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The Effects of Censorship — a Tale of Two Websites

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Two message boards devoted to the same topic have each been on-line for roughly eight years. One is censored, and the other is not. The two forums are virtually the only ones devoted to their topic (polygraph testing, a fairly arcane one), so they're in "competition" only with each other. The result? The uncensored forum has more than six times as many posts as the censored one." To be fair, there are a few other differences between the two forums, but the point may still be valid.

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  1. Anecdotal Evidence Does not Warrant a Headline by Russianspi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow. One website has a green background, and another has a blue background. The one with the green background has 12x as many posts as the other one. Coincidence? I think not.

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  3. Re:6 times as many posts is not necessarily ... by The_Wilschon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Parent is making things up. I'm certainly not gett~$^NO CARRIER

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