@prologic@twtxt.net unless you intend to become a nation-state, you can’t really censor?

If you’re worried about moderators silencing people then yes, yes they should have that power. And the community values should be very clear about where the lines are and how to deal with moderators who cross them.

@abucci@anthony.buc.ci Of course you can censor people without being a nation-state. It’s just a question of power. If @prologic@twtxt.net decided he didn’t like what I have to say, he could add a line to the code of yarnd that automatically hides posts on all pods if it came from me. Would that not be censorship?

@abucci@anthony.buc.ci I disagree. I think the “modern” definition of the word has a place here. An individual exercising his power over you on a platform to suppress you, not because you’ve violated any sort of rule, but because he doesn’t like what you say, is at least an attempt at censorship. What would you call that?

If there was a rule that you’ve broken, then it’s content moderation. A separate discussion can be had over whether or not that rule is just.

Fortunately, twtxt is very difficult to suppress completely. As long as I can still put a text file somewhere for people to download, I can still post.