Quote from: jackg on January 14, 2020, 04:42:12 AM

If you look at a lot of mainstream social media, they do a bit too well at trying to stop things like indirect hate speech and freedom of expression and this is something I think bitcointalk controls pretty well... While I don't appreciate hate speech, I think it's often best to leave it up and allow a community to attack that person or ideology rather than just remove it from the server and say "that's that mater resolved". (by indirect hate speech I mean when someone speaks out about something and it's due to a lack of public coverage that they feel the way they do) - it's obviously better to educate people more on an issue rather than just to delete it; but what mainstream social networks are about education these days?

But this is just an appreciation post for Theymos and the other mods who seem to have a very well balanced view on moderation of the forum (as balanced as I've seen anyway).

i don't endorse hate speach on any issue but sometimes you need a radical to get the message across and it helps to control ignorance

How much of a coincidence it is that this CLAIM made by the intial poster comes on a day when one of the most blatantly corrupt and undeniably SCAMMY deletes from any mod ever takes place.

I do NOT agree with the initial poster that in all cases the moderation is good and neutral or even allowing free speech. In this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5217537.0

There is clear and undeniable demonstration that MODS are corrupt and will delete the truth when it is in their interests of the interests of those they are aligned with.

That thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5217537.0 creates an irrefutable case that demonstrates the moderation here is OKAY until it effects them or their friends ( by them I mean mods). They are paid by sigs the same as everyone else here. You place those in danger or those friends that maintain their status quo then you will find the moderation is VERY CORRUPT and one sided. Perhaps NOT ALL mods but there are some that certainly want to hide up that they support scammers who in turn support them.

Debunk those points on that thread if you can. Read it all first.

Allow hate speech or criticism of 3rd parties that do not have any effect on them ... of course they don't give one fuck about that? haha how does that effect their bottom line here economically??

Sure it is good people can say what they like within reason. But when it is not hate speech and it is the truth about scamming and scammers and the mods deleted it then you know you have a serious issue.