Does anyone here know what the word oxymoron means?
I would say #smooth does not - for he is behaving and expressing the same beliefs he had on Steemit, which was, if you express a belief he does not like, you are toast.
PS: Despite the word having 'moron' in it, it actually means: Conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')
I was in favour of moving to hive and did all I could in my small way to help, exactly because I do not believe in ANY kind of censorship. For instance, censorship can be achieved through greying out a post, since most people will think it means the poster committed a criminal act, as with plagiarism, and not read it.
I had hoped we would be avoiding the worst of it, but it seems not.
It is not just a matter of censoring Steemchiller. ANYBODY being blocked for his beliefs, WHATEVER they are, turns the entire argument of decentralisation being of benefit to freedom of speech into an oxymoron - and exposes those who do it as being hypocrites.
I think I prefer the thief of my rights who is open about it to those who pretend to support my rights, but insidiously find excuses and 'reasons' to deprive me or others of them.
What a pity! I was so gld to see #steemchiller here and in the list of witnesses and actually came looking for him to ask if he is creating a hiveworld copy of his steemworld app. I no longer need to ask, do I?
At least they showed their true intentions so I need not ever feel disillusioned by anything they do in the future. I'll keep my eye on Justin, just to see whether he actually finds a way to plesantly surprise me, but otherwise, I will be better off just trundling along in my own way and ignore everyone as I look to achieve my own ambitions, if I hope to find pride in where I am and what I do.
So, in conclusion, it seems the healthiest way to treat the matter is to decide that neither steemit nor hive are a community for anyone to take pride in, they are just tools and we are only fantasising when we apportion good or bad social points to either of them.