• zaph@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Whoever did it most likely intended to make money from posting it and they can’t without censoring it. At least that’s been the general consensus every time I see this asked and answered and your other choice is the snowflake bloke.

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        Maybe it’s only meant to be enough to fool automated censorship systems?

        Like leave it easy for us to read but deny the algorithm from having reason to hide it.

    • space_comrade [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      I’ve found that people just do that because they think it’s necessary, even on social media where people don’t generally really give a shit about swear and sex words.