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Re:Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went priv... by iSnow on Thursday January 28, 2021 @07:01AM (#25940806)
It doesn't work. Moderation has it's name precisely because suppressing content that is crated to incite emotional reactions keeps the mood in a community. All free-speech platforms I know of devolve into a hotbed of Neonazis and trolls. As a consequence, I am no longer interested in trying out "censorship resistant" platforms because I precisely know what will happen a couple months down the road.

Social media without meaningful moderation (ie. FB and Twitter before the latest crackdown) was an error.

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Re:Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went priv... by dvdkon on Thursday January 28, 2021 @07:24AM (#25940961)
I wasn't talking about a "free speech platform", I just think that moderation should be transparent, and that users should be able to view content deleted/hidden by moderators if they wish.

Many times I've read a discussion about someone being fired for a social media post. Some people will defend them, some people will say the reaction was justified. And I can't make up my own mind, because that post was swiftly deleted by moderators and now everyone's just acting on their own memory of the post.

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