RE: Steem's superiority won't go unnoticed for much longer...
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I've seen people get censored on here. Don't get me wrong, I love this platform but I would just like to point out that at times I have seen people with 'large' interests downvote ppl into oblivion. Most of the time for good reason, but I remember seeing some downvotes on posts a long time ago that had some 'alternative' content and someone had a difference of opinion, called the poster 'retarded' and other names and downvoted them into obscurity (and of course by that I do mean (click to show content) on most frontends - but this isn't considering the effect that that is going to have on the author - likely they will self-sensor.
Another instance I saw is with I don't know if you remember a while bark @thedarkoverlord was posting up some random stuff, they said they had some 9/11 files that they were going to release if they got the big bounty that they were asking for. They never got it, never shared what they had and ended up just posting some topless photos of some celebrity - which were removed with a DMCA takedown notice, and rightfully so, A person has the right to have private pics of them taken down. I'm not sure if you could even call a DMCA takedown notice 'censorship' since it's generally only having to due with copyright material... in the end... I don't really know what I'm saying. I feel like I just come on your posts to play devils advocate which is funny because I do like steem - if I didn't I wouldn't be on here... But just thought those two things are worth pointing out if one hasn't seen them before. I still do believe steem is great for getting information out there, because it is true that if soemone has something really important that they need to get out this could be a great place. One thing that companies would almost have to keep in mind posting on here would be the accountability that would come with making promises on the blockchain - which in itself wouldn't be a bad thing.
People can downvote as hard as they wish, that doesn’t change the fact that what you uploaded is there. If you dig you’ ll bring in back on the surface regardless of the rewards.
As for the darkoverlords...are you sure that what they claimed they possessed was legit?
Nothing is censored in Steem blockchain, downvote makes it invisible.
Everything is stored in the blockchain and can be retrieved with different frontends.
The front-ends such as Steemit.com or steempeak.com are companies that abide the laws the country of residence and can censor stuffs due to the existential survival.
Steem is a censorless blockchain, frontends decide their censorship based on their TOS.
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You fail to understand how it all works.
The account you cite has all the text on the blockchain. At the same time, it still can be viewed by using Busy.org (I didnt check the others). Thus, not only are all the posts on the blockchain, they can be viewed by at least one front end.
As for the DMCA, front ends have a choice, adhere to them or risk getting in trouble with their cloud provider, most likely AWS. Photos are not posted on the blockchain, only text. Anything uploaded, to Steemit.com ends up on the cloud. Therefore, if they do not take it down, a notice can be sent to Amazon to remove it.
Until more is done using SIA or Storj, this will be a part of the Internet experience.
Posted via Steemleo
@mindtrap @dtrade @taskmaster4450le I understand perfectly well how steem works, I mentioned in my comment "and of course by that I do mean (click to show content) on most frontends" maybe that was a bit unclear... I am moreso referring to bullying, I guess I should concede that bullying ppl into silence is not the same as censorship - although you could argue that in some ways it still is.
I don't know if @thedarkoverlords "9/11" files were legit - it seems like they did have some celeb pics that got taken down as a result of aforementioned DMCA complaints. Those were real but would be interesting to hear what happened to their '9/11' bounty files, in all likelihood was just a bunch of hot air and a ruse to get some BTC via the bounty. Have not heard anything since.