That's the first I've heard of this and it sucks. Hive desperately needs creative people and we cannot afford to drive them away. Likwid hurt their own profitability as the Hive price is less likely to improve sustainably. We need other whales to counter their actions if they give a shit.
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I suspected something fishy was happening about a week ago, like I said. When you see that mass of downvotes all in one shot though, the motive becomes clear.
I think it's a waste of resources to be out countering abusive behavior. Those downvotes for that reason shouldn't be happening in the first place because YES, these creative/artist/entertainer types have potential. They draw eyes in naturally. It's been like that for thousands of years. How people literally invested in the entertainment industry don't understand this baffles me. How do you not know that?
All these crypto posts with their one or two comments... using my blog as an example... look at all the goddamn engagement over the years. Meesterboom, same thing. Now finally more folks are getting chance to break out onto the scene and it's being downvoted? Your friend in the other post, the funny guy, he gets it. Everyone in this industry gets it, except for some large investors? Durp?
LOL! Sorry bud. I'm ranting again.
I can get more comments than some crypto posts too and that has value to me. It's not all about the rewards, but they are a factor for most. We cannot easily stop trolls without compromising freedom, so ee need community action. Good to see his flags on your posts are being cancelled out. Must be frustrating for him.
You perform music. What is music without ears? I produce art. What is art without eyes? These things take hours to create. It's all there to entertain people. Not everyone will enjoy it, but it doesn't exist to offend anyone either. So what is the problem?
Again, the downvotes shouldn't be there in the first place. I didn't put a price point on that work or anything I do. That clown post I did the other day... I had no idea it would do so well. I was happy people enjoyed it. That's the only reason it did well. Now even that got downvoted. All because I pointed out this problem. Two wrongs don't make a right, and I've yet to do anything wrong here today. Other artists were asking what they did wrong. Nothing! They did nothing wrong. This is absurd.
Some people will flag vindictively even when they claim its curation. I can find plenty of posts that I consider overrewarded through voting rings or other cliques. He's not flagging them, but I will in some cases. If the actual community likes a post then who am I to question it?
The real problem is that he will put off new users and we cannot afford to lose them. We also cannot do a hardfork every time we find a malic account, although he was known for ages. The main thing is to keep the topic prominent and get people aware.
I downvote art frauds when I find them, plagiarism as well if I stumble into it. I leave everything else alone. I don't have enough intel when it comes to voting rings and the rest. Paid votes I'll downvote if I catch it. Basic abuse, I'll downvote, since that's what their for.
New and old users are being pushed. I push back. Not impressed though and it's going to take awhile for me to settle down. Just being honest here. He's killed Hive for me. I was super excited until this discovery. I don't have the patience for this. Too much bullshit over the years. Even if it wasn't hitting me directly, I was exposed to it. Didn't like what I saw. Always spoke my mind. Should have said more.
You have to be true to yourself and I admire you for putting yourself in the firing line. You have to wonder what would make him go away. People enjoy having some power, as we have seen from various Steemians. Sometimes it does not just seem to be about money. Steem is turning to real shit now, so there's no going back. I will persist with Hive. If we can manage to get enough good people active then his influence is reduced as he cannot hit them all.