First off, it's not marky and his friends. It's marky. And it's a difficult, unrewarding job I have the utmost respect for. Nobody else is doing it.
Someone like joe attacking him constantly on a personal level asked for it, and I don't judge. He was removed now though.
As Gandalf said, the process and marky managing it was inherited from steem. Things will be handled differently moving forward, but it takes time.
The new filtering on Steemit works on another level. I don't even call that censorship though, as that describes an action by governments, not private persons. I don't see a duty for anyone to serve anything. It's uncensorable on blockchain level, not more.
During the discussions I have had with @themarkymark I have learned much I did not know, from him and others, such as that there is no lack of spammers that have no personal conflict with Bernie. Indeed, @themarkymark was correct when he indicated I was largely uninformed on the matter.
I will mention my improved understanding to him directly when time allows.
I have not yet read @gtg's comment, but am working through my discussions and expect to, if it's a new comment.
While I note we are not entirely in agreement philosophically, I nonetheless deeply appreciate the action you have taken, and credit you for being the proximate cause of improvements to Hive that have resulted. For that I am deeply grateful, and also because it's almost 2 am here, I will refrain from walls of text that are just me being disagreeable.
Thank you very much.