Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-censorship
Self-censorship is the act of censoring or classifying one’s own discourse, typically out of fear or deference to the perceived preferences, sensibilities, or infallibility of others, and often without overt external pressure.
On Lemmy? All the time.
In real life? Also all the time.
Always in the same way. I want to say something that would be hugely unpopular so I replace it with a softer phrasing - like not revealing all the elements of my opinion, or making it sound more similar to the majority opinion while keeping the core intact.