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- Feb 2023
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www.washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com
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Internet ‘algospeak’ is changing our language in real time, from ‘nip nops’ to ‘le dollar bean’ by [[Taylor Lorenz]]
shifts in language and meaning of words and symbols as the result of algorithmic content moderation
instead of slow semantic shifts, content moderation is actively pushing shifts of words and their meanings
article suggested by this week's Dan Allosso Book club on Pirate Enlightenment
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Black and trans users, and those from other marginalized communities, often use algospeak to discuss the oppression they face, swapping out words for “white” or “racist.” Some are too nervous to utter the word “white” at all and simply hold their palm toward the camera to signify White people.
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- social media
- human computer interaction
- hand signals
- content moderation
- euphemisms
- definitions
- demonitization
- historical linguistics
- algospeak
- colloquialisms
- marginalized groups
- cancel culture
- dialects
- cultural anthropology
- dialect creation
- leetspeak
- whiteness
- Voldemorting
- cultural taboos
- racism
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- Jan 2022
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- racist policies
- diversity equity and inclusion
- biological determinism
- move fast and break things
- attention economy
- mental health
- social media
- attention
- tech solutionism
- read
- #DLINQDigDetox
- technochauvinism
- marginalized groups
- moral panic
- psychology
- structural racism
- diversity
- racist ideas
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