Comment by Mathias_Greyjoy on 22/02/2024 at 04:25 UTC*

20 upvotes, 1 direct replies (showing 1)

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.

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.

If I hide a piece of paper in a drawer, have I destroyed it? It can still be found if you look hard enough.
If I throw the piece of paper into the fireplace, have I destroyed it?

Only one of these options is an example of *"deleting"* something.

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Comment by RedditorsRSoyboys at 22/02/2024 at 16:28 UTC

-7 upvotes, 2 direct replies

doesn't mean it disappears from view on that users own profile

who on earth is going to ever see a comment if it only shows up on someones profile lmao

this is so dishonest