I honestly thought u were still joking and that I translated it wrong.
I was answering to a general question if content "like this" would get downvoted, "this" referring to what at first glance may seem like spam/nothingburger. So I replied that if for some reason you or generally others decided that this is all you post from now on and it wouldn't even have to be this exactly but say variations of this with little added effort or changes, if say it got less and less engagement over time, post rewards weren't declined, in general if it came off like the intent was to farm rewards rather than create something unique and the autovotes would continue rolling in, then yeah I think we should at that point protect the rewardpool with downvotes.
It doesn't matter much who or why at that point, I could sell my account tomorrow and someone could start spamming AI generated content to farm autovotes. If the community didn't eventually start asking questions and downvoting I'd say we'd be doing a bad job at protecting inflation.
Anyway, feeling a bit icky that you weren't joking and assumed I'd just threaten downvotes or whatever after all this time. meh
I've had this idea on my list of shit to post, for years. And you don't need to explain to me why people downvote.
Had this been years ago, there would be far more genuine responses like you see along with people having fun like you see and me responding with fun and upvotes like you see, and far fewer straw boss responses from people concerned I might break the platform.
Now you're calling a simple joke, spam, in so many words. This "nothing burger" is sitting in the top slot most viewed posts on peakd today for some f'd up reason.
You're explaining why you would downvote this in great detail. Yet you're disappointed in me for thinking you would after saying you would if "this" continues.
No guilt trips please. I didn't order that.
This is a joke. It's meant for entertainment purposes only. If you don't like my "spam nothingburgers", please go to another restaurant and order something else.
Maybe next time the menu will be more to your liking.
I replied to your post with a fun reply, you responded to it.
I left a reply to a comment asking if posts like these get downvoted here, I vaguely responded to it then tried to make it clear what I meant.
You're the one who went apeshit for no fucking reason.
DUDE. Let it go.
It's almost like you're farming pointless drama with what transpired here. Thanks for wasting my time.
Dude. Chill. It's called a communication breakdown. These things happen. I'm not going to sit here and talk in circles. Let it go. I'm fine. You're fine. We're all fine. It's a nice day. People are out enjoying life. We can too.
It's weird that you're concerned about walking on eggshells if I were to threaten with downvotes yet you react this way over me trying to explain to someone in your comments what kind of stuff we'd downvote.
That was your "explanation."
I'd say my reaction is normal but if you want to make me out to be weird, that's cool too.
How was my first short comment the explanation? I even followed it up to your questionmark with a bit more context which I hoped was enough to understand where I was coming from.
Dunno what's going on with you but if you think that's an okay way to react I guess this is where we part ways.
Yeah. I do think that's an okay way to react. And I'll continue to write how I want to write, joke how I want to joke, and do what I want to do.
If that's a problem for you, that's a problem for you. Not me.
Yeah that's fair, just thought I'd let you know.
Take care
See you tomorrow.
Yeah, I could have done better. Apologies for snapping. I did explain after that I misread it, but even that wasn't clear. By the time I got here I was frustrated because I didn't want to be talking in circles.
To clarify: I took it like you were telling me if I carried on, I'd be downvoted. To me this was a legit post, creative, funny, and meant to draw in engagement. I planned to continue down this path, rather than spending hours on digital art and writing lengthy articles. Returning to my roots, in a sense. Had a lot of fun back then. So I thought this plan would lead to downvotes rather than fun, so I was upset about that. You didn't know this. I took it like I'd be downvoted simply because people don't get the art. So I reacted, to what I thought was happening. I was frustrated because deciding to go ahead and start posting again was a difficult decision to make. So it felt like I was being shot down for no reason before I really got a chance to start. It killed all my motivation to continue. I saw the words "if you keep it up, downvotes are coming" so I didn't think that was reasonable because I planned to do a lot more, not this way of course, but more of the same short humorous style. Thought about including AI images as well to help the jokes along. Sure I misread but I didn't know that at the time. Had a million thoughts racing through my head.
However, I've decided to fully retire anyway. And it's not because of this. My health won't allow it. My health also contributed to this reaction. Dealing with too much, all at once. I admit, I can't keep up. Lost my cool and don't feel good about that. It had less to do with you, Acidyo, and more to do with me combining all my stress into one pile and regrettably boiling over. Had I taken my time and sorted out my thoughts, it would have came out differently. The message could have been delivered in a more productive fashion, for sure.
Legit apology dude. I made a mistake, you didn't deserve that reaction. Have a good one.