I can't help but express my concern about what I have read here...as well as my disillusionment.
In the "real" world, those in power always want to manipulate others to achieve their goals. In the digital world and in HIVE/POB I seem to be seeing the same thing.
For a person new to anything to do with blockchain like me, facts or hypothetical scenarios like the ones described here both in the post and in the comments, far from encouraging one to continue, may end up driving one away from Hive and the community.
If I understand the concept of decentralized, it is not possible to allow ANYONE to decide by their power what one does or doesn't do, who to vote for, who to read, follow or whatever the fuck one wants to do.
I am not saying that there are no cases where it is necessary to control, but it should NOT be the norm here and even less if it is imposed...no one deserves to be treated like a sheep and even worse not to rebel to this.
I think EVERYONE here is here for the same thing: rewards and added value and we all have personal interests, but what is a community? What is social based on? Does personal pettiness prevail over "common" interests?
I am not in favor of eliminating DV, but neither do I accept that it is used in such a non-objective way, as I have seen in some cases I have investigated.
I think there should be a balance between everyone and for everyone: founder, investors, curators, creators and so on. At the end of the day we are all here for the same thing, money, and no one wants to lose their investment, their effort and their time.
I do what I want, nobody controls me, but let's take care of ourselves and HIVE/POB between all of us.
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