We are going to kill "unalive"
This will, of course, probably seem very weird to most people who were born in or grew up in the 21st century. Just to recap for the olds: “unalive” is the word you use to represent concepts like dying, or death, or killing or being killed, on digital platforms where saying those words accurately will cause the algorithm to punish or censor you. Or, maybe, where the perception is that using those words will result in being censored by the algorithm, and no one is actually willing to find out what happens if you use the forbidden words.
- ▪This will, of course, probably seem very weird to most people who were born in or grew up in the 21st century.
- ▪Just to recap for the olds: “unalive” is the word you use to represent concepts like dying, or death, or killing or being killed, on digital platforms where saying those words accurately will cause the algorithm to punish or censor you.
- ▪Or, maybe, where the perception is that using those words will result in being censored by the algorithm, and no one is actually willing to find out what happens if you use the forbidden words.
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| Canonical URL | https://www.anildash.com/2026/10/06/kill-unalive/ |
| Publication time | Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:49:39 +0000 |
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We are going to kill “unalive” 06 Oct 2026 2026-10-06 2026-10-06 /images/broken-monitor.jpg culture, language, social-media, power, tech culture language social-media power tech 2026 I talk to a lot of old people, those who were born in the 20th century, and if I ask them what the word “unalive” means, they usually have no idea what I’m... 10 06 Oct 2026 culture culture language language social-media social-media power power tech tech We are going to kill “unalive” I talk to a lot of old people, those who were born in the 20th century, and if I ask them what the word “unalive” means, they usually have no idea what I’m talking about, except for some of them who have kids or who study Internet culture.
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