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I guess you are not from the generation of texters. This how languages work we used to use * as a way to avoid getting censored it over time became a way to cur
by xbmcuser 17d ago
I guess you are not from the generation of texters. This how languages work we used to use * as a way to avoid getting censored it over time became a way to curse or give emphasis.
- josephg 17d agoSounds like a generational thing. I grew up texting. But in the 90s any profanity filters could just be turned off in settings.
- 10729287 17d agoPeople are getting used to censor themselves in order not to be reported, banned, or «hurt » other sensibilities. The words « rape » couldn’t be written in instagram for example, what a great way to deal with such a serious issue. Mainly an American thing spreading away from young people if you ask me. Sorry America, just being honest here.
- sampullman 17d agoAmerica is partly guilty, but TikTok censorship is a big part of the younger generation's tendency toward self censorship.
- bragh 17d agoAs much as I personally dislike TikTok, I don't think it is fair to it: cultural willingness for more sensor sheep on Internet started years before TikTok's popularity in the west.
- sampullman 17d agoIt's not the sole cause, but I believe it's the main driver behind a bunch of specific substitutions that are mainstream now or nearly so. For example, dih, ahh, and unalive. They may not have been invented on tiktok, but that's where they incubated.
- well_ackshually 17d agoThere's no such censorship on TikTok, it's entirely groupthink based on people saying "when I use that word my video is seen less so therefore it's being censored". Youtube is a lot more guilty of it though, as well as demonetizing.
- collabs 17d agowell_ackshually, tik tok has a well known, long, and rich history of suppressing certain search keywords.
- sampullman 17d agoHow is that not a form of censorship? It is direct suppression of certain forms of speech. YouTube has its problems but I don't think it's had quite as strong of an effect on language.
- flumes_whims_ 17d agoIt sounds like there is a documented policy or proven that TikTok does it. Just people thinking it does leading them to self-censor. Then people see others doing it and copy it. So, I guess it is censorship but not by TikTok.
- nairboon 17d agoYou had profanity filters for SMS?
- josephg 17d agoNo, but I think ICQ and some IRC clients had profanity filters turned on by default. I remember visiting a friend once and realising he hadn't turned the profanity filter off. I teased him about it for weeks.
- mixermachine 17d agoAfter reading through the threat here it seems more like a cultural thing. The US has quite a lot of filters for profanity. I remember from my youth that in 2009 Eminem was a guest in a Germany TV show and very happy to swear as much as possible without being censored. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2OC-yKZ5Yag https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2OC-yKZ5Yag
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- saberience 17d agoI’ve been texting since it was first a thing (sms on Nokia phones) and no one I knows does this. We just say shit, fuck, and crap.
- nairboon 17d agoIs that a cultural/national thing instead of an age thing? I've never had texts censored by texting providers, they're not supposed to read texts in the first place (at least around here).
- Sharlin 17d agoI'm definitely from the generation of texters and there was never any censorship going on with SMSs... yours must be a cultural or regional thing.
- collabs 17d agoMaybe you didn't have T9 enabled but I consider it censorship when I type bitch and it gives me chubi. Even now I wonder if I am allowed to type bitch here... I guess we will find out.
- Sharlin 17d agoBut typing "b*tch" with T9 is just as difficult (if not more) as typing "bitch". Anyway, I guess I never had a need to swear much over SMS. On IRC, on the other hand...
- lofaszvanitt 17d agostop feeding nonsense to the masses
- mixermachine 17d agoAm I, with around 30, in this generation? Putting * in words seems like self censorship to me. Still, might have a cultural component. German here.