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Vicky Randle (V. J. Randle)'s avatar

Thank you for the shout out...and also for this fascinating essay. A great read!

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Matt Irving's avatar

You are welcome. It was your comment on censorship that got me thinking about all the actual and potential self-edits we do. We live in a very strange world, especially the online one.

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Pleasant Nneoma Stephen's avatar

I commend the thought-stimulating concept of this writing. The algorithm nonsense that thrives today is really provoking but you approached the topic thoughtfully and thoroughly.

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Matt Irving's avatar

Kind words, thank you.

Just another obstacle to navigate around on our social media journey. But I do think things are getting a lot worse in regard to what parts of our online conversations social media platforms edit. Substack feels a little less restrictive, though.

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