Coco@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Why are people censoring "bad" words?English
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1 year agoA lot of it comes from Tiktok culture. YouTube has started doing it too.
Videos that say “kill”, “rape”, “died”, etc are all deprioritized by the algorithm if not demonetized entirely.
People have been editing subtitles to avoid these words, and the behavior spread.
Have a look at Asexuality. Might be helpful.