the problem with steemit is that anyone who puts their mind to it can censor anyone they like, any government or institution could buy a few hundred thousand steem and flag anything they want into oblivion.
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They can remove the rewards but not the content.
it still exists but it gets hidden due to low ratings so no one will see it
Doesn't matter. You can still find it and point others to it. For it to be censored, it would have to be removed entirely or irrevocably hidden. If I can read it by clicking on a button that says "show post," then it ain't censorship.
to censor something is suppress it, flagging something into oblivion certainly suppresses it.
Except it's not suppressed. It's still accessible to anyone who wants to look. Still comes up in search. Still able to be commented on.
I mean, yeah it's a dick move, but if that's the kind of suppression you're worried about, I think you're missing the forest for the trees.
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They have to really want to find it, it's not much different than a "shadow ban", your content is still there but no one or almost no one will see it. I am not really worried about any internet censorship, I think people will migrate away from those platforms that kick off and censor their most popular content producers and users.