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I think that's why YouTubers self-censor the word "suicide". Intent is currently difficult to parse, so mod bots probably have a low threshold for blocking rela

I think that's why YouTubers self-censor the word "suicide". Intent is currently difficult to parse, so mod bots probably have a low threshold for blocking related content. I think TikTok had this problem with bomb threats to schools, claiming that the only content they found was imploring people to be aware of the threats, not actually engage in them.

lozenge 5y ago
Advertisers don't want to appear on videos about suicide, drugs, other topics. It's either a list their ad agency provides or one YouTube has. The YouTubers also used to avoid the words COVID and pandemic but I think that calmed down a bit due to the sheer quantity of content that mentioned it.
- mbg721 5y ago
  Oddly, advertisers don't seem bothered that their brands are on videos where the creator says "Roll 1 twenty-sided unalive," with a massive eye-roll. I go out of my way to steer clear of the stuff that I see advertised on YouTube.
  - verdverm 5y ago
    It seems "unalive" is spreading. I've heard it on several platforms now. It's pushing on meme level due to the misinterpretation by automods. There are several other words, like Heckmet instead of Helmet where it's a syllable rather than a whole word. I've even hear unalivemond for diamond
    - userbinator 5y ago
      That's clbuttic. How doubleplusungood.
    - zdragnar 5y ago
      I'm reminded of my friend's autistic kid who loves to learn things on YouTube. Whenever he gets excited and tells you about something, he ends his spiel with "Like and subscribe!" before walking away. These innocuous behaviors feel like a mental contagion that we should really be trying to rid ourselves of.
    - int_19h 5y ago
      This is exactly what you should expect from this kind of censorship - it will simply cause the slang to cycle faster.
    - caf 5y ago
      Stop this ride, I want to get off.
  - WalterBright 5y ago
    Shazould jazust shazuse dazubble dazutch.
el-salvador 5y ago
I didn't know this was a thing on U.S. social media now... I remember reading some years ago about how Chinese social media users used homophones to bypass the automatic censorship. https://gvu.gatech.edu/research/projects/algorithmically-bypassing-censorship-sina-weibo-nondeterministic-homophone https://gvu.gatech.edu/research/projects/algorithmically-byp... https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/03/china-social-media-language-government-censorship-covid/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/03/china-social-...

lozenge 5y ago

Advertisers don't want to appear on videos about suicide, drugs, other topics. It's either a list their ad agency provides or one YouTube has. The YouTubers also used to avoid the words COVID and pandemic but I think that calmed down a bit due to the sheer quantity of content that mentioned it.

mbg721 5y ago
Oddly, advertisers don't seem bothered that their brands are on videos where the creator says "Roll 1 twenty-sided unalive," with a massive eye-roll. I go out of my way to steer clear of the stuff that I see advertised on YouTube.
- verdverm 5y ago
  It seems "unalive" is spreading. I've heard it on several platforms now. It's pushing on meme level due to the misinterpretation by automods. There are several other words, like Heckmet instead of Helmet where it's a syllable rather than a whole word. I've even hear unalivemond for diamond
  - userbinator 5y ago
    That's clbuttic. How doubleplusungood.
  - zdragnar 5y ago
    I'm reminded of my friend's autistic kid who loves to learn things on YouTube. Whenever he gets excited and tells you about something, he ends his spiel with "Like and subscribe!" before walking away. These innocuous behaviors feel like a mental contagion that we should really be trying to rid ourselves of.
  - int_19h 5y ago
    This is exactly what you should expect from this kind of censorship - it will simply cause the slang to cycle faster.
  - caf 5y ago
    Stop this ride, I want to get off.
- WalterBright 5y ago
  Shazould jazust shazuse dazubble dazutch.

el-salvador 5y ago

I didn't know this was a thing on U.S. social media now... I remember reading some years ago about how Chinese social media users used homophones to bypass the automatic censorship. https://gvu.gatech.edu/research/projects/algorithmically-bypassing-censorship-sina-weibo-nondeterministic-homophone https://gvu.gatech.edu/research/projects/algorithmically-byp... https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/03/china-social-media-language-government-censorship-covid/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/03/china-social-...