it's still good to have it imo since there are many newcomers every now and then. I find it really odd that tagging a handful of people is the thing that upsets most here. While my research was superficial - I did point that out - it simply wanted to highlight such behavior. And so far all I am seeing is that people self voting are actually tolerated and I appear to be the scape goat.
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Scapegoat? You are overestimating the importance of this. I know it feels like a big thing to get the attention, but on the grand scale of life - it isn't that important. And, when it comes to people self-voting, they can do it as they please - many will get downvoted for it, many will not get votes. As I see it, it is a frequency thing, and a size of the stake thing. In the background, I first defended you for self-voting due to you not posting much - but then you decided to make a thing out of it. That is fine - your prerogative. The responses are proportional. I think most people were pretty open and understanding, and even the people who you tagged without researching weren't too aggressive. Yet, the next post is that you call it a shitstorm. Perhaps you haven't really seen a shitstorm before.
I am not though. I am simply thinking of this as a fruitful discussion :)
I get it. However, on one hand you are saying it is good for new people, but on the other you have said that you have been blind to all of this in the past. It is somewhat disingenuous isn't it? The discussion is fruitful for you, and hopefully you learn something from it. But I am not sure how fruitful it is for many others who actually took the time to comment again on this, for someone who should have known about it anyway. So, is it a lesson for new people, or just an attempt to get some engagement through a bit of drama?
I put myself in the spotlight for asking a basic question, well knowingly that this could "backfire". I don't see how that could really lead to anything positive for me in terms of getting better post payouts. I am probably now stuck with a $5 downvote from a person that felt "hurt" for tagging him and another one that just acts as a bully. Probably just going to start burning the payouts from now, since the drama for a couple of bucks is not worth it - It's only problematic that this also affects reach.