Let's discuss censorship.

Earlier today I made a post that someone at the Admin level appears to have deleted within minutes of its posting. I nicely asked for an explanation on the community senate board several hours ago but none has been offered. No post of mine has ever been deleted by anyone but myself but with no explanation for it having been a site glitch I have to assume it was deleted intentionally.

So let's take it to the people for discussion.

Now I saw nothing wrong with the post. It was a satire on population control that was written as an attempt at being intentionally controversial. That was one of the suggestions made when I asked for ideas on how to create a successful post -- be controversial. It explored a ridiculous idea to manage human overpopulation. It was written in a semi-serious tone to give it some credibility but it was satire and not meant to be taken seriously. I thought that was still obvious.

Clearly I was successful at being controversial or it wouldn't have been deleted. Controversy tends to inflame people's emotions. If it doesn't, it's probably not going to be especially controversial. My post was controversy wrapped in satire. Another thing, if a post sucks people will ignore it. If they hate it, they'll say so. Point being, a post should be allowed to rise or fall on its merits rather than the random stroke of a censor's hand.

How do you all feel about Admin deciding for you if a post is acceptable or not? Wouldn't you rather decide for yourself or do you require a safe space?

Assuming this post won't be deleted just for asking.