Sociolinguistic Artifacts

This article discusses the history of 'Algospeak', or 'algorithm-speak', and how it has become so prevalent in the age of the internet. Algospeak evolved from language used to evade other forms of censorship with long histories. I found this interesting because it seems like every time I get on social media, new topics are being censored by platform algorithms with little to no explanation.(*Content Warning: mentions of SA,self-harm/su*cide*) [Published on 04-13-2023]