nostr:npub1ytqxefyrsmvdr9yk5mn2ec6juglxar0x8u3r4ucpnc7nu6fwy7tsyz9rrp one would hope!

nostr:npub1xzmt2d95f7watzyqktl982d7jfe5ptktusv4j20csz8nxxgmhq6q30eykm yes, very much. It's all algorithmically induced.

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.

nostr:npub1j5xwn3vhyftsuc4g0js2rdvzp4hfd3ec4tvtqkpc9r3xryc50jmqfef7hw can't tell if you're too stupid to realize how wrong you are, or if you don't know what "free" means.

This is the most succinct articulation of it that I’ve seen — Anthony Marinelli, who played synths & programmed several tracks on Thriller, saying the single biggest sonic influences from what Michael Jackson was listening to during recording were The Time and Prince. https://youtu.be/GCdPu0i7N4g?si=aamGU7oysq2O1zfa&t=2445 (at 40:50)

It’s wild to see the entirety of Union Square shut down by fans of a Twitch streamer. Of course, since the fan base is largely Black & brown boys, NYPD is responding like this is a mass shooting, instead of the warm welcome they give to whites supremacist antivaxer rallies.