Regardless of their reasons. They censor. end point.
Who is they? Can't be entire HIVE community. I suppose you mean: Some HIVE users use their downvote.
Downvotes
This tool is in fact not censoring content. When rewards of content is going below zero, the content may not be displayed in the user interface by default. Some UIs have setting for such content to be show by default, or hidden by default. The content itself is still on the blockchain for everyone to read. The downvote function is a tool for something else, namely for community members to control content rewards, a counter measure to abusive upvotes, for instance. The downvote is a monetary instrument rather than a censorship instrument.
Once we rid of this evil within our selves first then we will see true change.
Can't agree more. Question is: How we are gonna convince the mass to get rid of their own evils.
The time is very soon.
I do hope so soon as well. Though I'm positive by nature, am quite pessimistic about the removal of evil from within by the mass any time soon.
Great post, for sure! We shall make people aware. If need be, through one on one onboarding to this philosophy of removal of our own evils.