• I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        Most of the time, these self censors come from people who use shitty controlled platforms like Instagram or TikTok, where several “bad bad” words get you shadow banned. Agreeing with that bullshit and bending the knee to corporate rule is not something anyone should be proud of

      • Donkter@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Unfortunately, I think apathy towards this, (while very cool and nonchalant and badass don’t get me wrong) is about as annoying.

        And it’s interesting that I see these posts posing as apathy under every single complaint about censorship. I mean at some point it’s reactionary.

      • Donkter@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        It’s conservative in the most basic sense of the word (not in our modern political sense). You see someone upsetting the status quo (questioning why people need to censor things on an internet forum) and the reaction is: “Why do these people care so much? It’s fine, there’s no problem with censoring it’s never bothered me.” Most people think this way, but most people don’t post about it.

        There are two different ways to take it: one way is you actually agree with the censorship but either don’t have an argument or don’t want to argue so instead vaguely post about apathy, painting the other side as losers who care too much.

        Another way is what I said before, it’s a reactionary “ugh” as you pass by, wondering why people have their panties in a twist about someone censoring the word “kill” from one meme.

          • Donkter@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I mean, I’m glad you agree. As a community the only thing people can do is make posting censored content something taboo. Hopefully after enough of this people will get the hint. I mean, it’s working, if you’re annoyed by it then just engage with content that doesn’t have this unnecessary censorship and downvote and move on from posts that do. That way you’ll avoid people whining about censored words, there’s a whole genre of posts that have exactly none of that.

            There’s plenty of reasons why in these posts. Hell, you ostensibly agree that these words shouldn’t be censored but you come to the posts and ask why it’s a big deal? The reaction isn’t too extreme, it’s simply the only thing to do if we want to keep the community clear of this without trying to get the mods to censor the post themselves or something. So it’s quite literally the least big deal to make while still trying to shape the community.

            As I mentioned, the only reason to try to get these posts to stop is either you’re in favor of censorship or you’re in favor of maintaining the status quo in order to not see these comments, which is tacitly in favor of the censorship as that is the norm right now.

      • Opisek@lemmy.worldEnglish
        39·
        1 year ago

        Look ma, I’m swearing on the internet. No matter the content they comment under, they prove themselves incapable of actually engaging in a discussion. It’s always the same pointless “CeNsOrShIp BaD” adding absolutely zero value to the comment section. Don’t even try to argue with that crowd, they’ll downvote you into oblivion.

          • TheTetrapod@lemmy.worldEnglish
            31·
            1 year ago

            I just can’t imagine begrudging the people trying to make money from it. Blame the platforms, sure, but conferring that blame onto individual users seems misguided.

  • syl@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    33·
    1 year ago

    I can’t believe the first thing I thought when I was scrolling and saw this image was “straight flush”. My brain has been broken by balatro.

  • YardnusEnglish
    29·
    1 year ago

    Human-visible universe is boring :(

    • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      Because TikTok, Instagram and YouTube think it’s a booboo word so of course we all must adhere now.
      I wish all big tech CEOs a very “unalive”