censoring insults is legitimate, censoring satire is not. not even in the real world.
when the powerful can censor the minnow criticizing them this is censorship of the worst type.
flagging something because you simply don't believe it is helpful it is not in accordance with the flagging etiquette, especially when your flagging means censorship.
I did not flag it because of satire, nor criticism, nor because I simply don't believe it is helpful. I downvoted because it departs from satire into pure trolling and because I believe it is harmful (the latter being a recommended reason for doing so in the white paper and repeatedly practiced by the developers themselves).
censoring insults is legitimate, censoring satire is not. not even in the real world.
when the powerful can censor the minnow criticizing them this is censorship of the worst type.
flagging something because you simply don't believe it is helpful it is not in accordance with the flagging etiquette, especially when your flagging means censorship.
I did not flag it because of satire, nor criticism, nor because I simply don't believe it is helpful. I downvoted because it departs from satire into pure trolling and because I believe it is harmful (the latter being a recommended reason for doing so in the white paper and repeatedly practiced by the developers themselves).