Comment by SilverElfin
19 days ago
Same on Twitter / X. Posts criticizing Musk or Trump or their friends like Thiel are suppressed. Many users report that those posts get far less views than their other posts, in a suspicious pattern. Musk probably had their real algorithm (that’s live) configured to amplify some views and suppress others.
> Posts criticizing Musk or Trump or their friends like Thiel are suppressed.
Same here too, for the record. At least for the past year. Not all, but very many.
People complain about it all the time, but any posts about it get deleted almost immediately by express mod decree.
I do understand that this latest 24 hours is a different level, but would not be surprised if censorship has dramatically escalated here recently also. We've no way to know.
I'm not sure the mods really censor. Users can flag for whatever, often being politics rather than tech.
> I'm not sure the mods really censor.
They do. Not unflagging an important story is just as much censorship as flagging it yourself. And it happens here a hell of a lot.
Try and make a post questioning what stories get unflagged, or asking about moderation logs, or even asking for a debate on the flagging system. It will be rapidly removed; and if you ask for permission it will be denied.
That's censorship, and it has been getting more and more extreme. But you can't post about it - guess why.