This is something your unfunny aunt would post on Facebook
why the fuck did you censor the word “died”?
I’m thinking it’s kind of smart because a bunch of ai (as of now) probably won’t be able to read it
Why it is censored?
I’ve seen this a lot recently. I’m guessing a certain social media platform is perpetuating this. Not sure if it’s the platform itself taking action against accounts using these words or if it’s the users themselves collectively deciding to censor these topics.
Either way it’s stupid to me how language is becoming increasingly taboo. We need to be more open to discussion not less so.
I watch a news show on YouTube that censored “human trafficking” in an article excerpt. Really stupid to have social media policing news
I’ve been seeing a lot of “trigger warnings” myself. Idk when we decided to treat triggers exactly how the professionals say they should not be treated, (triggers are supposed to be identified, but it is your responsibility to learn how to deal with it and navigate life not the world’s responsibility to cater to your every whim), but even so some of these “triggers” are patently ridiculous. On mastodon people are blurring pictures of dogs, cats, even fucking cartoons, for “eye contact.” With a picture. Of a cat. Shit has gone too far.
Tik Tok is the most aggressive. Saying Sex, kill, die or rape at all in your video has a pretty strong chance of getting your post hidden to varying degrees.
I think this is because they were getting lawsuits when their wonderful algorithms kept sending suicidal kids more info on suicide.
Dropping negative topics down the rankings is not a terrible idea, but it does lead to bonkers workarounds when people want to talk about it anyway and worry about keeping their social media metrics up.
Hiding all the engagement metrics would probably do wonders for a lot of teens mental health, as they become desperate to be influencers.
So I guess the concept of “death” is now politically incorrect, huh. What a time to be alive.
Jc it’s not about “”“political correctness”“” the idea is that social media websites either shadowban or suppress posts that contain content that isn’t advertiser friendly. So people censor swear words or references to death or sex.
Who even gives enough of a fuck to self-censor the central point of the idiotic drivel they posted from the shitter to maximize their impressions? Peak self-absorbedness or what?
The first sentence makes it sound like there was one weight lifting accident at the gym that lasted 17 years.
I took it to mean that there was a stretch of 17 years when everything was fine but then one day, disaster struck.
