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>>feross+(OP)
That's a very thin line between moderation and censorship. When in doubt about which is which, think if if obeys freedom of speech or not.

Deleting a comment because it is insulting a person is moderation. Deleting a comment because you don't like it, it doesn't conform to your views or you find it outrageous, silly, inflammatory, false, fake is censorship.

>>DeathA+Vu
What if I delete insulting comments because I don't like them?

>>abigai+zE
The problem is usually consistency.

Moderators will delete comments or ban people for insults against people they like/support, but then cheer on more aggressive insults against people they deem bad (it's suddenly become very trendy to lash out at Elon Musk on Reddit, for example - you'll score upvotes rather than subreddit bans for doing that)