Self-censoring is just getting stupid nowadays. I can’t remember which social media platform it is, but you have people censoring words like k*ll, and I just find it utterly ridiculous.
tiktok and instagram shadowban any content that mentions or writes kill, death, suicide, assault, sex, rape, nazi, among others. Apparently, YT will demonetize any video that uses those no-no words, too
Tiktok has some super arbitrary automatic filters that look at description + ORC text in the video and will black hole anything that matches certain words.
Like anything, there ends up being folklore about what words trigger the filtering (cos there is no public list) so people end up censoring stuff that might actually be fine, but it’s hard to know for sure
alyth@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How about the useless censoring of asshole
sukhmel@programming.dev 11 months ago
What if it was “aააhole”? Guess we’ll never know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You’re both wrong, it’s a33hole. The 3s look like little butts.
snooggums@midwest.social 11 months ago
Did snakes trade their limbs for two vutts?
TIL
IndiBrony@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Self-censoring is just getting stupid nowadays. I can’t remember which social media platform it is, but you have people censoring words like k*ll, and I just find it utterly ridiculous.
ICastFist@programming.dev 11 months ago
tiktok and instagram shadowban any content that mentions or writes kill, death, suicide, assault, sex, rape, nazi, among others. Apparently, YT will demonetize any video that uses those no-no words, too
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
Well, that’s my band name, it explains why we’re not seeing many likes or follows.! Thanks for the heads up
RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Tiktok has some super arbitrary automatic filters that look at description + ORC text in the video and will black hole anything that matches certain words.
Like anything, there ends up being folklore about what words trigger the filtering (cos there is no public list) so people end up censoring stuff that might actually be fine, but it’s hard to know for sure
Ephera@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
I believe, TikTok does this. Basically, the Algorithm will bury your post, if it detects a bad word, so people are censoring to trick the Algorithm.
I fully expect a return to leet speak or “double-plus ungood”-like language.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
i’ve already seen tons of people use “unalive”, and my favourite is simply censoring things with a deadpan “youtube” added in post.
sukhmel@programming.dev 11 months ago
I remember there being an instance in fediverse that censored profanity, so it’s not always self-censorship
Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
lemmyML will block slurs, including some that aren’t universally recognized as slurs (especially those about ableism or mysogyny)
intensely_human@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Pretty sure that word is “armhole”
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Or the useless apostrophe
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 11 months ago
… Or Incorrect apostrophe, unless they meant “it is”