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Re:It is not topics that are censored, it is behaviour by Overtonwindow on Friday April 15, 2022 @11:11AM (#31041100)
It’s censorship behavior on behalf of the platform that is not applied evenly. Elon has convinced me to be a free-speech absolutist, you may not like it, I may not like it, but that’s the way it should be.
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Re:It is not topics that are censored, it is behaviour by happytoexplain on Friday April 15, 2022 @12:19PM (#31042007)
Absolutism feels righteous and is simple to describe and follow (and therefore makes it easy to avoid the appearance, real or not, of hypocrisy), but it's just not realistic.
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Re:It is not topics that are censored, it is behaviour by beej71 on Friday April 15, 2022 @12:18PM (#31041994)
Good luck defining "evenly"! :)

I don't think Elon is going to allow Nazi spam, and he shouldn't if he wants the platform to be relevant.

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Re:It is not topics that are censored, it is behaviour by happytoexplain on Friday April 15, 2022 @12:21PM (#31042039)
Absolutism implies achieving even moderation by not moderating - though even that is arguably not "even application", if one side of some issue thrives more on strategies that are harmful to conversation than the other.
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