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Censorship on Reddit

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Observatory of content that was censored on Reddit. Copy your posts that were censored in Reddit here. We can then collectively analyze whether the post was civil, whether it broke rules, and get an idea of the impact of Reddit censorship. We can also discuss the societal impact of Reddit's style of silent & blind censorship, such that authors often does not even know they were censored.

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In response to this post by u/Poison1990 in r/unpopularopinion, I wrote:

+1 for humor. But in all seriousness, it is possible for travelers to boycott Boeing. See the How to Boycott Boeing article.

In response to this post, I wrote:

Rationale for boycotting Boeing (for me) is all the right-wing policy it supports financially as well as the politicians it backs."

If only we get them to make planes without a right wing ;)

In response to this post, I wrote:

Climate change is a scientific theory. The climate denial propaganda is to spin climate change as "just a theory" in hopes that most people are not knowledgeable enough to know the difference between a scientific theory and a "theory" in laypersons terms -- effectively making climate change sound as if someone is wildly guessing.

A scientific theory is very well supported by evidence from a significant collection of supported hypothesis and not even close to mere guesswork -- and guesswork cannot be passed off as a "scientific theory". Darwin's theory of evolution is also a scientific theory. Would you also regard the theory of evolution as "propaganda"?

So no, you cannot "both sides" this. Propaganda is on one side; science is on the other."

When viewed from a logged-out browser, the above three comments are reported "missing". I personally and exclusively can still see them when logged in. It's a bit insideous that this censorship occured in r/unpopularopinion, where we expect to be able to express these sort of ideas in a civil manner. The third post was censored mid-conversation with u/arewetodayman, which is quite disruptive as Reddit has effectively interefered with a conversation between two people.

You would think a forum meant to accommodate "unpopular opinions" would not suppress a civil boycott on Boeing, but a moderator there is censoring posts critical of Boeing.

I posted a comment similar to the censorship summary above in r/Boycott_Boeing, and was appalled that they censored this post (like cops, Reddit moderators side with each other regardless of integrity). Then I posted the same summary message to r/censorship_uncensored and was censored there. The moderator (u/nonpushoverconsumer) said they did not (and would not) censor that post. So the 3rd instance was censored by a robot.

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[–] WheeGeetheCat 1 points 1 year ago

Did they remove the 'how to boycott boeing' post from r/boycott_boeing? Thats- hilariously terrible