To be fair, any text is terrible proof.

But sometimes you are wrong.

In Reddit and Lemmy the names of the censors are hidden, and the debate is hidden too.

I don't know how they do it on X and Facebook.

Well we have this upvoting/downvoting paradigm. Simple and popular. Maybe that could be developed further.

Actually it's a picture of a cd

You have entered a low-grade reality. Basically an 80s text adventure. Truth, depth and humanity have been thrown out the window.

Yeah, but once the power is there it will be used for less legit reasons, like removing "saying nice stuff about the wrong politician".

I have a 1tb hd. And a 1 tb backup. Manually switch on backups.

You can see the reason cited.

In almost all cases you cannot see who did it.

Any conversation about it is, as a rule, private

I heard about this big Christian from a hundred years ago who doubted the existence of time, space and physical objects. I like that guy.

Anything short of a 100% auditable forum that's 100% in the control of the users is gonna slide towards total bullshit. And quick. It's inevitable. Everybody thinks they're so right that censorship is ok. Everybody.

We're talking about removing stuff at the judgment of the presiding authority.

Rationale is infinitely flexible. It will never be science. So it cannot be relied upon.

So, ideals aside, consider it in that light. Be realistic.

Maybe the power to censor could be kept out of the hands of individuals. Make it a democratic decision.

Hmm. Maybe.

You got a better one?

No matter what authority, rationale or interpretation cited, it comes to the judgment of the person actually pulling the trigger.

But this is obvious.

That's a good point.

Prosecution might then assert that it was your responsibility to employ a system that DID allow for censorship. But I hate that one.

Another option would be to refer the offender to the LEOs. Just shift responsibility. Heck, it could be said that you're doing the LEOs a service. I like that one.

I'm gonna take it at face value. You seem to be spinning a bit.

Hey the mods removed my reply. I wonder what perfectly reasonable reason they'll cite.