I never said it WAS censorship. There are several definitions of censorship, but they all have one salient feature in common – a party C who keeps party A from communicating something to party B. “Ignore” does not fit this pattern. Hubski does not censor. (As far as I know, it doesn’t torture either…) I didn’t say “ignore” was a form of censorship – I said it was incompatible with my particular ethical standards. If I don’t follow a particular tag, I am exercising my disinterest in a topic or category of topics. If, on the other hand, I choose to “ignore” an individual I am effectively deciding that I don’t want to hear what that person has to say on any topic whatsoever. If I disagree with them on one topic – abracadabra! – they are banished from my universe. The loss, I think, is on the side of the person doing the banishing. I am not advocating for the policy’s repeal – I am simply saying that using “ignore” would violate my own particular standards. Even if the feed is choked with trivialities, that itself tells me something I would not know if I chose to confine myself to a handful of friends and narrow interests. You may, of course, do what you want. It’s a free… well, uh, abstract chunk of cyberspace.