RE: Censorship: Why All Blockchain Projects Should Join Steem (especially Status)
I know you know this already, but for those who don't know, Steemit will delete people's accounts they said in their new TOS for violating their TOS, which makes me laugh at how they talk about not having censorship(most people are on Steemit and not busy.org). It is in their new TOS that they will work with the EU and within their laws framework, and also they would turn people in if the government asks for it.
If Steemit stops showing people's posts on Steemit.com your posts basically are censored, the super majority of people use Steemit.com as their main site. That isn't to say some people are abusive and or threats of harm shouldn't be dealt with, but many countries don't have free speech so turning them in to their respective governments will get people in trouble just for talking online(which is insanity to get in trouble for that).
I stopped using Steemit due to this and am on busy.org now.
I made a comment over on their blog from a bit ago and never got any serious response from anyone, I detailed some of the problems with this and how bad it can get depending on which laws Steemit decides to follow(like turning in people in China would get them jailed for life for them criticizing the government).
Steemit Inc can't delete accounts. They prob. meant removing their delegation.
Accounts are often created through Steemit (@steem) with an initial 15 SP delegation. And some users are exploiting this.
That's what the TOS is for. Making sure that people who are exploiting the system, are getting punished - i.e. removal of delegation.