Spaminator tossed me on their blacklist. I never figured out why. I suspect that it was because I criticized a whale.
My "criticism" was actually a suggestion that would have improved the platform. Unfortunately, I tweaked an ego and was put in the penalty box.
That said: I don't believe that spaminator is fueled by hate. Spaminator is a group of volunteers who have their ideas about what is and is not plagiarism.
I really wish that they were more professional in their actions.
By the way, I would agree that buying content is standard practice in most professional publishing platforms. Most magazines and newspapers buy a substantial amount of their content.
Unfortunately, HIVE does not include a decent IP tracking features; so it is not a good platform for collaborative works.
Yes, Let's have this conversation, let's make HIVE a better place.
IMHO @spaminator and #hivewatchers should be a conversation about the way to create quality content.
In theory, HIVE is a social media platform. It is designed for conversations.
Unfortunately, conversations take a lot of time and effort.
So, instead #hivewatchers simply throws people in a penalty box with little or no explanation as to why.
The structure protects us against blatant plagiarists and spam, but it is not improving the quality of content.
Their actions, too often, come off as bullying.
BTW: It is possible that bullying is the only way to deal with spammers and scammers.
Unfortunately, I am not in good with the #hivewatcher community. As I said, I once criticized a whale and got put on their list.
PS: My criticism was that the whale was promoting a program from a big tech firm. There was a HIVE based alternative. My criticism was that the whale should use the HIVE-based solution and not the big tech solution. The criticism tweaked the whale's ego so I was thrown into the penalty box.