3 ms·
You mean with the people who host servers choosing not to host certain content? That isn't censorship, it's just people making their own choices.
by sanderjd 3y ago
You mean with the people who host servers choosing not to host certain content? That isn't censorship, it's just people making their own choices.
- cubefox 3y agoIt's server admins making their choices for/against users, by blocking entire instances whose politics they don't like. There is a big difference between users making their own choices and admins making them for them.
- sanderjd 3y agoOk, so what? Server admins are just private people hosting their own thing. They can do whatever they want. It's honestly none of your business what they choose to do.
- cubefox 3y agoI argued that there is a lot of censorship on Mastodon. You may be okay with this (presumably because the censorship doesn't affect your own political opinions) but that's a different point.
- sanderjd 3y agoIt isn't "censorship", it's private people choosing not to host stuff they don't want to host. That's their choice, and it's good for them to be able to choose.
- cubefox 3y agoCall it what you want, the effect is the same.
- sanderjd 3y agoNo it isn't. For instance, even though you seem to be mad about having your reach there limited by the choices of mastodon server admins, here you are freely expressing your opinions on a different website. You have not been censored.
- cubefox 3y agoOkay, Google removes your website from the search index. You have not been censored, after all, you are still on Bing. Oops, Bing also removed your Website. Don't worry, you are still on, err ... yandex.ru?
- sanderjd 3y agoYes, correct. Your website is not entitled to be included in any search index; many websites are not, for many different reasons. This is a uniquely internet-era phenomenon, where people feel they are entitled not just to speak, but to be heard. Nobody ever argued about whether the Wall Street Journal has an obligation to publish any article sent to them by anyone, or whether CBS is required to broadcast any television programming sent to them. It's an absurd idea.