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View submission: Defending the open Internet (again): Our latest brief to the Supreme Court
Removing a comment makes it so only you and the moderators can see the comment. How is that substantially different from outright deletion? Would never fly in court.
Comment by Mathias_Greyjoy at 22/02/2024 at 04:25 UTC*
22 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Removing a comment makes it so only you and the moderators can see the comment. How is that substantially different from outright deletion? Would never fly in court.
First of all, that's simply untrue. There are quite a few ways to still see a comment that's been removed. Just because a mod removes it from view on their subreddit doesn't mean it disappears from view on that users own profile. You're being very blasé about the difference between ***obscure*** and ***delete***.
This is really an extremely simple and basic concept to grasp. Mods don't delete any content, only you yourself can do that with your own content. Mods simply obscure it from view in their own spaces. The facts are very important here.
Only one of these options is an example of *"deleting"* something.
Comment by ashamed-of-yourself at 22/02/2024 at 00:44 UTC
34 upvotes, 2 direct replies
it’s substantively different because the comment or submission *still exists* and can be accessed if you have the url, whereas if it’s deleted *it no longer exists* and is inaccessible even with a url.
you really should understand the basic functionality of this website if you wish to meaningfully participate in a discussion about its fundamental operations.
Comment by LeanDixLigma at 22/02/2024 at 00:38 UTC
11 upvotes, 2 direct replies
It's still visible on the person's profile.
If a person came up and slapped a Taylor Swift poster on a wall and security came over and took the poster down, rolled it up and handed it back to the person, did they destroy it?
Comment by seanfish at 13/03/2024 at 23:00 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
No I can go to your profile and see what you wrote.