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Upworthy

How social media algorithms are changing the way we talk and our basic understanding of words

Upworthy
Summary
Nutrition label

52% Informative

Etymologist Adam Aleksic has been watching with fascination on the impact social media's algorithm has had on the way we all talk.

The word "unalived" started as a way to get around the censors on the social media platform TikTok .

Words like "rizz" and "gyatt" are making it into the lexicon of social media users.

VR Score

37

Informative language

26

Neutral language

59

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

49

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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no external sources

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