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Nederlands(NL) Voor mij, geboren in de 20e eeuw en dus oud, was dit nieuw. Het is voor 21e-eeuwers blijkbaar volstrekt normaal om 'unalive' te schrijven, in plaats van 'dead',

Social media algorithms encourage veiled language, users adopt euphemisms

Some social media users, particularly those born in the 21st century, are adopting euphemisms like 'unalive' instead of 'dead' to avoid content moderation by algorithms. This trend is also seen with the use of the grape emoji to refer to rape, and other veiled language. These algorithms on major social media platforms encourage the use of such indirect language. AI

RANK_REASON The item discusses a linguistic trend on social media driven by algorithms, which is not a core AI development or significant industry event.

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Social media algorithms encourage veiled language, users adopt euphemisms

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 Nederlands(NL) · [email protected] ·

    For me, born in the 20th century and therefore old, this was new. It is apparently completely normal for 21st-century people to write 'unalive' instead of 'dead',

    Voor mij, geboren in de 20e eeuw en dus oud, was dit nieuw. Het is voor 21e-eeuwers blijkbaar volstrekt normaal om 'unalive' te schrijven, in plaats van 'dead', omdat anders op de grote sociale # tech media je bericht door een # algoritme tegengehouden wordt. Of de 🍇 emoji, als j…