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> For instance, observers have noted the rise of “tortured phrases” used to evade automated integrity software, such as “counterfeit consciousness” instead of “
by arkh 1y ago
> For instance, observers have noted the rise of “tortured phrases” used to evade automated integrity software, such as “counterfeit consciousness” instead of “artificial intelligence”.
This has been a thing for years in the social media / podcast space. Unalive, bubbling yourself, vitamins, pdf files etc. in lieu of forbidden words because of the holy advertiser money.
- thinkingemote 1y agowhat does "bubbling yourself" mean and cover for? I've not heard of it before. Sounds kind of fun and harmless. I did a search and it seems to refer to the act of putting oneself in a bubble, that is surrounding oneself intentionally in a social network group identity bubble. (A kind of psychological defence method like repression which in the long term isn't good). What forbidden words does it replace?
- arkh 1y agoIt's used by some for "killing yourself". Not as fun and harmless.
- thinkingemote 1y agoThanks and that search engines are advertising vehicles reinforce your comment! They don't want people to find what people are using that term for. Edits: Oh and the harmless and fun is the disguise!
- Tade0 1y agoGoogle's AI told me it's "looking for or being interested in Pastorelli Yourself Ys Pure Bubble floor tiles". All in all I shouldn't be surprised, considering advertising is Google's business.
- brador 1y agoIt comes from that Wii mario game where in multiplayer you’d jump to death and bubble up and it would auto follow the still living (best) player to finish the level.
- Kon-Peki 1y agoWait, hold on. In that Wii Mario game players could “bubble themselves” to avoid death. And then shake their controller to bring their bubble closer to an active player, who could pop the bubble and turn the “bubbled” player back into an active player. And if all players were “bubbled” then you’d go back to the world selection screen without any player losing a life - you’d only lose any powerups you had. So is this the correct source for the terminology, or did nobody using it actually play the game, or???
- arrowsmith 1y agoThis is why you hear political podcasts talk about “the Austrian painter” or “midcentury Germans” and not the common names by which those things are known. Gotta keep that sweet YouTube monetisation.
- anal_reactor 1y agoIt's strange that societies discover every 100 years or so how profanities come to existence.
- pseudo0 1y agoThis is an interesting emergent trend though because it's designed to evade automated content moderation. The whole point of "PDF file" is that it's perfectly innocuous without an understanding of the surrounding context. With real-time audio transcription increasingly common, even livestreamers have to do this to avoid getting hit with automated bans or deprioritization.
- arrowsmith 1y agoWhat is PDF file a euphemism for? That was the only one in the original post I couldn’t figure out. Porn?
- SSLy 1y agoa nonce
- arrowsmith 1y agoOhhhhhh.
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- artemonster 1y ago"seggs", "unalived". ugh.
- Ferret7446 1y agoIt just goes to show that you can't easily change human behavior. Humans, and reality in general, will route around whatever petty schemes the ruler of the day dictate.