RE: Potential Solution for Trending Page
This may seem like censorship, but again, the posts are on the blockchain,
What has " the posts are on the blockchain" got to do with anything?
Anything that reduces visibility of a post is censorship...same as when YouTube and Google use their tricks to make it difficult for you to see certain videos or sites. They too argue the original still exists and if you know how to find it, you can do so. BS. For people who like to call a spade a spade, it is censorship.
in the opinion of the moderator(s).
really? Did you know that most of them are against the conservatives, against anti-vaxx posts ...and so on (I know becuse I have been flagged for those reasons...some time ago, but still, it did happen). They are to choose what we are allowed to read or see?
To me, that makes you an enemy of freedom - but I would not block you off, exactly because I believe in freedom.
That is why I would choose the other option in the first place.
In the second place, this applies on the front page of the interface which decides to implement it. A different interface will have a different visibility, a different set of mods, if they choose the same route, etc.
There can be an interface or more which will decide to show the trending as it is now. Based on the votes, even though the trending itself is highly irrelevant.
Also the moderation I was talking about as the second solution, would happen on the front page, which is not the same as the trending page. Front page for visitor <> trending page for user.
So, if i choose not to read something you wrote, i am censoring you?
lol...
ops... you are anti-vaxx. that explains a lot.
I took a look at your home page, to see what level of intelligence exists in your posts, and you obviously are not as stupid as your comment made you sound. You think that taking a tiny part of what I said and misquoting it and using emotions to come to a conclusion, that does not make you look like an immature commentator?
As for the anti-vaxx comment, that was tacked on, thinking that it makes me sound stupid? All those parents who have had their children damaged because they believed people who were either paid by big pharma, or those who are too stupid to inform themselves of all the sides of the argument, but do not hesitate to pretend they 'know'! - BUT if a child of a friend or family is damaged, they never admit they spoke out of willfull ignorance.
Of course you do not read any anti-vaxxer posts - you are too clever to fall for that nonsense, just like those who considered themselves too intelligent and well educated to fall for that nonsense about Globalism...but I do not hear any of them laughing at me now that the globalists have made their plans public.
Obviously you are against the change of govt in your country. A pity, for if there are enough of you and you take over again, you will soon be another Venezuela.
Anyway, the point is, whether you believe or not, it does not matter. You should not have the right to impose your beliefs on me by 'graying out' my posts so that it is not visible....because if yuo have the right, then it means so do I and very soon, I assure you, there will be no platform for either of us to be a dictator on.
oh shit... its worst than i thought... anti-vaxxer AND flat-earther...
come on bro. i won't take this discussion any further because it is not worth my time, but i will give you a few cents of it:
1 - please, think for yourself, not because some weird people on youtube said something and some other agree that it is true. You people always talk about "do your own research", but its amazing how you guys tend do dismiss facts proven and easy to replicate when they don't fit what you "believe". You people aren't "awakened". You are just a cult. I hope one day you actually awake for that fact.
2 - yes, i have read and watched, anti-vaxxers and flat earthers content. I can't criticize what i don't know, so i had to understand what all of this was about. And oh boy... it's amazing how your arguments can be easily deconstructed. Why? because they are just "guessing" and "divining". There is no method, no basis. It's all based on what some other popular youtuber said.
3 - Yeah, i still am against this government. You talk about freedom of speech, but think that someone that all his life (personal and political) always exalted the period of our history where our people had the lowest right of freedom of speech, people that talked against the government disappeared on the middle of the night, or were exiled to other countries. Weird isn't it? You know what you should do? Your own research. There is a lot of information around about Brazilian dictatorship period, and a lot of recorded evidence of Bolsonaro speeches exalting that period, even saying that "more people should have been killed at that time"
BTW, have the opinion that this president we have right now is a shitty person and a shitty politician doesn't mean i like or support the other side (aka Lula and the PT party). And you know why? because i can actually think for myself.
4 - I don't care about whatever bullshit you write, be it anti-vaxxer, flat-earth, or whatever is the new conspiracy theory of the moment. I have read enough about it, and won't read again.
But here this guy suggest some ways to filter of what is shown on a personal level (since no matter how many flags you get, your post is recorded on the blockchain, so it will never be actually censored) and you say this is some kind of censorship? what kind of weird thought is that?
And if someone downvote what your write because they don't like what you wrote and think that it doesn't deserve the reward that is also censorship?
How is that censorship if anyone can un-hide the post/comment with just one click?
Do you really understand what censorship is?
anyway, answer this is if you would like to. i wont bother answering it again.
You almost made a few points....but then you dragged in that nonsense about flat earth, without me making any reference to them, as I have no time for such nonsense (which includes pr about vegans).
I also am amused by how you pretend you are so intelligent and thorough, doing your research. All you had to do, as I did, is open my home page and look at where I come from. Last time I looked, South Africa was not a part of the US.
The truth is, I do hold beliefs that are considered old-fashioned, but I am not ashamed of that - I am proud of being a decent human being, without needing to succumb to the pc culture, which is the culture of childish temper tantrums.
I agree, it is far better that we stop, as reading your comments makes me sad, it disheartens me when I hear and see how all my dreams of mankind evolving and maturing have been reversed and destroyed, so that adults argue by taking what was said to extremes so as to make a point which is not valid, as the arguments is not honest. Ask any teacher, they'll tell you it is a sign of immaturity.
Okay - that was fun...so bye-bye
I won't keep this discussion going on, but here is just some stuff to complement what i said:
Well, sorry about calling you a flat-earther, but this sentence made me think you were one of them. Seems that there is still hope here then.
I don't think i wrote anything about US. Really, i have no ideia where you came up with that.
If you got confused about when i talked about the president of my country, i was talking about Bolsonaro, not about Trump. But i get it. Trump is also a shitty person and a shitty president, so i undestand the confusion.
And btw, i am really sorry, but i can't enter a "mature" discussion with a anti-vaxxer, but the whole concept it's so damn stupid and dangerous for the society as a whole that i can't personally give too much credit to anti-vaxxers.
Best wishes, even though you don't think i am "intelligent as i try to be" (nice ad hominem fallacy there).