Comment by Mathias_Greyjoy on 22/02/2024 at 05:06 UTC

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Read this comment chain again. In this context, delete absolutely *does not* just mean remove. It's being equated with destruction of the comment, obliterated from the archives of the website. These users are whining about how *"mods are deleting (read destroying) my comments!!! MUH FREEDOM!"* 😭😭😭

Factually untrue, demonstrably disprovable. That is not the definition of the removal function in Reddit moderation. The content is being obscured from view within that mod's space. The content is fully visible in that user's profile. Nothing is deleted or destroyed.

The above user is trying to illustrate that if someone slapped a poster on a wall, where they had no right to do so, and the security for that private property removed the poster and returned it, that does not constitute destruction of the poster. And neither does removing a comment constitute destruction of the comment.

Try it this way.

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 ChainedHare at 22/02/2024 at 17:21 UTC

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Literally who cares? Why is this even an argument? Book censorship has more or less the same effect whether they're outright burned or just chucked into an underground vault and locked under a hundred keys and secret passwords. I mean I expect the law to account for that technicality or any judge to see right through it.