I&#x27;m not involved with HN or YC in any way, I&#x27;m just a cranky old man.<p>Your definition of censorship ignores that you have no basic right to publish using facilities you don&#x27;t own.<p>Also, considering we can opt in to seeing the dead items, they aren&#x27;t even censored by your loose definition of the term, they are just inconvenient to access.