From Camping To Cheese Pizza, ‘Algospeak’ Is Taking Over Social Media
Forbes | September 19, 2022 | Alexandra S. LevineIf you’ve seen people posting about “camping” on social media, there’s a chance they’re not talking about how to pitch a tent or which National Parks to visit. The term recently became “algospeak” for something entirely different: discussing abortion-related issues in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Social media users are increasingly using codewords, emojis and deliberate typos—so-called “algospeak”—to avoid detection by apps’ moderation AI when posting content that is sensitive or might break their rules.
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Almost a third of Americans on social media and gaming sites say they’ve “used emojis or alternative phrases to circumvent banned terms,” like those that are racist, sexual or related to self-harm, according to the data. Algospeak is most commonly being used to sidestep rules prohibiting hate speech, including harassment and bullying.
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We’ve come a long way since “pr0n” and the eggplant emoji. These ever-evolving workarounds present a growing challenge for tech companies and the third-party contractors they hire to help them police content.
Oblique Line of the Day: Here’s your chance to get in on the ground floor! What ‘algo’ euphemism would you like to create?
“Nuking the Moon” – a subtle way to assert internet dominance…
“Belling the Emu” – adding an early warning system to alert to a dangerous situation…
“Basil or Basil” – Sophie’s Choice for a new century…
Dump in the punch bowl
Anything progressive talking point
Lincoln projecting
For groomer
Gleaming the Cube
Any movie trying to cash in on the current thing.
Wounds my heart with a monotonous languor.
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Not an Obscury for those of us in the Resistance.
Maybe if he used the German translation.
Damn!
Pizza Pizza Pizza..say it 3 times not just twice.
Rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperadoes, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, s**t-kickers and Methodists
As a euphemism for the Democrat Party.
Rodents of Unusual Size = FBI
“Your wife, Squire — does she like sports? Photographs?”
A nod’s as good as a wink to blind bat, knowtimean?
If only there was some way to express my feelings towards the president while sounding like I’m cheering for a NASCAR driver…
How about: “Be motivated to win the race, Mr. Brown”
White straight men dancing = Algorythym
Prostate and slow flow problems= playing a pinochle game
Respeak – the tendency for central governance to overestimate their own intelligence and underestimate the ease at which their governance is subverted.
Who could have imagined that banned thoughts can simply be expressed with new words? Anyone with two tent poles in their bicycle, of course.
Central banks raising interest rates to control inflation= fragging their mortgage
Swap out “mortgage” for “mothers” and I’m on board.
Going out and drinking to excess..( as if such a thing is possible)= Got Pelosi’d last night..
In the actual spirit of this we should be using terms we know won’t be banned. For instance if we want to talk about going trap shooting this weekend, we should instead say, let’s meet up at the NAMBLA event. And if, for instance, we want to talk about election fraud….oh wait. That one’s okay as long as they are the ones saying it…
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
Outsiders thinking you’re referencing a Freddy Fender song while really referencing every 24 hours with the Pelosi clan
“The Algorythm Method” – a way to avoid giving birth to inconvenient ideas…
Here’s your chance to get in on the ground floor! What ‘algo’ euphemism would you like to create?
Bury the dead = Election integrity.
“Bring out your dead” – Democrat election strategy…
“Playing dead”= IT’S 3:00 am and Holy Snit we need 50,000 DEMOCRAT votes in this Couny STAT!
Serfing the web = Destroying the middle class and erasing White culture and history.
Worse than Hitler = Our NAZI tactics are not getting the desired results and Conservatives are going to gain control.
Whoopi Goldberg’s thong = Describing a Black Hole to a first-grader or where tax dollars go to a constituent.
G.O.A.T. B.= For all those involved in the prosecution and incarceration of people from J6, still locked up as political prisoners, while murderers and rapists make bail within hours.
“G.O.A.T.B.”= Greatest of All Tyranical Basturds..
I’m too old to mess with this nonsense. Since I’m neither racist or a bigot, I don’t need “code words” to say what I mean. If someone doesn’t like what they say they are welcome to NOT read it, ignore me or don’t follow me or “unfriend me”. I’ve got a large number of “friends” that I don’t even know or understand how they got to be my “friend” so I have few cares to give about losing any. I’m not a twit, I don’t “do” Instagram or Snapchat or Tik Tok (mostly because I’m not a fan of zuckerberg or china). I say what I mean, and I mean what I say. Like it or lump it because it’s not going to change.
Yes, but do you pop your blackheads with a compass you used in highschool..I do…..kidding Seanmahair..I don’t Facebook or Twitter..I get it..cheers..
No sweetie, I didn’t have a problem with my skin, but I make NO judgements. Pop away. I wenet to school when dirt was new. Cheers right back at’cha.