#algospeak

#algospeak

The modern internet is a hostile environment full of spies, miscreants and narcs, prompting savvy users to protect themselves with coded language.

Algospeak refers to the words used to get around censorship imposed by the algorithms that determine what ends up on our feeds; for example, kill has become unalive.

Aleksic identifies terms like 'seggs' and 'unalive' as part of a linguistic trend called algospeak, representing inventive workarounds for discussing sensitive topics online.