>>145518
>I started researching internet self-censorship
Have you found anything related to >>143018 san's (he is me) thoughts on modern internet puritanism?

As examples, I don't think the games "Game of the Year: 420 Blaze It" or "Five Nights at Fuckboys" can be made today without someone raging about morality and ethics. More significantly, I don't think there's a chance something like "The Filthy Frank Show" or "Corpse Party" can be released today without an absolute flood of insults or calls to censorship.

There's also the growing trend (not widespread, only seen it in internet cesspools such as TikTok, TwitterX, Reddit and YouTube comments) of replacing words with "safer" alternatives: grape, corn, soup on the side, goon; along with the classic "n-word", "r-word" and of course "ahh". I have no idea if the last one is self-censorship or just some strange turn of phrase I'm unfamiliar with.

In addition to the reasons proposed in thread, I suspect the spread of Rule 8 stuff over 2021-2024 into the mainstream internet is related in some way. I get the strange disconcerting feeling that some time in the near future, there will be a televised ad containing a "wojak" or *oomer variant. I have no idea what the implications of this are.