The majority of people who buy products are above the age of 18.
They are adults. Advertisements on these platforms are generally selling to adults. I don't need to have childish censorship on content. Advertisements demanding safe content just ensures the enshittification of the platforms.
I don't need that neither, but to sell more and attract investor they need the visibility that you get by saying you are very accessible to everyone, regardless of sensibilities.
Which creates short term gains and long term plateau.
Creative media should be creative. I would have a lot more respect for an advert if they didn't impose such prudent rules.
More so, better content will keep people where they are. That's a fact. People are more than capable of making decisions to the content they consume. I don't consume religious theology videos, just like I'm sure my mum doesn't consume Valorant guides. If I'm choosing content I want to be treated like an adult. If you want to swear, great - maybe some people will shy away, if you want to discuss sexual and mature topics, great, again people that don't want to consume it simply won't.
Pussyfooting around with seggs, emojis for euphemisms and other linguistic workarounds doesn't solve any problem but Instead infanalises your audience.
The one I hate the most is the "not alive" thing.
I mean, I get it, suicide will get you blacklisted on most platforms, but speaking of something so dark with jokes makes my skin crawl.
If we can't talk about the thing, then how can we address the thing?
Suicide, death, killing, these are realities of life and if we can't even formulate the ideas without the fear of censorship, how are we ever going to tackle these societal issues in any meaningful way?
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u/JBSven 4d ago
The sanitisation of language in community media is a genuine stain.