I hear what you say. I think that would be another angle. I do t think flagging is censorship. I think if there was an account which did blanket downvote, the content provider may also get people to support him/her to upvote. I think that downvoting would be more provocative. And sometimes that is necessary. Are you a meat eater yourself? What if there were communities that were eating human flesh? Do you think downvoting articles on how delicious babies taste would be inappropriate?
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If people want to talk about eating babies I think it’s in the interest of the larger community to know about it. Ask them to discuss it. Try to understand. Gagging and censorship causes resentment and then backlash. Then it drives the behaviour underground.
Yes, I eat meat. I’ve not posted recipes but I’ve enjoyed looking at all types of recipes here — veggie and meat.
It feels wrong to waste your vp on flags or downvotes. Nobody benefits. Wouldn’t you prefer to just reward the content you prefer to encourage more of the same?
Perhaps. I need to give it some thought. I’m not sure that flagging meat dish articles will force it underground!! And maybe it’s better to vote the things I like. And I do actually vote vegans because it seems to me that they are helping everyone and the environment and he animals.
Lol true — it’d take a lot of power to hide all the meat posts.
I’m off to bed now.
Cheers
Anj 😃
Hi Danny. Thanks for the food for thought. I've created a post to explore the 'meat addiction' angle. I'd love it if you'd come and share your thoughts about it.
https://steemit.com/vegan/@anjkara/meat-addiction
cheers
Anj :)