I read this and even the comments to the end, and the various comments suggested to me the same thing the post does... the challenge is, no one has the assurance that DVing on Hive or upvoting is a fair system. I understand YOUR rationale now, but that doesn't help me understand why things are upvoted or downvoted. It seems very subjective, and having been on the chain for now four years as of the 17th, that's actually a bit scary. We can assume two principles have coalesced in those four years:
- Don't plagiarize (but I was a professional journalist, so I expect that everywhere)
- Don't use AI (but, again, I would expect that)
I can see those getting instant DVs ... but then I get hit with whale wars and get sniped because one whale doesn't seem to like another one who has me on a trail ... that was last month ... or, I see people being DVed for using reward.app last year ... an I'm sure everyone has a reason ... but there is no RUBRIC for anyone to look at and say, "I don't agree with it, but those are the community rules, so..." I believe in the value of my own work as a creative and a curator, but, upon reflection, there's no clear rubric for the upvotes either.
By contrast, @threespeak is very clear when you come in: they have a video showing you thus and so is what you do if you want an upvote. You need to make original content, you need to pass our review standards, and you need to put the videos you make here on other platforms so the platform gets exposure. This video is in English and Spanish, Hive's two major languages. OCD is also clear: this is what OCD curates, and this is what it doesn't. If I produce explicitly Christian content, I don't expect an OCD vote -- that's a clear choice.
Granted, I was one of those students in college who studied the rubrics -- I also realize Hive is for GROWN GROWN folks, which means we need to be flexible. But it might be helpful if the large curators could get together, consider the matter, and do much as you have done in this post. I'm not saying remove subjectivity -- people have a right to do what they want with their votes. I am saying that if there are major issues that we on Hive are coalescing around as standards for the community for support and also for getting blasted out of here, the community needs to know that. That would help those of us who are onboarding as well -- new people would come in more confident and prepared if existing members had this settled and could share.