I donāt know if youāre joking or not so I will answer genuinely. It is used to circumvent censorship. Some platforms are strict with words. By obfuscating potentially black listed words it helps get the content past the filters.
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PagPag@lemmy.world āØ16ā© āØhoursā© agoWhat is the deal with this trend?
Itās annoying af for some reason to me. I just donāt know why.
zewm@lemmy.world āØ16ā© āØhoursā© ago
PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com āØ14ā© āØhoursā© ago
Iād argue it also thereby normalizes, memetically spreads, and even to a degree enforces the very thing it means to circumvent. Damn this horseshit, forever. Not attacking you, just the self-censoring nonsense.
zewm@lemmy.world āØ12ā© āØhoursā© ago
I mean you could just not use the platforms you donāt agree with. Itās all there in the EULA everyone skips. š¤·āāļø
PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com āØ12ā© āØhoursā© ago
Who could? I already donāt use them. I wish more would do the same.
seathru@quokk.au āØ15ā© āØhoursā© ago
Engagement bait.
Itās supposed to be.
mika_mika@lemmy.world āØ12ā© āØhoursā© ago
People were dumb cunts before internet engagement was a thing.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world āØ6ā© āØhoursā© ago
Which is exactly why people always fall for it.