Cisco@lemmy.today to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months agoA cool guide to pop vs actual psychologylemmy.todayimagemessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1541
arrow-up1541imageA cool guide to pop vs actual psychologylemmy.todayCisco@lemmy.today to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareNik282000@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up107·3 months agoBecause two of the big platforms might cut off your traffic for using any of a long list of arbitrary words. It’s pretty fucking disgusting to self censor inoffensive language because an app might stop showing your memes to other mouthbreathers.
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 months agoOr disgusting that algorithms with arbitrary rules comtrol so much of what so many people see.
minus-squareEndlessNightmarelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months ago It’s pretty fucking disgusting to self censor inoffensive language It’s disgusting to need to do it. I won’t blame poster/commenter for doing it so that their shit doesn’t get deleted.
minus-squareNik282000@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThey don’t need to do it, their post wont get deleted. It will only not get promoted by the platform, it can still be shared and viewed directly by users.
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agonot only that, but by using munged language like that you’re effectively making peoples blocklists on trigger words utterly fucking useless.
Because two of the big platforms might cut off your traffic for using any of a long list of arbitrary words.
It’s pretty fucking disgusting to self censor inoffensive language because an app might stop showing your memes to other mouthbreathers.
Or disgusting that algorithms with arbitrary rules comtrol so much of what so many people see.
It’s disgusting to need to do it. I won’t blame poster/commenter for doing it so that their shit doesn’t get deleted.
They don’t need to do it, their post wont get deleted. It will only not get promoted by the platform, it can still be shared and viewed directly by users.
not only that, but by using munged language like that you’re effectively making peoples blocklists on trigger words utterly fucking useless.