Hi @steemed! I am right now entirely confused I have to say. I've been following the debate since an outcry was made via posts by members last week where it seemed that people were upset about low quality posts consistently making the top trending spots. I've been reading everything that had to do with this including @sigmajin's posts and commentary, and he was kind enough to explain many things to me as I am extremely right-brained and find it difficult to comprehend anything involving numbers. I could be wrong here, but I did not take him to be in favor of censorship, that would be in complete opposition to my own beliefs as I am a strong supporter of freedom of speech and expression. I took it upon myself to look through his voting habits and he has upvoted many posts that would suggest he was in agreement with me on this, including posts by the very person in this thread that seems to have caused this misunderstanding. Perhaps if you were to see all of the comments that led to him writing these posts as a possible solution than you might change your view? From what I know of him he believes strongly in posts that bring value to the platform, and not just based on personal opinion and his personal preferences and tastes, but rather he supports original work in general, anyone bringing forth unique creativity in any form. I would really hope to see more dialogue between the two of you because between all that went on last week and now this, I'm feeling a bit disheartened. Particularly as I've become a crusading cheerleader for steemit since I landed here, bragging about how amazing the people are, how much it promotes critical thinking and individuality.
No system is perfect of course, and I also thought it was great how @sigmajin and @dwinblood had come from two completely different standpoints and yet they were able to talk with one another about the issues in a very respectful and intelligent manner. I appreciate your concerns, I would be upset about the idea of policing in this platform myself, in a way that would stifle the ability of people to create, invent, and dream big (I chose my name based on this very idea :) but from speaking to him many times in the past weeks I don't believe that was or is his intention. Thank you for your time in reading this :)