• _number8_@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    certain sites reduce your ability to be seen in the algorithm if you swear and/or use ‘forbidden’ words – twitter does this [started doing this? it feels like a musk change, ironically] where if there’s a curse word, it’s automatically hidden under the ‘show more replies’ button and usually gets less engagement. it’s really sick and weird and puritanical.

    oddly, saying hitler doesn’t mean i support hitler.

    • CoolMatt@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, considering most of the time that name is typed in a post, it’s not to applaud that person.