so that's where they draw the line. a lot further right then where i draw it, but at least they have one
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As much as I hate musk, this is the exact kind of censorship that is causing communities that don't support mod abuse to have an advantage.
Fuck deciding what other people can and cannot see.
Viva la federation!
It is a boycott, not censoring.
I'm not sure there's much distinction in this case.
How exactly is there not much difference? One is people not buying/using their stuff because they suck. The other is the state blocking them.
It's not even just about the salute. Using Twitter links, especially in the sports subreddits, has been a pain point for years and years. Unless you have an account, you can't see what was said. If you do have an account, you can't see the original tweet in response. When highlights are posted, the video player is trash. There is always a karma race to post the info first. Updated information has to become a new thread because you can't edit the old tweet. Deleted tweets lead to dead threads. The experience has been shitty for years, this is just the last push it took to try to break out. ESPN has started making it's analysts info and breaking stories available on their platform through some kind of system on ESPN? I got notifications about it on Tuesday. So the functionality isn't really being lost; information is still coming out as normal, it just isn't from a shitty platform (completely separate from current events).
All fantastic reasons to discourage posting twitter links, but I stand by my assertion that this kind of censorship is not a good thing.
I wouldn't call that censorship. No spread of information is being restricted anymore so than what Twitter already restricts. Unless you are connected to your Twitter account already, it cannot be seen. The information can and is readily found elsewhere. Is restricting of linking to a platform (who itself is restrictive in who can see the information) censorship alone, ignoring the content?
No, it's textbook censorship.
Just because it's censoring something you want censored doesn't mean it's not censorship.
It's sad this has to be spelled out for so many of you, but I really don't expect more considering the world you're growing up in.
How is defederating not censorship? The solution is to make your own instance and control your own federated instances, but that's partly unrealistic for everyone to run their own instances. So Fediverse inherently promotes censorship? But the same solution exists with Reddit. It's not an administrator rule, it's a sub rule. If you don't like the rule, you can make a sub and allow the links, the exact same as the solution for federating your chosen interests. It just seems hypocritical to shout "viva la fediverse" when the exact same issue is here, and it's technically one of the built in features.
Also, that's insane the level of personal attacks you're levying because I disagree, but go off my guy. Crazy you're not posting from your own instance, lest something get defederated and censored. But what do I know? The world I am growing up in (as an adult like...2x over) clearly doesn't show it.
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Just gonna ignore you now, goodbye.
Stop censoring him! How is this any different?
I'm not deciding for other people what they get to see.
Sorry this has to be spelled out for you, but I don't expect more at this point.
Nobody is doing that. What are you talking about?
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Nobody is deciding what other people get to see, censoring would do that. A boycott is when people decide not to do/... something. Just like you ignoring someones messages.
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"I agree with your argument, but I'm going to be contrarian anyways cause fuck it"
Not really.
It'd be more accurate to say you guys are clamoring to fit in.
"You guys"?
You guys, you people, etc. The people getting mad at me because I dared to stand up for free speech when it's something unpopular being said.
I lump them all into one big group because they're incapable of autonomous thought, just like you.
Enjoy your block, btw.
Twitter prevents me from reading the posts half the time, and I can't see any comment at all, so...
No one's saying they can't see something.
They can go to X themselves if they want to see it. They just won't be able to do it from those subreddits.
this is the exact kind of censorship that is causing communities that don’t support mod abuse to have an advantage
I honestly can't tell if this is a defense of mod abuse or not.
Reddit mods are literally saying users on their subreddit can't see twitter links posted there.
I'm sure they also say that people can't see child porn or doxx links either.
Does your absolutist approach to "free speech" cover those as well?
No.
I can tell you're upset about this and not thinking rationally, so I'm just going to block you.
Goodbye.