Has anybody written about the near-ubiquitous online trend of bowdlerizing text, either to avoid being penalized by the algorithm (real or imagined) or to avoid content being searchable by others? We have people who communicate about "s*x" instead of "sex" and... that's probably a very bad thing.
@59f9e828 Would the usage of "unalive" instead of "dead" or "kill" be considered part of that same trend?
@59f9e828 I’ve also seen “sens*al” instead of “sensual.”
@59f9e828 Let's assume that Fedi will get algorithms; the difference is that they won't have to cater to the sensibilities of advertisers, I assume. And thus should be able to avoid this silliness?
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