There has been some 'Lively' conversations in the General-Questions channel on the Hivewatcher Discord server. So much so I had to nip to the shop and buy an energy drink to try and replace some of the strength that was drained from me.
To be honest, the majority of people are pretty good, and I had a really enjoyable discussion with @adamada and one or two others on the merits of Downvoting. Cancelling someone's rewards and everyone's favourite: "It's my content, I should be able to do what the hell I like with it!" Ultimately, it ended with me adding one more item to my disagree list.
dickturpin — Today at 12:19
OK, I'll add it to my list of Things I disagree with even though people have given valid reasons why it should be so.
1. Multiple Accounts
2. Downvoting because it's on track for earning too much.
Originally, I really disliked Discord, but I've started to become addicted to it. The two things you need to keep in mind is:
- A. Text is a terrible way to communicate; they can't look into your eyes to see your sincerity.
- B. English is probably not the first language of some of the people you will be speaking to so if you've ever heard that saying "Lost in translation." Discord can sometimes be a perfect example of that.
The sad part is that I've been spending so much time on Hive and Discord that my time on the likes of Mastodon or Twitter has dropped to next to nothing. I feel like I've abandoned all my FOSS friends; there's just not enough of me to go around. 🙁
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I only dislike multiple accounts when people use it as a means to gain some curation points. Some curators give tips for the content, others because of the person, and people acknowledge the latter as a factor to earn so making up a new identity to game the curator's soft spot is just being a douche.
As for other use cases of multiaccounting, it's no secret I got alts and multiple interests I write about and people follow me for those content (sometimes). Just being considerate that some people follow x author for x content and not y content so it can be clutter to see x author post u, b, a and c content on their blog when it's not really what follower would subscribe to. Like National geographic channel started showing porn now and action movies the next day, then back at its science topics again.
Yep, that's pretty much the response I've had from everyone I've discussed this with. I agree there are possibly such valid reasons as "Well, I run a podcast and....." or possibly "TBH, I have a dark side, and I enjoy Trolling people now and again." but my counterargument is that we already have the ability to create Communities that are perfectly capable of providing a separate experience to an individual's main account; that's certainly what I do with my "Seriously?" community even if nobody wants to join it. LOL.
With that view in mind, the only reason that I can think of for having two or more accounts is to multiply one's curation/posting rewards; it's a bit like the lottery "The more tickets you buy, the more chance you have of winning!" and I have not even included all the other crooked activities people use multiple accounts for.
Maybe double dipping on posting rewards as an author but multiaccounting and trying to maximize curation rewards is not adding efficiency. You still get the same amount of rewards for the same staked hp for both curation activities so better just put the value into one account. Unless the other account is just dedicated for a set of different people.
I can tell you really like Discord, you seem to be on all the time. Good to have more voices around
Ahahahaha. Is that code for "Give us a break, mate!" 🤣🤣🤣
(That's a joke by the way)
You know I've done my share of downvoting. I see it as legitimate as upvotes to adjust rewards. People should be less afraid to use it.
You have seen what a thankless job fighting abuse can be. You will get all sorts of responses from apologies to threats. I couldn't do it all day every day, but I help out where I can.
Maybe some of the FOSS community will join us eventually. I want to support some projects with votes.
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Couldn't agree more. There can be misunderstandings and not to mention autocorrect has often twisted up what I was really going to say. The outcome can be hilarious sometimes but nonetheless I have experienced fair share of issues.
I used to hate the idea of having bots in servers but I do find that they liven up the server.
And yet you see people moaning about them. That's the thing, though. Get a group of people together, and you can guarantee there's one who doesn't like this, another who doesn't like that, and there's always one that thinks they know it all. 🤣
And let's not even talk about the poor souls who use Google Translate in a predominantly English speaking channel. 🤦♂️
Ah the classic situation of can't please them all
My heart goes out to the folks who have to consistently rely on google translate in a predominantly english speaking server. I found a server that has a bot which translates several different languages to english. That has been working out decently for the non english speakers but alas it can be an inconvenience.
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