In a separate comment, Case-Vaeth shared screenshots to illustrate their hypothesis. The one where I cropped out the “knife” had not been covered. Once by taking a screen shot and cropping out the “knife” and once by posting a screen shot with the “knife” still in the photo. Once by copy and save the original photo. I figured this out by posting it 3 different ways. If you crop the “knife” out of the photo then post it. It looks like a knife coming down towards the people. Ok so the problem is if you look to the upper right near the street light.
One analytical commenter on the “Blessed Little Homestead” thread shared an observation about an element of the photograph, backed up by their own tests. Tiffany Annette Case-Vaeth did some experimenting, focusing in on an element of the photograph and explaining: Nevertheless, why that particular image triggered the “sensitive content” filter was difficult to discern (one person speculated the daisy was a “suicide flower,” and that they had seen that flower filtered before).
“Facebook” and “censorship” appeared as related searches, and comments across the three iterations linked above largely - and erroneously - concluded that Facebook had “banned” the sentiment of the meme, which, again proliferated in different versions across the platform. Google Trends data indicated that many Facebook users sought to solve the mystery of why the “daisy” version of “stand up for what you believe in” earned a Facebook “sensitive content” filter related search terms with “Breakout” level popularity included the image’s watermark (fb/mywhisperoftheheart or “my whisper of the heart”): Twitter users discussed the “stand up for what you believe in” Facebook “ censorship” on October 6 and 7 2021:īroadly, users inferred that the phrase “stand up for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone” was banned or blocked on Facebook, which was clearly not the case, given that it appeared and could be seen, albeit with a second or two of extra effort in the form of clicking.Ī search for “stand up for what you believe in” demonstrated that iterations of the phrase were prolific on Facebook, and with absolutely none blocked by a sensitive content filter:
Others speculated that false flag reporters were behind the “sensitive content” label:Įither the AI misread the picture, or a group of trolls intentionally reported it as graphic content in order to stir the pot and get more views. They want compliance, instead of people standing up. Now why is ‘Stand up for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone’ sensitive content? This is making me angry. Over 1K in shares but Facebook Fact Checkers doesn’t get the hint.
Stood me up meme free#
It’s just a thought, maybe it’s cause it shows a green light in the magnifying glass, but they want all us free thinking people to stop A crowd milled around in the upper right corner, while a magnifying glass on the left emphasized a daisy (in color).Īs usual, some readers interpreted the Facebook “sensitive content” label as an attempt to stifle free thought and speech. Visually, the image and quote were fairly mundane, depicting a crayon rendering of the quote over a sepia-toned image. One version shared accumulated 18,000 shares on the same day, and a third post (but first chronologically) got 2,400 shares. Advertisements On October 6 2021, the Facebook page “Blessed Little Homestead” shared a circulating meme which read, “stand up for what you believe in, even if you stand alone” Facebook appeared to be automatically marking that specific image as “sensitive content”:Īs seen in the first screenshot, Facebook’s “sensitive content” label appeared to encourage outrage-driven shares of the image - which then racked up roughly a thousand shares per hour.