• M137@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      I’m pretty certain it’s done just to get comments like yours, the same as deliberately misspelling and rage bait. Everything for more comments, clicks, interaction etc.

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      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.

      Year 2000

      Say ‘fuck’

      People get irrationally mad

      Year 2024

      Say ‘fxck’

      People get irrationally mad

      What happened?

      • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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        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.

      • mozingo@lemmy.world
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        14 hours ago

        The younger generations decided that being offended by swear words is fucking stupid.

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        13 hours ago

        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.

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        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

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      13 hours ago

      I didn’t censor it so I’m not to blame

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          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.

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            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.