit.allowance < 1.0 {
+      debug!(
+        "Rate limited type: {}, IP: {}, time_passed: {}, allowance: {}",
+        type_.as_ref(),
+        ip,
+        time_passed,
+        rate_limit.allowance
+      );
+      false
     } else {
+      rate_limit.allowance -= 1.0;
       true
     }
   }
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/utils/slurs.rs b/crates/utils/src/utils/slurs.rs
index b92650ea3..6d17aa710 100644
--- a/crates/utils/src/utils/slurs.rs
+++ b/crates/utils/src/utils/slurs.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use crate::error::LemmyError;
 use regex::{Regex, RegexBuilder};
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 
-pub fn remove_slurs(test: &str, slur_regex: &Option<Regex>) -> String {
+pub fn remove_slurs<'a>(test: &'a str, slur_regex: &Option<Regex>) -> Cow<'a, str> {
   if let Some(slur_regex) = slur_regex {
-    slur_regex.replace_all(test, "*removed*").to_string()
+    slur_regex.replace_all(test, "*removed*")
   } else {
-    test.to_string()
+    Cow::Borrowed(test)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/utils/validation.rs b/crates/utils/src/utils/validation.rs
index c4feb467b..9860b0b31 100644
--- a/crates/utils/src/utils/validation.rs
+++ b/crates/utils/src/utils/validation.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pub fn is_valid_post_title(title: &str) -> LemmyResult<()> {
 }
 
 /// This could be post bodies, comments, or any description field
-pub fn is_valid_body_field(body: &Option<String>) -> LemmyResult<()> {
+pub fn is_valid_body_field(body: Option<&str>) -> LemmyResult<()> {
   if let Some(body) = body {
     let check = body.chars().count() <= BODY_MAX_LENGTH;
     if !check {