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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 09-May-2026 16:25:52 JST Aral Balkan

   (Personally, option 1 feels like a violation to me – content belongs to the author not to the host and moderators should no more be deleting other people’s posts than they should be editing them – while option 2 – especially combined with a limit and/or suspension or the threat thereof – is well within the rights of the host regardless of whether I agree with the actual moderation decision itself. Option 1 feels like censorship while option 2 – while it could easily constitute censorship – feels more like moderation to me.)

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 09-May-2026 16:36:37 JST Aral Balkan

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     • eslam94🇵🇸🍉

     @eslam94 Hi Eslam, I am not asking whether or not moderation should exist.

     I’m asking a very specific moderation policy question:

     Should I be able to delete your posts or should I, for example, suspend your account and ask you to delete your own post if you want your account unsuspended?

     There is a big difference between the two as to how we view the ownership of what is posted.

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     eslam94🇵🇸🍉 (eslam94@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-May-2026 16:36:38 JST eslam94🇵🇸🍉

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     @aral I believe the author should maintain order without being chaotic. If order is disrupted, the host should intervene, otherwise it will become a jungle.

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     grob (teeth era) 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (grob@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-May-2026 18:42:10 JST grob (teeth era) 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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     @aral I voted "delete" before I read this and would revise my opinion to "should be able to hide permanently from everyone except the author"

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 09-May-2026 19:01:17 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Alien🍉

     @alien The problem is that not all channels are created equal.

     If mastodon.social blocks my instance of one, they prevent ~750,000 people from following me and seeing my posts.

     If I block mastodon.social, I prevent ~750,000 people from following me and seeing my posts.

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     Alien🍉 (alien@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 09-May-2026 19:01:19 JST Alien🍉

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     @aral bonus: I like to think the fediverse like a radio. No one will force your voice out, at most you just don't fit in a channel.

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     Alien🍉 (alien@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 09-May-2026 19:01:20 JST Alien🍉

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     @aral their posts are deleted without reason or warning that sounds like censorship. But in a place where you can choose multiple instances and you agree on terms on those instances, I see no reason to believe deleting posts is censorship. You can always repost or keep talking in any other instance.

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     Alien🍉 (alien@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 09-May-2026 19:01:21 JST Alien🍉

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     @aral I think that if there only would be a single instance in a social media (not the fediverse design) the censorship thing would make a solid argument. But from my experience, people who post things in a well moderated instance that is required to be deleted (such as insults, offenses, or anything against the accepted rules when signing up) usually refuse to delete themselves and are more likely to keep the harassment, even stronger.

     If someone is forced into an specific instance and (...)