How is it a good thing that other sites are taking down fake news but Steemit allows the posting of false and ignorant news? One of the reasons I'm rarely on Steemit these days is due to the proliferation of wacky posts, fear mongering, and Dollar Vigilante's crap. I've already come across three different Pizzagate posts and a slew of other nonsense in my attempt to find accurate political reporting from a seasoned journalist or activist.
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Without getting into the specifics of any particular topic, one of the benefits of Steemit vs. the 'other social media sites' is that there is not a central company (like Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, etc.) that gets to decide what is allowed and what is not. Yes, it does open up the doors to a lot of garbage posts, but it also has the potential to produce a lot of content that cannot be found elsewhere on the other social media sites.
It's a good thing because if someone posts child porn, it doesn't actually get saved to the steem blockchain. If it did, you could destroy steem overnight with a child porn attack.
Btw pizzagate is real.