RE: APPICS Update | Introducing Talented Users

Hey Karen!
First of all, thank you for your feedback. I know you're a long-time steemian and we've known each other online for several years now! It's great to hear you are enjoying appics and I love to see how active you are on the app.
Regarding this user you are mentioning: I understand your concern.
Right now, our App is still in Beta but the testers are not specifically chosen anymore. Anyone can register and any Steemian can join directly - he is a Steemian and now he's using APPICS.

Although I don't agree with his views or his content, we have always encouraged freedom of speech on our platform.
We cannot ban him simply because we don't agree with his lifestyle. It's up to everyone to choose what they want to post - of course, only to a certain extent!
If the content harms others in any way, is abusive, violent, or in any other way negatively affecting other users, of course we as APPICS team will have to step in and do something about it.
What you can do is go to his steemit profile and mute him.
In the future, we will also implement the ability to mute users directly within the APPICS app if their content offends you.

Thank you again for your feedback and I hope you understand my reasoning. We want APPICS to be an inclusive platform for everyone. And as long as users don't hurt or impact others negatively, we do not want to censor the free will too much.

Thanks again Karen, looking forward to your future posts and enjoy APPICS!