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I had the same concerns, but the beauty of Hive is that it cannot be censored as other community members have brilliantly explained to me. I have also been planning a discord community of Hive users to combat malicious downvotes with upvotes. If you are not part of the Hive discord, you should join because I think you will see that Hive really is free and open, but that openness also leaves the community vulnerable to bad actors. Please do not feel as if there is no solution to the issue, after all, we are the Hive community.

Like to Hive discord server https://discord.gg/XJ4Z3vps

Thanks for the link to the Hive discord, I will try to join, but I am not very good with machines to begin with, so there is a lot I don't know.
"Hive really is free and open, but that openness also leaves the community vulnerable to bad actors." Reading this reminded me of the Weimar Republic in Germany. The most democratic country at the time was transformed in an instant into a dictatorship, not that I am suggesting that Hive will become one.