Sounds like a generational thing.

I grew up texting. But in the 90s any profanity filters could just be turned off in settings.

10729287 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

People are getting used to censor themselves in order not to be reported, banned, or «hurt » other sensibilities. The words « rape » couldn’t be written in instagram for example, what a great way to deal with such a serious issue. Mainly an American thing spreading away from young people if you ask me. Sorry America, just being honest here.

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sampullman 3 hours ago | parent [-]

America is partly guilty, but TikTok censorship is a big part of the younger generation's tendency toward self censorship.

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bragh 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

As much as I personally dislike TikTok, I don't think it is fair to it: cultural willingness for more sensor sheep on Internet started years before TikTok's popularity in the west.

	▲	sampullman 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's not the sole cause, but I believe it's the main driver behind a bunch of specific substitutions that are mainstream now or nearly so. For example, dih, ahh, and unalive. They may not have been invented on tiktok, but that's where they incubated.

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well_ackshually 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There's no such censorship on TikTok, it's entirely groupthink based on people saying "when I use that word my video is seen less so therefore it's being censored".

Youtube is a lot more guilty of it though, as well as demonetizing.

	▲	collabs an hour ago \| parent [-]
		well_ackshually, tik tok has a well known, long, and rich history of suppressing certain search keywords.

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mixermachine 30 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

After reading through the threat here it seems more like a cultural thing. The US has quite a lot of filters for profanity. I remember from my youth that in 2009 Eminem was a guest in a Germany TV show and very happy to swear as much as possible without being censored. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2OC-yKZ5Yag

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nairboon an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

You had profanity filters for SMS?