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They only say it to avoid word filters on certain algorithm-driven sites. Your comment won't be automatically flagged, demoted, or shadow banned here for using
by weberer 2y ago
They only say it to avoid word filters on certain algorithm-driven sites. Your comment won't be automatically flagged, demoted, or shadow banned here for using naughty words that corporate advertisers don't like.
- skyyler 2y agoSurely you can understand that when certain behaviours or phrases become fashionable, they can become detached from the culture that generated them.
- accrual 2y agoI'm in agreement, but one thought that crossed my mind is how the population in China self-censors and I wonder if this is kind of like that. Rather than tailor the terminology to different environments, the person just chooses the "safe" term all the time.
- skyyler 2y agoWhen was the last time you were in China? I'm curious about this self-censoring you're talking about. Did you observe it personally?
- kossae 2y agoThere are 10s if not 100s of articles on it, and even a paper written about it: https://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/politics/documents/Thesis.Zhen.Kevin.pdf https://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/politics/documents/The.... One does not have to be in China or observe it personally to know of its existence.
- skyyler 2y agoOkay, so from the one you linked: >Respondents who are the most highly educated, have the highest number of daily posts on social media, and spend the most time on social media, appear to self censor criticisms of the government on social media more than they self censor praise of the government on social media. Other respondents do not appear to self-censor criticism of the government on social media. However, my findings are severely limited by my small sample size. I was actually asking for accounts of firsthand experience, not ideological slop.
- kube-system 2y agoThat is the origin of the phrase, but it has since entered colloquial vernacular... as pretty much all terms used on social media do.
- catigula 2y agoI haven't seen that, I find it strange.
- kube-system 2y agoYou're wouldn't be the first adult to be unfamiliar with slang. Language spreads socially.
- BurningFrog 2y agoThe word filters must adapt pretty soon. So we'll get new terms.
- boromisp 2y agoThe next gen is semantic and sentiment filters, the age of wordlists is over.
- kortex 2y agoAnd early Europeans avoided saying the name of the terrifying land mammal out of taboo / fear it would summon it, and instead referred to it as either "the brown one" or "wild animal" (exact etymology is unclear which it was), giving us the word "bear", to the point where the "arktos" based word has been lost. Often times euphemisms stick. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear#Etymology