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Seeing as how this is a conversation involving us, doesn't that make it "our house"? I mean without us, the whole point of the "house" ceases to exist.
Think about that.
But back to my actual point. Please.
What? No. You can't just walk in, say some dumb shit and decide that it's your house.
That's nonsense.
Your original point was the equivalent of "Stepping on Legos is literally the same as land mines, amiright?"
No, it's not, and you're not a victim.
My original point was the indecency of prosecution without explanation, actually.
You were not prosecuted.
Was I persecuted?
It's a weighty point that I am discussing elsewhere.
You were not persecuted.
In a federated social media you can literally either find a group instance with a similar mindset as you that will let you post whatever it is you feel is being censored, or you can set up your own instance and be totally free to post it. That post and/or your instance might get blocked by others, but you have full freedom to put it there to be blocked. If you think people have to read what you say without the option to not read more, then that's a different thing altogether and you might rethink your points. It's a form of "if everyone is an asshole..."
(Does anybody actually read the post anymore?)
I addressed the act of prosecution without explanation. To remove a post without telling the person why they removed it. To tell them what rule was broken, or spirit contradicted, or even views offended. Anything!
But to just remove a post without conversation. That's just crappy. And everybody agrees that it's damn crappy. But it's considered normal now. Which is crazy.
That's what I want to discuss.
Except for when it's not normal and people post about being unfairly banned while showing a ban message telling them why. Yes, it's bad moderation and you should move to a better discussion place if that's how they run the place. It's not how all social media is though.
I did read all of that btw, I was just commenting on the parts of the discussion where you were talking about the definition of censorship and comparing it to freedom of speech suppression. There are different levels, some more acceptable than others.
And my solution is still valid, even if the initial reason for posting was simply overpowered moderation.