The idea of censorship is millenniums old. If you think it can only happen online, then you have been spared the worst of humanity.
Showerthoughts
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- If you feel strongly that you want politics back, please volunteer as a mod.
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report the message goes away and you never worry about it.
Speaking of censorship...
Congrats you got the FIRST ever report in our community.
I got one report for "Not a showerthought". Thought I would pass the feedback along.
Only if the government gets involved
Censorship isn't as much about not letting you speak, but about not letting others hear you.
If you are not allowed to vent your opinion in a (real world) public marketplace with 1000 people listening to you, but you go to a forest, where only birds listen to you and you shout the same opinion, are you censored or not?
🤔 Looking at it from the other direction, I feel like while there's not much stopping someone from publishing something (somewhere) on the internet, it's more likely for access to that source to be blocked for other people.
For example, I can publish anything on but if is blocked from being accessed by your locale, then it's still censored.
EDIT : I just realized this was /c/ShowerThoughts 🤣
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