RIP social media. What comes next is messy
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pmdr
jfengel
You still have the right to speak.
You don't have the right to an audience.
dontwannahearit
And who gets to decide?
jfengel
There's no decision to be made. It's a right you don't have.
The decision is where people put their attention. It could be anywhere. Statistically speaking, it won't be you.
LocalH
The end user. That's the only way it's not censorship in practice
javascriptfan69
the people moderating the platform that you signed up to post on?
what do you mean?
dontwannahearit
See my comment below. On HN for example it isn’t necessarily the moderators, it’s the users with downvote power who can influence what everyone else sees.
So the elite users are the ones who choose. Funny how our communities mirror the social structures we supposedly hate.
jfengel
The site owners chose to implement it that way. That's their right. If you don't like it you can go elsewhere.
javascriptfan69
sure but to other users that's a feature and part of why they're here
it's like going to a cafe and complaining that everyone is drinking coffee
mikestew
“Elite users”? I don’t think that avoiding being an assclown long enough to collect 500 points to downvote status is a high bar to clear.
behole
And? Go somewhere else. I get elite-downvoted semi-regularly but that’s all in the game. You knew the rules when you came here.
estimator7292
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tomhow
We've banned this account for repeatedly breaking the guidelines and ignoring our requests to stop. We want this to be a place where we can discuss difficult topics, but it has to be done respectfully. We obviously can't allow calling people names like this.
If you don't want to be banned, you can email us at hn@ycombinator.com and indicate you intend to improve your style of participation.
2OEH8eoCRo0
I have a right to my own eyes and ears. It's not censorship to block trolls that I don't like.
dontwannahearit
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whattheheckheck
No its the Algorithms of the platforms that decide to treat the signal of the downvote as an indicator they ought to hide/censorship that information for the quality of the information garden whether it be for ad revenue or eudaimonia
customguy
I think the way blocking gets used and then bragged about to the personal bubble on BS (I wouldn't know about Twitter) is kind of pathetic, but at the same time, I do not mind getting blocked, or put on any of those shitlists, because that leaves me with the people who are either insane, kinda cool, or both.
rexpop
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Larrikin
He is bragging about being blocked. Most likely he is also part of the fire hose of abuse.
customguy
Like it takes anything, at all, to get labeleled mutually exclusive types of non-person by randos on social media. Sure.
You're kinda demonstrating it. I wasn't "bragging about being blocked", I said what I actually did say instead; but that's enough for you it seems. But even as you're doing it, I'm somehow a bad person for pointing out how lame it is. Nah.
konfusinomicon
you must be fun at parties
whattheheckheck
You must not have empathy
sandy_coyote
Everyone please chill
rexpop
Why?
rexpop
I don't party with fascists.
customguy
You're not making a lick of sense either.
hashmap
And yet I bet you leave your spam filter on instead of explaining to the spam what's wrong with it.
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