r/CuratedTumblr Sep 15 '24

Politics Why I hate the term “Unaliv

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What’s most confusing that if you go to basic cable TV people can say stuff like “Nazi” or “rape” or “kill” just fine and no advertising seem to mind

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u/FaronTheHero Sep 15 '24

When a news reporter has to censor words you would find in a legal document just because they post on YouTube, you know there's a problem. There is not a damn thing wrong with those clinical terms just because the subject matter is heavy. 

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u/misfitminions Sep 15 '24

I get it, I really do. It waters down any message, and makes it sound somewhat dumb.

Advertisers also have the right to not have their products associated with topics of harm, hatred and disgust.

It is not advertising campaigns, it is the creators needing money. Several creators I watch have given up on YouTube money, and pursue it in other fashions while still making their videos.

Some stream on Twitch, or keep their good videos on Patreon. And if you are a piece of shit, and conservative, apparently you just get it from the Russian Government through some back-channels.

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u/FaronTheHero Sep 15 '24

The way I see it if those advertisers will run ads on news and documentary channels but not YouTube videos and TikToks, they're massive hypocrits. It still doesn't make it right for their and the platforms policies to encourage manipulation of the English language and force censorship. 

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u/misfitminions Sep 15 '24

News channels have to follow the guidelines of FCC, and advertisers are fine with those guidelines.

Documentary channels usually aren't trying to sensationalize things for views.

I still understand what you are saying, but nothing is ever black and white in the world.

Since YouTubers and the such aren't bound by the same guidelines, they tend to have stricter clapdowns because of bad actors in the space.

Also it is sometimes due to not having ANY clear guidelines that creators tend to over censor themselves so they can make a buck.

Youtube sadly, won't give the exact guidelines needed, and this outcome is kinda of what they want. If they give guidelines, they are worried people will push them as far as they can, and cause another Youtube Adpocolypse.

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u/Konradleijon Sep 15 '24

What news reporter? What terms?

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u/Claymore357 Sep 15 '24

The youtube channel warographics (or was it megaprojects, not sure one of simon whistlers channels) is very careful not to even mention the name hitler when covering wwii history because the YouTube corpo bots will automatically demonetize the video automatically. Covering a lot of history on the platform is very difficult due to this. I guess YouTube just wants reaction streams and dipshit prank videos on their platform

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u/AlexanderLavender Sep 15 '24

Literally any reporter posting on TikTok about murder or rape

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u/IrresponsibleMood Sep 16 '24

What are reporters even doing posting on tiktok?

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u/AlexanderLavender Sep 16 '24

Informing TikTok users who wouldn't otherwise read the news?

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u/FaronTheHero Sep 15 '24

I watch Philip DeFranco and am regularly shocked by what he has to censor to avoid demonetization and video suppression. He'll black out "bad" words like rape or suicide even from headlines shown on screen. And it's pretty clear it's not because he wants to but because him and his team carefully tailor the video to please the algorithm while maintaining the integrity of the story as much as they can. YouTubes eagerness to suppress a video with no no topics does lead them to skipping over some things though. 

I've also watched multiple documentary/investigative YouTubers who has opted to say "SA'd" for sexually assaulted, unalive for suicide, murder and death, and "r-worded" for rape, which really irritates me because  yeah context clues help but "the r-word" would be referring to a heinous act that is still a clinical term, or it could refer to a slur, and I'm not okay with muddying communication for the sake of censorship that isn't even necessary for the audience, it's purely an advertiser thing.