Firefox’s Enhanced Tracking Protection (Strict Mode) is known to cause issues on x.com
There were no “issues”; everything was working completely fine. This is a deliberate decision to force people to turn off tracking protection.
I saw a recommendation to use Firefox’s container extension https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers, but it’s disabled in private browsing windows, and I always use private browsing windows.
I’ve never had the experience of seeing young people refrain from using curse words. It’s usually as people grow up they see it as an immature way to communicate. I personally use them a lot, but in formal settings I certainly don’t. Some people simply don’t turn the switch on and off and elect not to use them so much. I don’t think that’s such a bad thing even if it’s not how I operate. It’s up to each of us how we want to communicate, so frankly, I just don’t concern myself with it.
As for people self censoring online, I have seen that since my old messageboard days when I was a kid. “You can curse on the Internet“ is a pretty old meme. Literally decades.
People who see it as an immature way to communicate won’t use the words at all. People who are actually immature despite growing up will use the word and think it makes a difference if they put an asterisk in there instead of spelling it out.
I just don’t understand what possible effect this has on your life. It’s not even low stakes, there are no stakes. You are just judging somebody for how they want to communicate. Why does that matter to you? Do you want people to judge you and lecture you for using profanity? Of course not. Live and let live dude. It doesn’t matter.
I am not judging people for using profanity, I am judging people for thinking fuck vs f*ck makes a difference.
The whole point is you don’t need to judge anybody for anything because this has literally no bearing on your life. We get it, you’re cool. You say fuck. Who cares what others do? Just leave them alone lmao it’s not that difficult! It’s literally doing nothing at all!