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View submission: Defending the open Internet (again): Our latest brief to the Supreme Court
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 Ajreil at 22/02/2024 at 01:09 UTC
23 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The comment is also visible if you go to the user's profile
Comment by BlackScienceManTyson at 22/02/2024 at 00:48 UTC
-12 upvotes, 2 direct replies
When your comment gets removed so only you and a handful of people (moderators) can see it, you are effectively deleting the comment. In the context of censorship, how is that any different from simply deleting the comment? You're reducing the visibility of a post from 100% to 0.0000001%.
Just because technically you didn't delete it and exists on a DB somewhere. No one cares. No judge would split hairs in such a stupid manner in the context of censorship.