I know this post is probably going to get taken down quickly but I personally feel something has to be done about this. The censorship as always has been quite.. silly. The word k n o b which is honestly.. why?? I’ve seen a lot of these people complaining about the censorship. I understand why the censorship would be important in protecting the community but there was a post recently that was very explicit. It was literally about an Olympic swimmer’s ‘size’ if you know what I mean. First of this is incredibly idiotic, censoring to an extreme amount but at the same time posting articles about things like that? Second of all, I haven’t been on BP for a while (sadly ik but life got too busy for memes and yes apparently that exists). I used to be able to have a dark mode and BP was free. Now this little thing called ‘premium’ has locked dark mode and now my eyeballs are being currently blasted out. (Idk if I can edit this post afterwards so if eyeb alls is censored I’m sorry). Now, there are certain articles blocked from people who don’t pay for premium.
So,
1. BP gotta fix their censorship
2. If not the censorship, then the hypocrisy
3. At least let dark mode be free, I don’t want to download a dark mode extension just for this, it’s quite frustrating 😭
Either this is going to get taken down or absolutely nothing will happen and no one will notice this.
Ty for listening to my Ted talk byby – pug
On the censorship, I personally think that BP doesn't want to upset or trigger a single person who comes here which is the exact problem.....if you try to please everyone you end up pleasing no-one. Someone is always going to be upset or offended by something but that's a personal feeling. There's a big difference between something that's offensive and something that you're offended by. What someone else is offended by there may be many people who are not but BP would rather please the one than the many. Just because you're offended doesn't mean that you're right
We have the right to be offended. Try me! My blinkers are off. Rose tinted spectacles. No! They shouldn't pander to the effete.
Load More Replies...They’re probably on the way out so they’re pandering to as many advertisers as they can by using auto-censors to attempt to prevent comments from being “offensive” instead of human moderation (which costs money) and posting divisive content to drive ~engagement~ and boost their numbers. The app has been freezing regularly for me and they offer me dark mode if I watch an ad now. They are desperate for revenue. Wouldn’t be surprised if their pay scale was embarrassingly low generally speaking given the ~quality~ of the articles.
On the censorship, I personally think that BP doesn't want to upset or trigger a single person who comes here which is the exact problem.....if you try to please everyone you end up pleasing no-one. Someone is always going to be upset or offended by something but that's a personal feeling. There's a big difference between something that's offensive and something that you're offended by. What someone else is offended by there may be many people who are not but BP would rather please the one than the many. Just because you're offended doesn't mean that you're right
We have the right to be offended. Try me! My blinkers are off. Rose tinted spectacles. No! They shouldn't pander to the effete.
Load More Replies...They’re probably on the way out so they’re pandering to as many advertisers as they can by using auto-censors to attempt to prevent comments from being “offensive” instead of human moderation (which costs money) and posting divisive content to drive ~engagement~ and boost their numbers. The app has been freezing regularly for me and they offer me dark mode if I watch an ad now. They are desperate for revenue. Wouldn’t be surprised if their pay scale was embarrassingly low generally speaking given the ~quality~ of the articles.


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