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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.

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Tim Bray 1y ago

nostr:npub1t8u7s2z2e8j5gdup94s7kjyjxqle03hekumc3kmd0ppermdwsqrsgac7sk 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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Anil Dash 1y ago

nostr:npub1ytqxefyrsmvdr9yk5mn2ec6juglxar0x8u3r4ucpnc7nu6fwy7tsyz9rrp one would hope!

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