RE: Through The Eyes Of An Investor...
I have no idea why anyone would want to invest here from my personal perspective. I have been an investor here since 2016, bigger in the beginning, and little bits throughout, and then all that investing for nothing after that big asshole @gtg comes along and permanently censors me & greys out my posts, so now I will spend the rest of my time spreading the word! lol I was about to upvote your post until I realized I did not agree with point 1 about self votes??
Honestly it sounds greedy to me you big baby!
https://steemit.com/psychic/@coininstant/trump-using-my-words-again
As you can see (below) or not Steemit is just another centralized website just like IG or FB, you can't say whatever you want without repercussions!
However steemit is worse than FB because I never once got censored on FB! Not even for posting dick pics! lol Here I cannot do a thing, so I mad as Hell & wanna see it go down out of spite, just to watch @gtg go broke! down steem - don't buy, don't buy!
You are totally free to do whatever you want with you stake. Up- or downvote. I honestly appreciate it nevertheless. Regardless of whether you are in agreement with the post or the first point or not, it doesn't really matter because it's still true. It doesn't matter if I like it or agree with it either... But I think it fits perfectly with the overall behaviour and mindset of the majority of users on STEEM. Especially with the "investor"-type of users. Self-votes and selling votes are the best options to earn. I am not saying that it's the best for Steem, I am saying that those are the best things an investor can do for good ROI.
I have never posted dick picks on FB, so I wouldn't know about that... But I have been banned, on more than one occassion, on multiple accounts for far less "threatening" things, so that's what I would call censorship. On Steem on the other hand, I've never been banned, but I have received downvotes (flags), and some of my posts have been invisible at first glance because of that. However, they are not invisible, they are basically one click away, so I wouldn't call that real censorship... But I obviously understand what you mean by it.
That being said, "no censorship" is not the same as "no consequences". I personally would never pick a fight with a whale for instance. Just like I wouldn't pick a fight with Terminator. I know my place so to speak, and I'm cool with that.