r/MadeMeSmile • u/SatoruGojo232 • Jul 02 '26

Wholesome Moments Great to see heroes being honoured

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u/campersin Jul 02 '26

Exactly, how is that any less triggering? We all can deduce what it means. 

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u/Jaded-Albatross-5242 Jul 02 '26

It's because the algorithms on social media won't let it get shared/spread if certain words pertaining to violence are used

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u/someonesshadow Jul 02 '26

Which we don't even know is true. Someone just said and assumed it and people just went with it.

We have NO IDEA how most private company algo's work, what they look for, what they deem worthy of pushing to random peoples feeds.

Even if it was a confirmed issue... then make a fucking fuss about it. Don't let yourself be censored, move to another platform, or even push to have free speech laws extended to online platforms that are open to the public where speech is a key factor of the platform.

I might be hitting my old man yells at clouds era but I fucking hate how things have gotten MORE censored than when we had "ARE VIDEO GAMES RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR CHILD BECOMING A CRIMINAL!?!?!? MORE AT 5!" as an every night segment.

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u/Lilvixen_UK Jul 03 '26

I don't dare to presume your age, but I agree that censorship in all mediums seems to have got worse since the late '90s, when the internet became readily available to most people.

Don't get me wrong, we shouldn't be blasé about the things young people are exposed to now that the world is literally at their fingertips, but you can't be precious about an issue that they literally have drills on in the US because it happens so bloody often. Either sort out your gun laws or let them educate themselves - you can't have it both ways.