RE: Blockchain as the liberator of the masses from the claws of the NWO
I hate to disagree with you bro, but I feel I should. A lot of the witnesses believe in flagging, which I think is a contradiction to the concept of Steem. @themarkymark even expressed frustration with @fulltimegeek intent of censoring Mark. When challenged by a commenter that it was not censorship Mark agreed, but it did not seem real, but a politically correct answer. Mark was frustrated with what was happening, and it was effectively shutting down his ability to communicate with his readership.
We need to have a deep conversation on censorship. I will gladly do a @pennsif podcast conversation with any or all the witnesses you want about this. Let's take this to public debate for the community to decide. I really think we need to hash this out, not in comments, but in a real, friendly and substantial way.
There is such a thing as financial censorship. People in crypto are talking about this a lot now. Patreon, Youtube, Paypal, Stride, iTunes and likely many other financial avenues for content producers are effectively censoring by means of the purse strings. We need to recognize this as censorship, and we need to recognize that null and voiding other upvotes on content is censorship as well. Its not just censorship of the content but also of the individuals that believe in that content and try to support and reward it with their upvotes.
Flagging, I argue, is also unnecessary in the sense that everyone has voting ability according to their investment in the network and when they vote for something, they are in essence already voting against something else for a larger share of the rewards. But flagging allows for precise attacks, we know they are attacks too, this is why the pro-flaggers want anonymity, because they fear retaliation. I strongly do not believe in that kinds of thinking, at least fulltimegeek does what he does in the open.
I believe there are better ways to encourage quality content on Steem and I'd be happy to discuss those ideas in more detail. Perhaps I need to make a serious post on the subject.
So far, you make the most legit clarity about this topic I can see. I think it's a good idea to have healthy debate about the topic. 3rd density polarities create friction form, form gets stronger, other forms want to control and dominate, human need for control outweighs point of healthy ecosystem; fall of fiat currencies are inevitable... they twist and turn and fall, then there shall be another form that takes power.. form of STEEMIT... lol ( I think it was Tone Vays or one of the big trader guys that said all it would take is one billionaire to throw enough money into crypto markets to collapse or control the entire ecosystem, and it appears of late that Goldman Sachs is doing just this, keeping it all at some bear market jail? I personally have no idea. as I've got gardening to do, and wish only to blog with viable inspiring Stemmians! )
I agree with you @kimmysomelove42
It's a pleasure to read @hobo.media comments. So much wisedom in them.
Cheers
Piotr
Good insights brother. We need to openly discuss the topic of flagging and censorship on the blockchain to find a healthy middle way.
Thanks!