Yeah well, I guess my twat has testicles then. You're a big enough steemholder to violently swat down anyone who would f with you.
I don't have that luxury so my only other alternative is to either modify my behavior and say only the things that @sneak wants to hear.
Or run an awareness campaign so that enough people can get woke to the point where the devs are willing to do something about it.
Trust me, if I don't try to influence the devs now, about how badly they are fucking up. Then by the time the George Soros instaWHALES come to ruin the party, this shit would burn down overnight.
One Tweet from Kylie Jenner took Instagram stock down by 1.4 billion. Imagine if a George Soros instaWHALE persecuted a highly popular dtuber to the point where s/he became so dejected with the platform that they left, and encouraged others to do the same.
Too many people joined for the same reason that I joined, which was because they thought Steemit was a censorship free place.
Anywho, it is my contention that it's better they solve it while the casualty count is relatively low. My point is, they still have a chance to make this platform, what they advertised it to be.
I think that's something worth fighting for. I'm just a small fry here; I can't do much if any damage, but later down the road when I am gone, and this shithouse has burned down to the ground. I guess I'll be known as one of the voices on the blockchain that said;
"Hey don't you think we should put out that fire?"
You can be the guy that said:
"shut up twat”.
Or you could be the guy who quietly changed his mind, and started posting in favor putting out the fire, because Steemit is such a great place, with so much potential!
I didn't come to pick a fight with you, I came to recruit firefighters. A simple no would have sufficed.
As your fellow flaggee in that particular event, I relate to your concerns here.
While those are both options you have, it's a false dichotomy to claim they are the only ones.
What we did there was to simply ignore the stake swatting us like flies, and speak our minds. We were fortunately rescued by @haejin, who countered @sneak's and @bloom's flags, for which I am grateful yet.
I don't think you NEED to embark on a campaign to alert the media to the fact that flagging is censorship, albeit not complete erasure of data, such as Youtool is currently undertaking. I don't think it would be a bad thing if you did, but you and I survived that flagging, and @skeptic has rebounded multiple times from being flagged into negative rep.
I am sympathetic to your concern over the issue, and particularly as censorship is striking against the broader internet while the enemedia brays about fake news (while making up the worst of it).
In the grand scheme of things, I see a powerful community on Steemit that opposes venal flags such as we faced that day, and can support free speech through initiatives such as #freezepeach to prevent that enemedia pogrom against our voices from prevailing here.
Thanks!
Hey there @valued-customer, I've opted for the awareness campaign. An infowar if you will.
FFF-SOS Has Infiltrated Steemit!
Create Memes Against Steemit Censorship! – $25.00 SBD in Prizes!
Feel free to join in the fun, I'm having a blast with the meme making!
You are right though it was a false dichotomy, as there is usually always a middle path or two.
You're a big enough steemholder
Damn right.
because I din't wast time whining and moaning about how unfair Steem is..
I put in eight to ten hours a day...EVERY day..for the last eighteen months.
I've written 29127 posts and comments.
a rilly YUGE payout..(for me).is maybe twenty dollars.
so...
do what you want to do
I got work to do.
those nickels and dimes don't come in unless I write something.
ta ta...
(wipe your nose...it looks disgraceful)
You are also a big enough steemholder that you may have percieved my idea as a threat to the platform, which may be why you chose to reply with unsolicited Ad hominem attacks. I do appreciate your concern for how you think I might look, but I assure you I am not the blubbering mess that you imagine.
In fact, I am working on a contest that I will be holding sometime in the next few weeks, and if you want to get some more of those Steem dollars, instead of nickels and dimes, you are more than welcome to enter it, no hard feelings here, all entries will be considered!
The winner will get 10 Steem. It will be an anti-Steemit censorship meme contest. So you now have a head start if you want to jump into the fray; you can make yourself a MEME for Steem, and as a byproduct help to protect Steemit's longevity in the social media marketplace.