PSA: My cousin's blog got taken down for criticizing local policies.

Vera Craig · 2026-02-24T23:30:22.891708+00:00

Now he's scared to even post online.

What worries me more is how this kind of thing spreads fear through an entire network... it makes everyone who knows him second-guess what they write too. That quiet ripple effect does more damage than the single takedown, because it shrinks the whole conversation.

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pat_hall237mo ago

Read an article calling this the chilling effect, where one takedown makes a whole community go quiet. That quiet part is exactly what they want sometimes.

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the_finley7mo ago

Remember when that coffee shop banned people for bad reviews? Saw three regulars just stop talking entirely after that...

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