Ask HN: Should Medium be more upfront when it censors content?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17881281
by megous • 8 years ago
1 2 8 years ago

Yesterday I've been reading this page:

https://medium.com/@kesterratcliff/international-assadists-references-directory-8038067fe394

Today it's gone. If I didn't search the author on Twitter, I wouldn't know it was removed by Medium.

"This page is unavailable."

doesn't really cut it. "We removed this content because it violated XYZ" would be less confusing.

I think websites that publish other people's content should be more upfront about these kinds of removals. Otherwise it's confusing to the users. I mean if it's not spam, but something users might have read and liked, why not state the reason for removal?

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