Censored? Really?

Posted By: sm on 2008-12-11
In Reply to: Questions censored on transition site... - sm

Site users vote to rank interest in the questions. The site is arranged in descending order of interest, which makes perfect sense. This tool also helps the transition team determine constituents' most pressing concerns.

The site can be searched by subject. Blagojevich search turns out all questions submitted on that subject and the ones which have been determined to be inappropriate are clearly marked.

Users take the place of moderators, a tool I wish we could use on this forum. Hardly qualifies as censorship.

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Questions censored on transition site... - sm
- I just got off that site after reading a bunch - Backwards typist
  - Thanks for checking out the site - (sm)
    - Well, I try. I did it all through the election process - Backwards typist
- Censored? Really? - sm
- The site was launched yesterday am. There are currently - 157 Blagojevich queries, including....sm
  - Just keep on.......... sm - m
    - You wouldn't know a real issue - sm
      - I don't need Obama's web site......... sm - m
        Obviously, brainwashing occurs on all sides of the - political spectrum.
        If you are saying that I am brainwashed...... sm - m
        Nor do you bother engaging in the process beyond - sm
        One thing I will not bother engaging in....... sm - m
        Yowza, boss. Should I prostrate myself in submission? - sm
- Interesting fun fact.... - sm
- What's really bad is - Just me
  - Oh please............ sm - m
- What do you expect from a liar? - sm
- Are you surprised? sm - m

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Your article was not censored. sm
The thread was deleted because of bashing. Unfortunately, that takes the entire thread with it. Feel free to post it again; however, I don't appreciate being accused of censorship.

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Questions censored on transition site...
For full story: http://www.politico.com/blogs/.....ml?showall

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President-elect Barack Obama's Transition today launched "Open for Questions," a Digg-style feature allowing citizens to submit questions, and to vote on one another's questions, bringing favored inquiries to the top of the list.

It was suggested when it launched that the tool would bring uncomfortable questions to the fore, but the results so far are the opposite: Obama's supporters appear to be using -- and abusing -- a tool allowing them to "flag" questions as "inappropriate" to remove all questions mentioning Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich from the main pages of Obama's website.