Many discussions of content policy mention a "Streisand effect" where removing something makes it more popular.
Paradoxically, many people who cite this idea are also advocates against censorship.
How well tested is this theory and the conditions under which it occurs? Or is it just another internet folk theory?
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@natematias censoring something when it is clear there is a piece missing does naturally lead to the question "what was there?" It does not apply well when there is no obvious gap in a data set. There is also the issue of celebrity. If this account was blocked very few would know and fewer would care. If George Tekai's account vanished people would ask where it went and why.
