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Why does everyone suddenly seem to think it's ok to say the R word again? I feel like I hadn't heard it in years and suddenly everyone around me is using it, and I see it on Reddit all the time. Am I imagining it? Is anyone seeing this? I don't even know what to say when it's suddenly just everyone in a group and everyone acts like it's normal.

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[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

We know that moderation standards have gotten worse, recently. Pick a random big web community hosting company, and it's likely find that they have laid off big parts of their content moderation team, in the last 24 months.

In spite of the evidence of both my professional expertise, and simple observation; I have received many assurances that AI is definitely picking up the slack.

I say this as some defense of the average human. The algorithms and staff that pair us with each other online for communication have undoubtedly gotten substantially worse, recently.

It's possible that the average living human has not actually gotten worse... Okay, I'll admit, I think they totally have. I think all that lead paint expose "that didn't hurt us" is finally kicking into full force for many of us.

Edit: I see some correlation - the average CEO getting scammed into bad AI purchases is the right age for the lead explanation...