Blurt is censored, although there are no downvotes. A coal list is shared, and the websites display alerts for these authors, and possibly more. Since I don't use this list because I manage my own, it's impossible to delegate anything other than 0 BP to me.
Hive is the place to be.
Just to be clear about the "coal list" on BLurt:
The coal list is not censorship because the decision to vote or not vote on a post is left up to the individual user viewing the post and not the front ends. There is no mechanism to censor any user on Blurt.
I've been on Blurt for 6 months and love it. I wasn't forced to go there. I went there on principle. That principle is that individual Freedom of speech and choice trumps any and all collectivist group think.
I will give credit where credit is due. When they came up with the name Hive they were really forward thinking. Users have to have that "Hive" mentality and Hive thinking to stay here. There sure are an awful lot of people on here with Stockholm Syndrome to stay here and just nod their collective heads in agreement with whatever the whales say.
Go give Blurt an honest try. Just keep the mindset that you dont automatically get a built in audience when you are there. You actually have to work to build one. Not just be friends with a whale who runs a curation trail that auto up votes everything you do.
I know content can't be censored in the blockchain. Even if blocked by API interfaces, anyone can run their own node.
I haven't tried delegating via a JSON RPC request. It should work, but I don't want to create a web page to delegate BP to me.
So interesting! I am learning a lot from the comments people left on this post. Thanks so much for your input!
If you are limited due to not taking part in the coal list, what is the benefit of using blurt for you? Just curious
My free delegation and voting service works on all three blockchains. It was my early presence on Blurt that gave me visibility on Hive.
Some people simply post the same content as Hive on Steem or Blurt.
Is reducing visibility or preventing delegation a form of censorship? There are many interesting opinions on censorship in blockchains...
You the user can turn off the coal list which will remove that warning. It is literally no different than a user muting or blocking another user.
It's in the users hand. Not the front end and not blockchain.
When it's a user doing it is not censorship since it is their choice. or are you attempting to say that a person ignoring another person is censorship.
Freedom of speech includes the Freedom to not listen.
Also, blurt blog is the only front end that uses the coal list. No other uses it.
This isn't just a warning, it prevents you from clicking Next. How to turn this off?
I tried with another frontend a long time ago, and it also blocked delegation.