As numerous people have already stated, there seems to be a misunderstanding among some here on the meaning of 'censorship'. I covered it in this post. Censorship is NOT only 'deletion of content'. Censorship is actually suppression of content (usually for ideological or fear based reasons). The odd downvote is still suppression in some senses, but it is a grey area on Hive due to the way the algorithm assigns rewards. However, to me and also to many, many people who already left Hive/Steem for this reason - constant downvoting, including total nuking of accounts and especially without even offering any explanation or attempt to debate the content, is absolutely suppression of information and is therefore - according to the etymology and meaning of the word - also a form of censorship.
There's no need to argue about it, we are either applying logic according to the dictionary meaning of our language or we aren't. Those who aren't will not likely agree with those who are.
As far as I have seen, almost no one has left Hive due to this. The biggest complainers who are "continually leaving" are, still here posting daily.
This is nonsense in regards to Hive, as no one is supressed. The only thing the downvotes do is remove the rewards associated with the content saying it. If that stops people from posting, that is their issue. They can also create a hundred different accounts and say exactly the same thin, over and over and over - it just won't get rewarded. People can still say exactly what they want and if people want to read/listen, they are free to do so. The argument is invalid. There are no repercussions for speaking her from Hive users, other than the opportunity to remove the rewards. The only reason people complain about it is that it affects what they can earn here, period.