• zanyllama52
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    Why is there self-censorship on the word “rape”?

    • quack@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      Entirely warranted fear of overbearing content moderation on corporate social media.

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        I guess that’s one of the reasons I don’t use corpo social media, goddamn. Use the words you need to, for fucks sake.

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          Sadly it’s a great way to get your post hidden or deleted. I hate it too.

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        I’ve never seen any evidence that it’s actually warranted and not just a superstitious offering to the algorithm