Update: it seems that Rob has started a discussion on the issue. I think he deserves some credit,- look at what they have to deal with. For every reasonable comment there's about 10 trolls... Anyways, I've lost my interest in the subject.
Original journal entry:
I was thinking of posting this under the 'Slashdot' Topic, but Censorship seems more appropriate.
A couple of days back, presumably someone in the /. staff decided to moderate down an entire thread. Cost me some Karma, even though my post could be considered in favor of /.
But that's not why I'm mad. It's the general principle of people abusing their power to silence others. I was under the impression that /. was all about freedom of speech, so it's hard to believe that this actually did happen. However, the evidence is not in favor of /.: a couple of hundred comments where moderated down to -1 Off-topic in a _very_ short time,- I was there, I saw it. Several posts dropped from at least +2 to -1 in this period. Practically _every_ post was modded Off-topic,- normally you would expect quite a variety of reasons. Check any thread with trolls and you will see.
I certainly hope this is not what it seems like. I have great respect for all the hard work these guys have put in /. and I consider it a one-time incident.
Some smart-ass decided to start a new thread to collect posts from people who disagreed with this incident. Unfortunately this seems to be back-firing since it's almost entirely filled with bullshit. Not the kind of sensible discussion that deserves any attention...
