I was posting some comments on Reddit, in the “Privacy” subreddit, about better privacy options than Android or iOS—like GrapheneOS. I just received a message from the bot deleting my posts that mentioned GrapheneOS or other privacy-friendly operating systems. I accept this, since I’m not the owner of the subreddit. But with all due respect, what’s the point of having a place to discuss privacy if comments recommending great privacy-focused OS alternatives get deleted? I don’t get it.
It seems like people in that community want privacy, but apparently not enough to have an open discussion about alternatives. Sure, some people might disagree—that’s normal in any discussion! Should we stop talking about the NSA because some people support what they do? I doubt anyone would suggest that.
Am I missing something here? Maybe I just don’t understand the reasoning.
But, wasn’t it better to ban users that are creating that issue without being polite, rather than banning some healthy topics and discussions?
I understand where you’re coming from. Unfortunately, from personal experience, discussions on certain topics can start out perfectly politely and well-intentioned, but quickly devolve into mud-slinging. If you’ve got active mods who can keep on top of things, then it can be possible to manage those types of conversations, but if there’s limited mod resources then I can see why it would be easier to simply ban those particular topics.