'Woke' Urbandictonary manipulation?

submitted by AwakenGoyimEcoSlaves from (self.propaganda)

Has anyone else noticed that many urbandictonary definitions have changed lately to be more PC friendly?

Take "mudshark" for instance.

Currently the top definition has only 1000 votes but has the least number of downvotes. This is what apparently determines the ranking, the ratio of upvotes to downvotes. The more recent top definition:

"A mud shark is a Caucasian woman who dates/marries black men, to spite her friends and/or family, either consciously or subconsciously. She may not even be aware she's doing it, yet she takes a perverse pleasure in how liberal and open she is."

Previously, the top definition was a definition that currently has 3000 votes, but that definition now also a large number of downvotes, removing it from its "top definition" status. The previous top definition, recently removed"

'A white woman (typically bleached-blonde, overweight and trashy)who almost exclusivly dates black men. "

Google results will often show the former lead at the top of the results, but when you check the website, you will notice that has often changed.

Try google "white knight" and see what urbandictionary displays as the top result. Then check the actual website and you will find that the former top definition, "White knights are generally men with seriously low self esteem issues. They are also sexually depraved, and have never had a girlfriend or any female attention for that matter."

Has been dethroned by a declawed version:

"1) A man who stands up for a womens right to be an absolute equal, but then steps up like a white knight to rescue her any time that equality becomes a burden.

2) A man who Promotes gender equality but practices special privilege for women."

Type in "coal burner" and see if the top result from google matches the one on the actual website.

For me a top result of: "A rich blonde yuppie who only goes to clubs that play black music so she can find the perfect brother to piss her dad off with" Has been changed to: "White girls that only fuck black guys. Derived from a locomotive engine. She has to have black coal shoveled into her constantly to keep her hot!"

In many cases, a top result which may have been considered racist or offensive, has been replaced by a pro-black or inoffensive message which removes the derogatory nature of the word.

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[–]ChillyChili 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Nice catch.

You left out mention of the word of the day still displayed for dec 15 of "voteflake" which is pretty much as stupid and shitty as you can imagine:

"Voteflake Anyone who protests the results of the 2020 US Presidential Election without any proof or evidence and refuses to recognize Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States of America.

After over 50 cases brought before, and thrown out of, US courts, including the Supreme Court, hundreds of Trump supporters, claiming to be a million supporters, continued to cry and protest and chant outside the White House, like a bunch of voteflakes."

[–]AwakenGoyimEcoSlaves[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nice catch yourself

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You have to scroll more than half-way down the page to find a definition that has more likes than dislikes, and it's the only one that's unbiased. It should be at the top, but apparently they prioritize posts with more votes, regardless of if they're positive or negative — or perhaps they specifically put the anti-Trump post at the top to push a political agenda, which is quite likely the case, since Democrats are more likely to buy their stupid mugs.

[–]Erasmus 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You used to be able to get a mug with the definition of "Talmudvision" on it. Now it won't allow you to.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I tried cause that sounded weird but you're right.

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    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    You can get a Black Karen mug. Great gift for that POC in your life.

    [–][deleted] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    With how their voting system is set up, it wouldn't take a large botnet to manipulate whatever you want. I also wouldn't doubt that the website itself manipulates the rankings, in order to seem more politically correct. They can sell more mugs with "Marxism" on them, that way.

    Only an idiot would unironically use Urban Dictionary. It's basically just a worse version of Wiktionary, which ain't too high of a bar to begin with.

    [–]distortedlinds 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    this is why i swiftly bought a REAL dictionary recently, i am not going to rely on using dictionaries online to be accurate. i am serious, i highly recommend purchasing a dictionary NOW, possibly even 5+ years older than 2020.

    [–]ArthnoldManacatsaman 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Urban dictionary is pretty useless nowadays. Anyone can just write anything on there and have it stand as a 'definition'.

    [–]OffAndSphere 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    yeah, i've noticed this too lol

    [–]noseburp 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Weenies are taking over the internet.

    [–]Erasmus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    I noticed this a few months back. Meant to post something about it.

    In 2019, Jewish advocacy groups began taking their first warning shots at UrbanDictionary, letting them know that they were in their sights, and jokes at their expense would not be allowed to last. They started the same kind of PR campaign against UrbanDictionary that worked to successfully give them control of Twitter, Facebook, etc., with articles like:

    and

    On July 7, 2020, UrbanDictionary announced it was "rethinking the dictionary":

    Like other online platforms we’ve been inundated by hate speech and abusive content targeting women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and other vulnerable groups. Hate speech and abusive content online can cause real harm offline. It can also make people feel unsafe to speak up and share their language, silencing entire groups of people. This is not what we want our platform to be for.

    ...We will not allow Urban Dictionary to be a home for hate speech and abusive content. We support the work of Black Lives Matter to dismantle systemic racism. We accept our own responsibility to fight racism and hate, and acknowledge that we have failed to keep abusive content off our site.

    Just prior to posting this, UrbanDictionary removed 20 different definitions of "Auschwitz".

    [–]AwakenGoyimEcoSlaves[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Of course the precious jews cannot be mocked on urbandictonary but college professors can call for genocide against whites and keep their job.

    [–]filbs111 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I suspect there may be people within "urbandictionary" pruning top entries. It could also be that there are activist types outside of that company abusing the report system. I suspect that "urbandictionary" are vulnerable to attack by lawyers, maybe angling for a big buyout (i haven't looked into who owns them), and erring on the side of caution. It is concerning that a website ostensibly documenting the usage of language by the general population is, by such pruning, lying about it. I know the regular dictionary does it, but if anything this is more objectionable because the claim is that it is documented and voted for by non-expert users. It's sad that in future, people likely won't understand what our time was actually like. This is nothing new I suppose, but the hope was that we now had the technology to document our reality. Turns out technology can also be used to better fabricate lies!