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by raxxorrax 2044 days ago
I think moderation has become far too strict on the net and I have seen countless examples of censorship due to bipartisanship. I don't think all people want that. If people prefer it that way, there need to be separate spaces.

But I believe this is at the core of the issue when people complain about moderation. I think it is very true, even sites like Wikipedia are negatively affected on political topics while paid external editors are free to roam to push up articles about themselves or their companies. This is the worst kind of moderation I can imagine.

If we talk about moderation against spammers and scammers, a vast majority would agree on the other hand. But these are two separate issues in my opinion.

> I would also add that no one prevents the original poster, or anyone else from using other services.

I think there is concerted effort to purge alternatives in the current market situation and I think this nothing else than an excuse to justify certain content moderation. I think platforms have this freedom, but there are also consequences to that.