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Re:Most Americans Think Facebook and Twitter Censor Their Po... by pvg on Thursday June 28, 2018 @03:24PM (#17419736)
It only takes a dozen short comments or so even on a giant screen. And yes, almost everything is censorship if you redefine censorship to mean any random irksome thing.

Incidentally, I do think the way the comment fading works is pointedly user-hating and dumb (it's traditionally dumb, though!), but it's not really censorship. More generally, since we're talking about taking things seriously, framing forum irritants as some sort of oppression is a solid way to ensure few people take you seriously.

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Re:Most Americans Think Facebook and Twitter Censor Their Po... by JackCh on Friday June 29, 2018 @04:13AM (#17423145)
I don't think that describing a system which deliberately suppresses the legibility of posts you've already scrolled to see as 'soft censorship' is an unreasonable "redefinition" of censorship. If you disagree, I suppose I consider you unreasonable.
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Re:Most Americans Think Facebook and Twitter Censor Their Po... by pvg on Friday June 29, 2018 @10:49AM (#17424821)
Very well. I have added 'soft unreasonable' to my profile.
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