No its not becoming a Nanny State it is a Nanny State and it probably always has been.

Any site that allows a Plutocracy of users to edit, close, delete or flag posts based on a set of strictly enforced rules would fit my definition of a web site that is a Nanny State.

You may not have ever noticed it because as one of the Nanny's Plutocrats you probably never run afoul of the Nanny's wishes (or if you have it was thousands of posts ago)  .

In fact its likely that as a Plutocrat you often enforced the Nanny's wishes.

Honestly, I think anyone who's lamented their closed, deleted or significantly modified post feels the Nanny much more directly than having a pop up or seeing @user removed from a comment.

No, it's not becoming a nanny state. It is a nanny state, and it probably always has been.

Any site that allows a plutocracy of users to edit, close, delete or flag posts based on a set of strictly enforced rules would fit my definition of a web site that is a nanny state.

You may not have ever noticed it because as one of the nanny state's plutocrats you probably never run afoul of the nanny state's wishes (or if you have it was thousands of posts ago).

In fact, it's likely that as a plutocrat you often enforced the nanny state's wishes.

Honestly, I think anyone who's lamented their closed, deleted or significantly modified post feels the nanny state's much more directly than having a pop up or seeing @user removed from a comment.

No its not becoming a Nanny State it is a Nanny State and it probably always has been.

Any site that allows the a Plutocracy of users to edit, close, delete or flag posts based on a set of strictly enforced rules would fit my definition of a web site that is a Nanny State.

You may not have ever noticed it because as one of the Nanny's Plutocrats you probably never run afoul of the Nanny's wishes (or if you have it was thousands of posts ago) .

In fact its likely that as a Plutocrat you often enforced the Nanny's wishes.

Honestly, I think anyone who's lamented their closed, deleted or significantly modified post feels the Nanny much more directly than having a pop up or seeing @user removed from a comment.

No its not becoming a Nanny State it is a Nanny State and it probably always has been.

Any site that allows a Plutocracy of users to edit, close, delete or flag posts based on a set of strictly enforced rules would fit my definition of a web site that is a Nanny State.

You may not have ever noticed it because as one of the Nanny's Plutocrats you probably never run afoul of the Nanny's wishes (or if you have it was thousands of posts ago) .

In fact its likely that as a Plutocrat you often enforced the Nanny's wishes.

Honestly, I think anyone who's lamented their closed, deleted or significantly modified post feels the Nanny much more directly than having a pop up or seeing @user removed from a comment.