Why is the term "Unaliving" used instead of "kill" or "murder"? , I see/hear this used so much more now

[Shellback Squid]

and I believe it's sanitizing the actual act

[SheltieLover]

1. Censors

[Shellback Squid]

2. wow, never condsidered that, much thanks from a late boomer

[SheltieLover]

5. It's a big thing on You Tube

Those with channels are denied posting anything that mentions GOP, for example, so they use other terms.

"Dirt nap" is a common one too.

Mind you, this is all from what I've heard others say.

Strange times we live in.

[appmanga]

3. It's been made popular by its use in social media...

...to keep content from being demonitized. It's driving us further into the doublespeak "1984" so presciently warned about.

[Sanity Claws]

4. They are afraid of censorship

YouTube channels mention that certain words will lead to censorship or demonetization. Apparently unaliving gets through the censors but suicide and murder don't.

[markodochartaigh]

6. At least on

Reddit I have heard that using the word, or forms of the word, "kill", "murder", "porn" can get a post flagged and maybe a user banned. Maybe it does on some platforms, but usually when I see people saying this they are the sort of poster who decries "woke" language. So some people use "unalive" or "corn".

It never seems to be completely clear who is doing the censoring, moderators, the platforms administrators, or the gOvErNmEnT. In Florida, the porn site Redgifs is unavailable without using a vpn. But that is because the site has chosen to fight the governor's mandate to require personal identification for all users. And the main censorship by the state here is forbidding the use of climate change related language in government documents.

[synni]

7. That term also refers to suicide

That'll REALLY get you flagged on many forums.

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. 'Kill,' 'murder' et al

and especially "assassinate" will get you a 30-day time-out (or longer, depending on your record) on Fascistbøk, as will a lot of other unspecified words. The Fascistbøk Copbots are notoriously sensitive to the point of absurdity. Hell, I know one person who got a week off for using "unalive."

[boonecreek]

9. You see it alot on Bored Panda.

They censor words like the names "Dick" and "Willie" and mild insults like "boob".
The prevailing belief is that it's done by AI.

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. "Dick" used to be censored in Yahoo News comments

This was when Dick Cheney was W's VP (and acting president for foreign alffairs, i.e. the Middle East wars). So, when his name was mentioned in the comments, it came out something like "%$&! Cheney."

[Eugene]

10. YouTube (especially) and other media try to stay advertiser friendly. Words like suicide and rape

get penalized by the algorithms.

Thus users employ euphemisms like unalive, self-delete, essay (sexual assault) and PDF file.

[Rizen]

12. "Kill" and "murder" get your videos flagged on youtube.

And probably several other social media sites.

[Figarosmom]

13. Maybe social media

Bans those words for content providers so they have to find a work around?

[catbyte]

14. They use it a lot on YouTube because they'll yeet your video if you say "kill" or "suicide."

I think it's stupid.