News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive multi-year deal. Parent comment

Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by raxxorrax on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @07:26AM (#23245581)
Of course it is censorship to remove someone because of the content they create. Plain and simple.

And no, he isn't the only one by far. He was just the notorious one to sell people the practice of content controls on platforms. Since then many content creators have either been removed or demonetized.

Nothing controversial will ever find a home on Youtube as a consequence. You will just get the most benign shit you will get on TV if trends fortify themselves.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by CathedralBorrow on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @07:40AM (#23245687)
Where are you drawing that line, I'm really curious. Can you put me live on Zoom in your house so I can talk about things I like? If not, are you participating in censorship?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by Traster on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @07:33AM (#23245638)
It's censorship to stop someone saying something, not to stop them saying something on your property. The New York Times isn't censoring me by choosing not to publish my incoherent ramblings on their front page.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by raxxorrax on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @07:52AM (#23245764)
It is still censorship if you do it on your property. It is your right to do so, not the point here but still censorship. The NYT is a publisher and we did a lot of work separating the two. Currently there are ambitions to moderate platforms because those have more listeners.

As I said, there are enough creators demonetized because they are just controversial. Advertisers don't like that. So what are you arguing here for exactly?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by CathedralBorrow on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @09:24AM (#23246518)
If all publishers, persons and organizations are censoring everyone who is not allowed to use their platform/property to express whatever they want... then it seems to dilute the meaning of censorship into nothingness.
[ Parent | on HN ]