So I've been reading some weird comments here and there, and not only on this platform, but on, let's call them, "legacy platforms" too. I'm being censored, I'm being censored, Censorship... Ok, yes, it happens, but you are conflating concepts.
When it comes to blockchain, there's no such thing. Unless you can block someone from transacting, then it's not really happening. Yes your comment or post might be hidden, it might require another click, but it's not gone, it's on the blockchain. Calling it censorship because you are not making money is just ridiculous.
What if I decided to change the concept of censorship some more, and make it to where I demand a payout on my posts or I will scream censorship. Let's say, just to be arbitrary here, that I want at least 1 STU and 2 PAL or I'm being censored. Why? Because of all "the work" I put into this blog, and you are literally robbing me.
Question: How stupid do I sound? I would guess incredibly stupid. So, as much as it may be annoying to talk about semantics, for the sake of fighting real censorship we must. We are blunting our ability to discuss the subject in a meaningful way, and we are doing that at a crucial point in time.
Now, as I said in the beginning this conflating is not only happening on here. Some youtuber's are saying they are being censored because their videos are being demonetized. WHAT? Can't they see how it's hurting the cause. Those who are losing their channels, getting their worked destroyed by Google's arbitrary application of their TOS are being balled up with the entitled idiots.
Listen, this is not me saying that if a Youtuber lost his or her revenue stream, that's not a problem, but again that's a different conversation, that's not censorship. In the same way that here, if you are being flagged to 0 because you are an asshole, that's not censorship. You may even have a valid argument as to why the flags are unfair, but you are not being censored.
I realize some trolls will come out of the woods and flag this post, so I guess, to be in line with their stupidity, I should say they are censoring with their 0.01 worth of censorship powers. Maybe they'll see how ridiculous they are being, but that's just wishful thinking from my part.
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