I appreciate very much your substantive reply. You present your argument well, and this is illustrative of a keen mind.

"...Anyway, I think you had already made your point by downvoting my post..."

I did not downvote your comment. When you click on the button that reports the number of votes, you will discover a dropdown list of the votes, and you will see I am not amongst them.

As your reputation indicates you are quite new here, and unaware of many of the particulars of the UI and community, I don't count it against you. The reason I posted the pic and am unwilling to click the link is because there are numerous phishing scammers presently spamming such links across the platform.

As your reputation was 25, it seemed pretty likely that your account was a fresh attempt at it, and thus my reluctance to even click the link.

Consider how much more likely that is than that a brand new user has developed a Chrome plugin for Steemit!

Indeed, you are correct to point out that private speech is as scarce as hen's teeth on Steemit. There is a way to use the memo function to encrypt communications on Steemit, but I no know one that does it.

I mispoke, and while I continually had the urge to say 'private speech' while writing my post, I tried to use the phrase 'personal intercourse' instead, because of the point you have made. You are right to point it out.

I do not consider verbal disagreement to be comparable in any way to censorship. Perhaps you may be being unfairly responded to by me on this particular point, as you believed I downvoted you, so I'll leave it at that.

While others may do, and get away with posting links on other's posts, as I asked you not to do here, that's not on me. Other's don't do it here either, without similar response from me. Were they to be more seasoned accounts with higher rep, I'd probably respond more irascibly. I neither covet upvotes, nor fear flags, as I have no particular attachment to money.

I am human, and am pleased to be found worthy of an upvote, nonetheless. I would advise you that I am not alone in objecting to comments on my posts being used to advertise other's blogs and products. Some folks would have flagged you. In fact, I see one did. I hope that in your endeavor, in your desire to make your work available to others, that you can benefit from that demonstration of the culture on Steemit, rather than take it as harm. I believe you will, as your response to me has been quite measured despite you thought I was the one that flagged you.

It is your forthright speech to me in your last comment that has gained my upvote, as that is my purpose here: to engage, and encourage others to criticize me--as only by the help of others might I surpass my present limitations. Further, I commend you on your measured tone. While you disagree with what I have thought and said, you were not disagreeable while doing so, and that is the key, IMHO, to engagement and mutual enlightenment.

I am somewhat shocked that I am considered a huge account. As to income, I have never once spent a satoshi of Steem, and have no plans to, so I am personally not affected by it. I have been provided a delegation that has tripled my sp, due to the nature of my posts and comments.

That's an indication of the respect that party has for me, and I am grateful, as I desire to be as beneficial in my voting as possible.

But, truth to tell, I am a flea on an elephant's butt in terms of influence on Steemit. There are fewer than 40 accounts that possess the vast majority of Steem in existence, and I am not one of them.

I confess I suspect that the account I am interacting with--you--is a sock. Mostly because of the app you linked, but also due to some familiarity with the platform that isn't native to new users.

I do care about my grammar, and make an effort to write well. I am unwilling to increase my exposure to Goolag, as I seek to reduce the data trail I leave the CIA and kith that spawned Goolag, Fakebook, and their ilk. Thanks for the tip tho.