I should have clarified the comment you quoted here by inserting the word 'ideological' or 'opinion based' in there.
I was under the impression from your words that since you appreciate that opinion/ideological/unexplained downvoting causes psychological resistance moreso than the excitement of upvoting does and that people literally avoid Hive because of the situation.. plus because they perceive it to result in the ability to target specific ideas for suppression and that the word 'censorship' contains 'suppression of (growth of) ideas' within it's dictionary definition.. that the ideological downvoting represents a perceived and potentially real problem for free speech on Hive.

This, I was under the impression, is part of why you supported the idea of experimenting with lower free downvote thresholds in order to determine if they improved user experience, retention and the other KPIs for Hive.

Since people are accusing me of twisting your words here, perhaps it would be good to clarify further.