Because self-censorship is done to avoid getting filtered or demonetized on certain platforms due to policies put in place by those platforms to attract advertisers. It is not done because of the person’s moral or ethical beliefs. It’s basically willing compliance with internet enshittification to whitewash everything and make it advertiser friendly.
I’m an older generation and (generally) refrain from swearing myself, but seeing censored posts on Lemmy drives me fucking insane. This isn’t a preschool nor is it an advertiser-friendly place. We should keep it that way.
In adult-facing parts of the internet, including here, swears are typically used for an extra bit of “oomph” to spice up a sentence or make a point clear. (I know that there’s an actual word for this but I can’t think of it currently.) It’s generally considered neutering that spice if you censor it; case in point is this meme. It just tends to look childish or dumb, especially if the word is just vaguely censored like this meme here again. At least Grawlixes (“$#@&!”) have some mystery as to the word being said.
Every time a swear word is censored on the internet, a cat video gets a million views, or something like that.
We’ve gone all the way around so now censoring a swear makes people more upset than actually saying it and I really don’t understand why.
What happened?
Because self-censorship is done to avoid getting filtered or demonetized on certain platforms due to policies put in place by those platforms to attract advertisers. It is not done because of the person’s moral or ethical beliefs. It’s basically willing compliance with internet enshittification to whitewash everything and make it advertiser friendly.
I don’t remember people being offended by the word fuck in 2000. Sure on TV it could be considered dicey but on the internet it was pretty fair game
The younger generations decided that being offended by swear words is fucking stupid.
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And those motherfuckers are right.
I’m an older generation and (generally) refrain from swearing myself, but seeing censored posts on Lemmy drives me fucking insane. This isn’t a preschool nor is it an advertiser-friendly place. We should keep it that way.
In fact, we should actively try to make it hostile to advertisements.
Fuck your goods I wipe my ass with your services.
They’re unaliving censorship, or however younger generations say it.
Lmao, the term unaliving is censorship. Tiktok won’t let you say “kill”.
That was their point lawl
But. Isn’t it gen Z and older A’s censoring shit?
They don’t censor because they’re offended by the words. They censor so platforms like tiktok don’t delete their posts.
In my mind this makes it even worse
In adult-facing parts of the internet, including here, swears are typically used for an extra bit of “oomph” to spice up a sentence or make a point clear. (I know that there’s an actual word for this but I can’t think of it currently.) It’s generally considered neutering that spice if you censor it; case in point is this meme. It just tends to look childish or dumb, especially if the word is just vaguely censored like this meme here again. At least Grawlixes (“$#@&!”) have some mystery as to the word being said.
Intensifiers, goddammit!
If you want to make a post without swear words, just do it. Using a swear word and then censoring it completely defeats the purpose
I didn’t censor it so I’m not to blame
Ok you didn’t censor it. But did you consider uncensoring it?
Oh, I wasn’t blaming you one bit. I was just pointing out how odd it is.
It really is odd. What’s even the point? Is it some kind of “saying it without saying it” thing? It’s still explicitly saying it.
Certain platforms will negatively impact an account based off content they find inappropriate.
I don’t know which, because I don’t use any of those fuckin platforms.
tbf the cats deserve it