Tue May 02, 2017 6:09 pm

Hi Fremont,



i just noticed that i am no longer a mod here on bitcoin.com despite beeing one of the most active and oldest mods. I dont understand the exact reason. I deleted 2 of MY OWN threads and accidentally 5 users posts. You can restore the users post, no problem! Information should be free.



Maybe you can explain it? To me it looks like blatant cesorship just because i dont support the business interests of Roger Ver.



CC: Global moderators



I'm somewhat shocked by the actions you have taken on the forum, and very sad to be left with no choice but to remove you from the moderator group due to your deletion of other user's posts. Please note that this has nothing at all to do with posts which other users may have disagreed with you on - it is solely as a result of your actions in deleting the posts of other users.



Freedom of speech is of the utmost importance on the Bitcoin.com forum and utilising your position as a moderator to censor regular users absolutely cannot be tolerated. Such actions are venomous in the extreme, incredibly damaging to the progress of discussion between users and groups who may disagree, and wholly unbecoming of a moderator on a forum which holds freedom of speech in the highest regard.



You moved your own thread to the Trashcan, which as a moderator you are perfectly entitled to do, however you have absolutely no right to delete other people's posts within any thread unless they constitute spam or otherwise violate the laws of the jurisdiction in which the forum is hosted; the thread in question is below, though there may be others which we will have to check out:



trashcan/overview-bitcoin-hardware-wall ... -t200.html



I sincerely hope that we won't lose you as a poster here on the Bitcoin.com forum as you post a lot of very interesting threads which often drum up quite a bit of debate - something which should be encouraged rather than limited - and although the situation has ended on something of a sour note in a professional capacity I do hope that we can all remain amicable on a personal level.



Regards,



Fremont Hi LiteCoinGuy,CC: Global moderatorsI'm somewhat shocked by the actions you have taken on the forum, and very sad to be left with no choice but to remove you from the moderator group due to your deletion of other user's posts. Please note that this has nothing at all to do with posts which other users may have disagreed with you on - it is solely as a result of your actions in deleting the posts of other users.Freedom of speech is of the utmost importance on the Bitcoin.com forum and utilising your position as a moderator to censor regular users absolutely cannot be tolerated. Such actions are venomous in the extreme, incredibly damaging to the progress of discussion between users and groups who may disagree, and wholly unbecoming of a moderator on a forum which holds freedom of speech in the highest regard.You moved your own thread to the Trashcan, which as a moderator you are perfectly entitled to do, however you have absolutely no right to delete other people's posts within any thread unless they constitute spam or otherwise violate the laws of the jurisdiction in which the forum is hosted; the thread in question is below, though there may be others which we will have to check out:I sincerely hope that we won't lose you as a poster here on the Bitcoin.com forum as you post a lot of very interesting threads which often drum up quite a bit of debate - something which should be encouraged rather than limited - and although the situation has ended on something of a sour note in a professional capacity I do hope that we can all remain amicable on a personal level.Regards,Fremont

I think this forum and bitcoin.com are on the wrong path!

You should not censor information (deleting or hiding the Core Wallet), support miner centralization (Bitmain), support Node centralization ("a couple of nodes are enough" RogerVer) and hinder bitcoins develeopment (SW/LN) just because you want more control (Roger/Bitmain).



Greed is toxic but a strong force in these people.

I was contacted by some mods in the past which changed their opinion about the totally broken Bitcoin Unlimited software and this whole bitcoin.com project.



I hope that more people will change their mind and are not buyable with some cheap USD.



Thx

LCG BTC

Hi LiteCoinGuy,I explained the reason for your removal from the moderator group in the following private message:I'm sorry you feel that this forum and Bitcoin.com are on the wrong path, but we feel that we must offer an alternative to censorship and ensure that people have a place where they can discuss topics freely.You refer to "deleting or hiding the Core Wallet" as censorship, and I have explainedthat it was not censorship at all - it was, in fact, a misunderstanding on your part as to how the Wallets section of Bitcoin.com works as well as a wallet ('Bitcoin Classic', not 'Bitcoin Unlimited') which was shown in the Desktop Wallets section rather than solely in the Full Wallets section. If you're feeling anti-censorship (something which I highly commend) perhaps you might take the issue of censorship up with those who are actually engaging in it on bitcointalk.org and /r/bitcoin?Regarding the other points you raised which do not fall under my own responsibilities here at Bitcoin.com, those issues and the often misconstrued words behind them have been tirelessly debated back and forth. You are certainly entitled to express your opinions on them here, but as they fall outside of my own responsibilities here and also have nothing to do with my removing you as a moderator I will leave it to you to address them where relevant, and with those best placed to do so.Regarding 'hindering bitcoin's development' the same argument can be trotted out by both sides, and I do not engage in promoting one or the other in order to ensure administrative neutrality here on the forum.People's opinions change, and that is absolutely fine - what is of great importance is that they are always afforded a venue in which they can voice those opinions without their posts being deleted, and that is something which we offer here. Violating that freedom by removing other's posts is the reason that you were removed as a moderator, though you are always free to express your opinion here. Your right to do so is set in stone by the guiding principles of this forum.Regards,Fremont