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RE: Steemit for the Future: The Fine Line Between Responsible Curation and Freedom of Speech
Personally, I do not see flagging as censorship, since it does not actually remove the post, just reduces the chances that it will be seen. The author can still link to the post, and promote it by other means.
I tend not to flag posts, unless they are truly horrendous, and openly spammy, though.
I can see some people abusing the flag system, flagging otherwise decent posts that they disagree with.
And that's pretty much what I am driving this discussion towards... is "peer curation" really the same as "censorship?"
Personally, I don't think so. Some, however, do. My experience has been that in an "everything is allowed" scenario, the "weeds" end up driving out the "real plants," metaphorically speaking.