Arenโ€™t you censoring them?

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Who? How?

If someone wants to put a ๐Ÿ’ฉ next to #Monero. It is up to them, who are you to say that is not allowed?

Yes, itโ€™s up to them. I donโ€™t have any authority over their client code. I can only express my opinion as a user of the client and open pull requests to the code base. I value user choice above all else. Itโ€™s the client developerโ€™s right to write whatever software they want, but itโ€™s the userโ€™s right to express their opinions about what they want to see or not see. The question is if the client developer values their usersโ€™ choices. If not, the user has the choice of using a different client.

This.

If they can choose a different client, is it really censorship or could it be curation? Can you say for certain that it would 100% be censorship? Is curation censorship? Should client made for kids allow porn or would curation be the key there? Would that be censorship?

Tough questions. I don't think it is good practice for the client creator to add a shit emoji (funny but not good practice); but I have a hard time seeing that as actual censorship when you can switch clients or even create your own.