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Leg Booty? Panoramic? Seggs? How TikTok Is Changing Language
- This has turned communicators of all kinds – from fashion influencers to public health specialists – into Kremlinologists who obsessively analyze the behavior of social media algorithms in the hopes of learning how to please them and (more importantly) how to avoid their punishments.
Hence algospeak. Social media users have learned the hard way that... See morefrom Pluralistic: 11 Apr 2022 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow by Cory Doctorow
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- Algospeak refers to code words or turns of phrase users have adopted in an effort to create a brand-safe lexicon that will avoid getting their posts removed or down-ranked by content moderation systems.
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- As awful as all this is, the workarounds themselves are often delightful and clever, testaments to the wit and grace of marginalized communities. For example, sex-workers call themselves "accountants." Homophobia is called "cornucopia" and "LGBTQ" becomes "Leg Booty."
This creativity isn't limited to people I admire or agree with: anti-vaxers have a... See morefrom Pluralistic: 11 Apr 2022 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow by Cory Doctorow
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