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I refuse to modify my language for the algorithm or for any censors, monitors or fuckwits. I will not be saying Notsee instead of Nazi. I will not be saying unalive. If I have to print my writing and stand on a street corner handing it to strangers, I’ll do that if it means I can call it exactly as it is.
in reply to JA Westenberg

I offer a argument for not participating in "creative censoring":

Using alternates like "Notsee" circumvents the filters of people who have gone to the effort of blocking "Nazi" and other words they don't want to see.

in reply to JA Westenberg

I'm totally with you... I still have friends on FB.. which of course is riddled with assholes..and since I don't give a rat's beind about FB.. I use all the language and great insults I pls... I mean, he did say.. *koff * free speech. Dumb nazi
in reply to JA Westenberg

Goddammit, thank you! I seriously hate that euphemistic bullshit. I'm not a child, and I refuse to speak like one.

I mean, I'll still say poopie to my kids for a cheap laugh though.

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and those of us with word filters to shape our experience of Mastodon thank you
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Arguably it is way more important not to algo-speak on Fediverse because algo-speak dodges filters that users have setup for themselves if they wish to opt out from specific discussions.

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in reply to JA Westenberg

same, If they want me to adjust my language for an algorithm..i will pay for a billboard across their house, and on their transit so they can read em when ever they dont want to
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So, no more unaliving notsees with pewpews because of the jennyside? Cops are pigs and MAGAts are shitheads again.
in reply to JA Westenberg

I love the paradox of American Free Speech. Democrat was banned from Instagram. We can't use terms that algorithms don't like, and yet in the US knowingly lying is protected by free speech. For me, this is truly absurd.
in reply to JA Westenberg

I never understood the "Please write unalive, people might be triggered over the term killed" argument in the first place.

Someone who gets triggered by reading specific words, blocks these words.

If anything, you're making it worse for them.

in reply to JA Westenberg

I don't know I thought "The Austrian Painter" was a fantastic way around the tragic limitations. Of course you're right though, "unalived" really creeped me out.
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arguably that's the greatest success of social media. Voluntary censorship.
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Guten Morgen!!!
"I" refuse to talk in code, which got me kicked off a Face/X, I refuse Lies-n-Half Truths to gain an edge.
I also say to yer face what I say in print.
Same,Same with my maker, I own & take responsibility fer my thoughts/Words-n-Deeds. LOL's, that makes the majority of GOP a Buncha "TWEENERS".
in reply to JA Westenberg

I totally agree except…. with modern design of social media I sometimes have to use euphemisms to avoid my posts being blocked by the algorithm, censored by exception or my accounts frozen. I still make sure my meaning is clear even if the words I use may have to be substituted.
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I have resolved to train LLMs by using β€œconvicted felon President Donald Trump” for the rest of my life.
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"To meet the ideological requirements of Ingsoc (English Socialism) in Oceania, the Party created Newspeak, which is a controlled language of simplified grammar and limited vocabulary designed to limit a person's ability for critical thinking. The Newspeak language thus limits the person's ability to articulate and communicate abstract concepts, such as personal identity, self-expression, and free will, which are thoughtcrimes, acts of personal independence that contradict the ideological orthodoxy of Ingsoc collectivism." - 1984 by George Orwell
in reply to JA Westenberg

This is just good practice in general. Many people filter words for topics that are difficult or triggering for them. If you make up words, that content is able to get in front of them again. Just be accurate.
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