Hi @moeknows thank you so much for your interesting reflections and apologies for responding a bit slow.

Your point on the inherent value of freedom got me thinking whether decentralization, in your view, equals freedom? Social media has an inherent conflict between enabling free speech (often also referred to as the democratization of journalism) and filtering abusive usage (to counter issues such as fake news, manipulation, hate speech, cyberbulling etc.). Steem has traditionally focused on enabling free speech via its censorship resistance while at the same time making it impossible to filter abusive use (at least on the blockchain level, not necessarily on the interface level).

Where do you think do Steem and Hive stand on either side of this spectrum, respectively?

Also, you mentioned the point that the entire history of Steem was carried over to Hive. How do you feel about all your past content still being on a platform you no longer want to be part of?