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> And therefore, of all the discussion forums I can think of, HN is the one that is most likely to have a view on censorship that prefers freedom of speech rath
by BugsJustFindMe 9y ago
> And therefore, of all the discussion forums I can think of, HN is the one that is most likely to have a view on censorship that prefers freedom of speech rather than suppression of wrong-thinking.
You appear to be suffering from the misapprehension that "freedom of speech" means "the HN community should tolerate bullshit" rather than "you can't be put in jail for bullshit". The difference is extremely important to many of us.
- jstanley 9y agoI wasn't talking about moderation on HN at all. I was talking about moderation on Facebook.
- BugsJustFindMe 9y ago> I wasn't talking about moderation on HN at all. I was talking about moderation on Facebook. So was I. But you're talking about the people here. I don't see why you think it matters where scam blocking happens. So far in these comments you seem to be saying that scamming needs to be defended as a practice. That's a hugely psychopathic position, so I hope the interpretation is wrong. But when you use the phrase "freedom of speech" against moderation of fake news, which are scams perpetrated on the vulnerable public, not a synonym for "news you don't want to hear", it becomes hard to interpret otherwise. I think that most people here would probably say that Facebook isn't a place where social responsibility should vanish, and part of responsibility, part of having a conscience, is protecting people, both individually and collectively, from scammers. Because Facebook is not a copper wire. Facebook is an interconnected network of its participant members, just like HN.