A down vote is not censorship. It is someone voicing their opinion, exercising their right to say I disagree. All down votes can be countered with upvotes. All greyed out material can with in the 7 days of post issuance can be reversed. After 7 days, it is the voice of the people/person that stood. The opinion that mattered. Not the opinion of the person that is screaming censorship. Because if others agreed they could easily get together their own little group and vote it back to visibility.
That being said, a down vote should not be used for a difference of opinion. The people that use them in that manner are the ones that can not accept that someone sees the world different than they do.
make a post call them out, ignore them move on with life. Life is hard. There are assholes. No post is removed from steemit. Can you say the same for any other social media program out there? If you are so concerned about this invisible censorship on steemit, play in facebook.
I would like to say this has been fun, but it has not, so I think I am done on this topic thread for now.
Like I said in a previous comment, neither of us are going to be able to see the other person's viewpoint. I have and do look at almost every greyed out post I see. So I do not see censorship.
A down vote is not censorship. It is someone voicing their opinion, exercising their right to say I disagree. All down votes can be countered with upvotes. All greyed out material can with in the 7 days of post issuance can be reversed. After 7 days, it is the voice of the people/person that stood. The opinion that mattered. Not the opinion of the person that is screaming censorship. Because if others agreed they could easily get together their own little group and vote it back to visibility.
That being said, a down vote should not be used for a difference of opinion. The people that use them in that manner are the ones that can not accept that someone sees the world different than they do.
It is censorship by any other name.
And with article having a shelf-life of about 30 seconds, it would be difficult to rally for a defense.
What about your right to face your accuser? Where is any due process?
make a post call them out, ignore them move on with life. Life is hard. There are assholes. No post is removed from steemit. Can you say the same for any other social media program out there? If you are so concerned about this invisible censorship on steemit, play in facebook.
I would like to say this has been fun, but it has not, so I think I am done on this topic thread for now.
Like I said in a previous comment, neither of us are going to be able to see the other person's viewpoint. I have and do look at almost every greyed out post I see. So I do not see censorship.
Enjoy your day.
Thank you very much for your input. I value the discussion we have had. I wish you all the best and great success on Steemit. Blessings!