• ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net
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      2 months ago

      Something I’ve noticed is that self-censoring seems to artificially increase the rank of post in the feed, as the people who comment about it boost the post’s activity, and thus make it show up higher depending on the the viewer’s post sorting method chosen.

      EDIT: To be clear, I’m not advocating for self censoring to game the system, it’s just something I’ve observed happening on the posts that do self-censor. Every post with censored swears has always received more comments than it normally would’ve due to people commenting on the censoring, which has boosted it in my feed.