Anarchy Tag has Disappeared
Bye anarchists! I hope you enjoyed your time on steem. Your content is **not** welcome here.
I posted my first story on Steemit, hoping for some recognition. I really enjoyed an article I read here about anarchy and so I wanted to contribute to what I know about it. I write furiously for a few hours. I find some pictures, organize my tags and edit it carefully for errors. Then I post and find that the anarchy tag has disappeared.
Censorship or Mistake?
I'm not one to call for a witch hunt. I don't have time to lead a crusade against malicious admins. Why bother? They control the content and I am but a lowly Steemit serf. I have no Steem Power here.
But, I wonder if this was done on purpose or if it slipped through the cracks?
It's not hard to notice the anarchy tag. It was at the very start of the alphabet, the peak of the tags. That's partially why I chose it. It was visible, until it wasn't.
Where did it go? Was it removed? I know there are a number of contributors to it. It was a prolific body of work that seemed to go invisible at about the time I posted. And, like any market, everybody stopped making posts relating to anarchy. This isn't a marketing decision. This is censorship either by error or on purpose.
My Own Future Here
I was planning on making a whole series on anarchy and its many branches. It's a subject near to my heart. This future is on hold indefinitely until I can figure this out. Why should I add my work to a platform that hides it? Nobody will see it. Yes, I want Steem. I also want recognition for scholarly work well written. I am virtually guaranteed to not get it now.
I was sceptical in my last post about Steems future and the content suffering due to, what I'll call 'the 9-5 effect'. Now, it seems that my ideas are actively censored and tossed into the garbage for being unpopular. This is the very opposite of the meritocracy that this place is supposedly built on.
I'll probably leave this place. My work is not worth the effort. I'll go back to Reddit and post there. Believe it or not, what I write isn't censored there.
I write long posts there, too. I love writing on the subject of anarchy and markets. That's why I do it: love. For me to love it, I need it to be read, to be critiqued and viewed by an audience.
Here, my audience has been stolen from me.