Just before I lost internet access last Friday, I had been exploring this issue with @a-non-e-moose, as I also noted it happening on my posts and comments.

I find it very alarming, and were I not here for a few stolen moments only, would probably rant extensively on this issue, because it's contrary to the censorship resistance modus for Steem as a basis for social media. Without the ability to examine further exactly how this is being implemented - and it is also happening on Steempeak - I am left with the suggestion that the spat with Bernie and FTG ongoing produced a weapon of mass distraction - the spam comment ad infinitum.

My guess is that censoring all their comments was undertaken to prevent that intolerable assault on the blockchain, and that this results in their votes being concealed as well. If that's not correct, then I see no good reason for hiding the source of the votes.

Either way, I reckon that censorship should end soonest. I expect affected parties would agree to end the use of SCI (Spam Comment Infinitum) in exchange for restoration of posting functionality. If such isn't being at least attempted - or offered prior to the censoring - then this is a valuable lesson in just how censorship resistant Steem frontends are.

Not very, if they're the ones doing the censoring, and not seeking to end doing so as soon and expeditiously as possible. That paint an ominous shade on the clouds of social control looming on the horizon we can see from here. I'm here because of the censorship resistance feature. Full Stop.

If that isn't as robust as possible, then Imma actively seek more decentralized options. I'm not willing to let voices I want to hear, both Bernie and FTG, be silenced while I am allowed to prattle on about inconsequentials. The fact is, anything I can say that they can't is inconsequential, because the voices that need to be heard are silent.

Silence is the enemy of the truth.

Thanks!