Thanks for explaining the subtle differences, but I still think they are close enough, since the lottery page was giving out prizes of Hive Basic Income sponsorships (which distribute votes based on the sponsorship rather than on the strength of content quality).
So if the argument is about content quality, then both cases ignore that aspect before giving the vote.
Like I said, if the content doesn't hurt anyone, then why censor it? Obviously those who participate in the contest think the content is valuable enough to give it their vote, yet certain individuals think that their opinion is more important than that of others and will impose their opinion regardless of what others may think. That is not a free and democratic situation. I was never asked to vote on whether or not this type of content should be banned from the site, so consensus was never achieved nor even asked for. Decentralization and freedom of expression is a lie.