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RE: THE POLITICS OF STEEMIT ARE SCARING ME.

in #liberty8 years ago

Have you seen articles that have been flagged that you think should not have been? I have not yet but I've been off for a week. I have seen articles flagged that I felt should have been flagged. I'm not saying that you're wrong, I just haven't seen any and there's thousands of posts a day that I don't read or see. The censors I've witnessed have had a place because of outright attacks against a writer or attacks because of others point of view. I haven't seen any ideas censored yet. I do feel that there is a lot of scrutiny, but being such a young platform I think it needs to be scrutinized so it doesn't just become another Twitter or fb. The only downside I've seen so far is quality posts not getting enough attention, but again being a young platform everybody is still focused on steem articles, Bitcoin articles and anarchy. I think as it ages every sort of category will get more attention because of the sheer number of people. But as for outright censorship I just haven't seen it yet. But it's a valid point and please tag me if you see any so I can view them myself. Censorship where it isn't needed is just wrong.

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That is messed up, is it jealousy because he did so well on his first couple posts?

Thanks, a perfect example of the problem.

The whales have a powerful role in curation that is absolutely useful to police tone as well as content. This is no different than the power of curation that a newspaper editor has. Whales are more important here than moderators are at Reddit.