You have no right to tell people what they should or should not do.]
That is an infringement on my freedom of speech, good sir!
I am not sure what you are protesting. I haven't threatened anyone or restricted the rights of anyone. I've simply stated my opinion and I stand by it.
I hope you see how your statement is contradictory.
I'm not restricting your free will. I'm trying to encourage better behavior.
Steem is not a platform for bid bot abuse or advertising stuff cheaply.
I don't wish anyone ill will who resteems this junk or writes resteem. I just want you to think that it may not be the best way to use Steem.
Together we can make a difference and see Steem become the number 1 crypto.
Free speech is very important. My point is that there is a difference between articulating what you wish people would do and shaming people. When one shames others they take a stance of being someone of authority to judge others. When I said you have no right to tell people what they should or should not do, which is a common phrase, it indicates that you are a person with an opinion, but not having authority. I merely am pointing out that you have no authority or right to authority over how people use their accounts.
For example:
This sentence brings out a much different response from me than the one below. I care about quality content reaching the top, if you did not use shaming tactics, I might have shared your view somewhat.
This is not you simply exercising your right of free expression, its the act of shaming. You have attached your own code of ethics to Steem's upvote button, which is fine for you, but you are not anyone's authority figure here. The whole point of POB was to decentralize the voting process, not centralize it under the mentality of a certain demographic on Steem.
I respect your right to upvote what you want and I suppose even downvote what you dislike. As for the rest of us, we did not buy SP so that we would be told how to use it. I will use any account I own however I so wish.
Now, if you happened to use a different approach, you might very well have my support. For example, I feel too many of the same people keep ending up on Trending and I would like to see diversity there. If you tried to make a cultural move (via positive encouragement, not shaming) for people to find and devote their upvotes toward quality content producers with reputations below 60, I would support that.
Thank you for clarifying what you meant. I can't help but notice you resteemed it before you commented on my post and not after. Sadly, you cannot undo resteems and there is usually a warning before doing so. I understand you may regret your actions. I hope you consider what you are resteeming before you jump on prize money again.
I still have no problem calling out and shaming people who resteem junk that is abusive. We need to get people to pay attention and think twice about their actions or this platform is going to crap. No one actually follows the accounts that constantly resteem junk or promote it. It's all fake and it needs to be off trending at any cost.
Obviously, the people who do it regardless would prefer me to mind my own business.
I'm sure I can be more kind and lots of people are, but I want to get attention and I'm glad I have yours. Most people are just using their throw away accounts to promote this. I'm glad to see you have an opinion.
I agree you should use your SP however you wish. I can too and it includes upvotes and especially downvotes.
I might have resteemed it before writing a reply to you, but I did not resteem it before reading your comment and deciding to resteem due to your comment. A lot of people believe that they can query the blockchain and identify behavior, but reality tends to be more complex than the assumptions derived.
Resteeming then responding was merely the order my mind chose, as I tend to make lengthy comments and prefer to get the small tasks done first.
Actually, the truth is that I did not even notice the resteem reward at the bottom of the post (because I stopped reading the post once I saw they were shilling a new blockchain). I only learned about the resteem reward when I saw comments complaining about the resteeming.
Let me get this straight...
You resteemed the post because you got upset that I said resteeming this post should make you feel ashamed.
Indeed. :)
Some would argue that we have Trump as president right now because people got sick of being told what they should think and feel. Honey works better than vinegar...
How dare you just do whatever you want!? Writing so many useless words in this comment section... maybe go and leave me a comment under my last post too :p
Btw. I don't like 3Speak that much as you...
And please stop fighting with @abitcoinskeptic, he really has only the best intentions.