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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by themitigating on Thursday April 14, 2022 @07:54AM (#31025662)
"What Twitter could do is just stop promoting and spreading content people don’t like."

Isn't this censorship?

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by philjohn on Thursday April 14, 2022 @10:11AM (#31027278)
Yes - a lot of people claim that shadow banning, downranking etc. are censorship. I disagree, they necessary to keep online places as civil as they are.

There's also content that is regarded by mental health experts as harmful in large quantities - downranking that is also important to not cause existential harm to people.

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