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RE: Who cares about freedom of speech? SHOCKER! Censorship on Steemit!

in #steemit7 years ago (edited)

I remember that and really did not understand his/her point of flagging you. I've had a few episodes of being flagged for disagreement of tags too when I first came to the platform. As such, they were hidden and nobody ever read them outside a few loyal followers. One was a review on cloud mining, which I really didn't understand why I was flagged. It was perfectly legitimate and honest. Another was a risque (erotica) poetry book I put out exclusive to Steemit that got flagged to oblivion. Was NOT happy about that one at all. If you notice, I haven't written any poetry on here since. So yes, I think there needs to be some kind of accordance before a post is hidden from view, like a review panel perhaps, which I proposed to @timcliff and @jesta a few months ago when they were asking for suggestions on the upcoming hardfork. Maybe this will get seen and be a little louder :)

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Thanks Enginewitty

I appreciate your comments on this. Sorry to hear you've had the same experience too. Nobody's immune, it seems. They were probably jealous of your skills. I hope you continue to write your poetry and share it. We should not let the censors win on this. We should be able to express ourselves openly without fear of invisibility.

I think a review panel would be a great start. So many of these flags are just personal vendettas or people disliking the general content for whatever reasons.

Thank you for resteeming this. I look forward to hearing more opinions on this and, fingers crossed, a good decision with the upcoming hardfork.

Cheers
Anj x