https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algospeak
A 2022 poll showed that nearly a third of American social media users reported using "emojis or alternative phrases" to subvert content moderation
is kind of a crazy stat, tbh.
this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2025
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The most annoying thing is most people aren't getting moderated or reported, they're just mindlessly copying the very few people that might be affected by censorship.
They are walking into prison because someone with a megaphone got thrown in, and they lacked the presense of mind to question if the megaphoner should even be there. They just jumped in too.
That's f*ucked up
What the flying fuck does flucked mean?
Hey, this is a Christian server so stop f*ucking swearing
It's almost like the powers that be want people's thoughts to start curving around the use of such language and by extension ideas. It's like a modern implementation of Newspeak. Holy shit! Its Wikipedia article even links algospeak as an example!
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This self censoring bullshit is an important rung on the ladder of the dystopia we are headed toward.
Now that everyone wants kids out of social media or to gatekeep with age restrictions, it should be OK to post hardcore porn, right? That was the end goal of those Karens, wasn't it?
The Karens are being used, like always, to push an agenda we know nothing about. Super sketch that all these countries suddenly decided this needed to happen right now, with no public conversation on the topic or explanation about why it's suddenly necessary.
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