A nature walk and break from this fucked up reality sounds great right about now!
I'm over here shocked because I wonder if @onealfa.pob really took a look at what I am doing with POB? Powering up 100% of rewards regardless of voting a few of my own comments, and this is because I barely post, get no support from POB main accounts, and all because I want to continue growing my account and supporting the community with it.. I could see a difference in perspective if I was SELLING MY REWARDS, but I'm not doing some reward raping/dumping... this is fucking bad judgement from him, straight up, not sure if this can be rectified at all!!!!
Pretty sure I hit the new posts section right on the front end every single day, and pretty sure I upvote other community members comments, but he took it upon himself to just start blasting downvotes without maybe a talk or "warning"... like wtf, over maybe 10 POB this dude is downvoting without talking first?????
I'm in shock!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE.
Sorry to unload all this in our comments... you just happened to be responding while I'm in a rage.
Well I'm scratching my head, too. It doesn't seem worth it.
I've been harassed for self-voting comments, too. I do that sometimes to make a comment more visible, or to put a comment over the 2c payout threshhold when somebody else gives me 1.5c or something. I was told to NOT vote for yourself was weak and lame. Now I'm told it's gaming the system and profiteering. I swear, people are acting like little policemen, micromanaging other peoples' behaviour. I thought we could vote with out stake how we wanted? When it comes to downvotes (which harm a person's rep and finances), and dishing out punishment for what is seen as "wrong" voting, that's a bit creepy.
Just my thinking on it..
Maybe there are better front ends and tags to support.
I would just love to meet people like this face to face.
Yeah little micro managing policemen in a ecosystem that is supposed to represent some kind of freedom?
What a joke.
I have poor luck with tribes.
I even get booted out of the discords and the canna discords don't even want me because I'm a trouble maker evidently for calling out trolls... eh oh fucking well. , and when I'm not a trouble maker I'm not active enough..
Maybe I should just stick to Hive only... and as of right now I'm 50/50 with my trigger finger on the power down button.
I know how you feel.... I've been unable to stomach any power ups for months. I've got almost 1000 just sitting there. Hard to fully commit, that's for sure. I keep getting burned when I do that.
To me it seems like we're always just a click away from being bullied in some direct or indirect way here. I say indirect because there's always more going on beneath the surface with a particular situation, and oftentimes other characters involved.
In this place if a bully has a problem with you and they have more power than you and some friends to back them up, you're in a position where there is literally nothing you can do about it, you can fight back in no way other than words, while your rewards get raped, your reputation diminished, time wasted, mental health impacted, etc.
I'm all about standing ones ground in a situation where you can somehow impact the situation in a positive way, or defend yourself at the very least, but this is nothing more than a virtual emulation of the pyramidal power structure that runs the world, and this exemplifies it grossly and creates a detachment from people with their actions and behaviors and ultimately warps their mind. I guess that's an opinion, but it's one I'm pretty convinced of at this point.
I didn't come here for psycho wars.
Yeah well I don't disagree with your analysis. "A click away from being bulled" rings true. There's a veneer of free speech and freedom but people with massive reps and stakes are always watching. I have a feeling I'm barely tolerated around here. It explains why I feel like I rarely get anywhere, because I'm unwilling to shmooze or be phony. I feel my content (posts and comments) add value and speak for themselves. If I can't get paid for my content, well, this place is a fail since that's what it is supposed to do. There are plenty of blog sites. If this site doesn't offer true freedom, true free speech, a true free market, and a fair chance at being paid for content, we shouldn't be supporting it. I've been having trouble fully committing here for a long time now. Way too many bad forks, censorship, and issues like you're mentioning.