this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2025
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For posting all the anonymous reactionary bullshit that you can't post anywhere else.
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Community is pro piracy in general, gotta be careful about posting certain things like direct download links in open chat though.
That's what I mean. It's cool when stuff is censored when the community doesn't like it but in this case stuff is censored even though the community likes it.
that's probably just to protect the sources from gathering undue attention? i can't imagine why else they would be censored
Dropping direct links can attract unwanted attention from authorities, its also a way for a bad actor to get somebody infected with a virus or a malicious file.
Like, asking for a direct download link to the next Zootopia film and getting a link to a CSAM video in a public comment is very not worth it.
Yeah but the reason is probably not wanting lawyers and feds up their asses. Which is fair but also kind of supports the point the original poster we are dunking on was making.
The CSAM link should obviously get moderated away. Since we all don't want CSAM in our community (I hope). A link to Zootopia should stay up.
Except that somebody will have to click the publicly available link to the malicious file without knowing its a malicious file.
Its not an arbitrary act of censorship on behalf of the moderators or community, its an act of self defense. There's no rule that says you cannot, after asking, get a link in a private message.
I don't get the argument. Hexbear doesn't ban links in general.
The ToS also doesn't mention that we shouldn't post warez to avoid malware but to respect IP law.
I'm not all that plugged into the moderator team's actions, if any, regarding this issue.
I have noticed, on occasion, commenters to posts about piracy sometimes mention that is might not be the best idea to drop links to pirated things in publicly visible comments and posts. This may/may not cause a short conversation about the self censorship of posting direct links to piracy sites in general or particular pirated media.
I'm assuming this is what the original commentator is referring to.