Oddbean new post about login | logout Manipulating the entire meaning of an author’s post without the author’s or reader’s consent is a form of censorship to me.
nah. Many clients to choose from. Choose a different one
Aren’t you censoring them?
Who? How?
If someone wants to put a 💩 next to #Monero. It is up to them, who are you to say that is not allowed?
Yes, it’s up to them. I don’t have any authority over their client code. I can only express my opinion as a user of the client and open pull requests to the code base. I value user choice above all else. It’s the client developer’s right to write whatever software they want, but it’s the user’s right to express their opinions about what they want to see or not see. The question is if the client developer values their users’ choices. If not, the user has the choice of using a different client.
If they can choose a different client, is it really censorship or could it be curation? Can you say for certain that it would 100% be censorship? Is curation censorship? Should client made for kids allow porn or would curation be the key there? Would that be censorship? Tough questions. I don't think it is good practice for the client creator to add a shit emoji (funny but not good practice); but I have a hard time seeing that as actual censorship when you can switch clients or even create your own.
Yeah, but it isn't. Censorship prohibits free speech. Adding information is manipulative, persuasive, maybe even intimidating. But it's not censorship. Be careful not to become the child crying wolf.
We have different definitions and are debating the semantics. We’ll just agree to disagree.
Yes, but definitions matter. Bcashers had a different definition of "cash". Either way, you're right to point it out. It's not censorship, though. At least not in my book. I think it is important to be precise and less dramatic about things.
Personally, I would classify the misrepresentation of signed content as forgery... so, worse than censorship.