If a 'thing' cannot withstand scrutiny or criticism, it doesn't deserve to survive.
Those extreme examples I gave (which have offended a few) never crossed my mind before I wrote my post and saw Hive in a different light.
They say that the best form of defence is ATTACK! this is why when we highlight failings, inconsistencies or bad practices, those who deep down know we are on the right track will immediately call us TROLLS, FULL OF VENOM, TEARING IT DOWN or in desperation DISLOYAL and just pretending to be part of the community. I never take any notice of anyone who is not willing to debate a topic in a calm, considered matter, and if it ends with both parties still entrenched in their own views and opinions, that's fine by me because at least we explored each others reasoning and beliefs. If it descends into swearing and name-calling, they lose the argument right there!
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Power is centralized in a small group.
WITNESSES DO A GOOD AND VITAL JOB! (better get that out the way before I say any more. 🤦♂️)
I've never seen a Code of Conduct for witnesses, is there such a beast? See, for me, Witnesses should be setting the benchmark for us all in terms of behaviour to one another and yet I've seen a couple of them do things which I think is outrageous for a member, let alone a witness.
I've voted for a few, but I don't really know them. It just seemed like the thing to do, which is how I suspect a good 90% of the voter's vote. When a Hard Fork is announced, there is a proposal, but does everyone have a say? I doubt it? It seems to me most if not all proposals go through on a nod and a wink.
Circle of Trust
People in Hive shout: "Community, community, community!!!". "We trust in our community!
This has got to be the only 'Community' that I've been a member of, whereby I'm told it is freedom-loving and I "Cannot be silenced." and then I see groups using their power and influence to do that very thing. I'm truly petrified with every post I make that I may have fallen foul of some unwritten rule. For example, on Thursday, I failed to decline rewards on what some would call "Low-Quality Content." and with the amount of Bounty Hunters stalking the Blockchain (Did you know people can be rewarded for reporting wrongdoers?) I started to worry that I might be downvoted. Will I end up on some groups Blacklist? I've seen people blacklisted simply for buying Hive off another member. It's my Hive. I should be able to do what I like with it! So what we actually have is groups of people enforcing their concept of freedom and their vision of how Hive should evolve rather than a membership-led journey.
The moment someone says: "We need a Moderator", you need to say to yourself: "There goes my freedom!" 🤣
I think there is a place for the likes of HiveWatchers. They do an excellent job of playing Whack-A-Mole with some of the low-lives that try to fleece Hive, but sometimes there is the odd case that makes want to scream, "THAT'S NOT RIGHT!" 😱
Personally, I think Hive is Schizophrenic.
Now Hive is trying to become an applications platform, and they are trying to build this upon a blockchain which was designed for blogging.
THANK YOU! I keep saying this over and over again "I thought this was a blogging platform?" isn't it why it was billed as rewarding "Good Quality Content"? It seems to me that in desperation to gain more members and make Hive attractive, the likes of Splinterlands and Vlogging was ushered in, much to the consternation of bloggers such as you and me. And it's got feck all to do with "You just don't like change." and everything to do with concept.
I don't know why, but I enjoy reading your comments, it's a freshness to them, like you write as you talk?
Your honesty is really a gem (I hope, I am not wrong here :-D) lol
I've talked much about the topic, so once in a while I become a bit tired. But still, I could not go past this comment of yours and just wanted to let you know, that I, as a plain blogger, of course agree with what you said about blogging. Maybe, there are too many of us, just babbling along. Don't know. Sometimes I cannot even take myself serious. HaHa!
Greetings!
I'm so used to being moaned at or insulted; your comment took me by surprise!
I have no reason to tell Porkie Pies and I have no hidden agenda. I'm not like those folks who hide behind their keyboard. If I think something is wrong I'll say it's wrong regardless of who gets upset.
THANK YOU
I have two issues when I write on Social Media, and I class Hive as Social Media
1. I can never seem to get my thoughts down quick enough as if I will lose them out my head if I don't complete the text a.s.a.p. which then lets mistakes in.
2. I do write as I speak (How very observant of you.), which sometimes means people need to use Urban Dictionary to find out what on earth I'm saying. LOL
I don't want to sound like a broken record but seeing as some of the issues keep occurring repeatedly, it seems that the only way to make a change is to keep talking about it even if someone screams, "NOT THAT AGAIN!."
Happy to have caught you in Surprise. :D
Surprise is the sister of disturbance. Both are, for me, valued family members, which I appreciate in communicating.
I think it was Alan Watts who once said that the stylistic device of exaggeration (which I have not used here) is basically a must for either one or the other to happen: to be surprised or disturbed. Since I take "disturbance" in a positive way, in addition to what annoys me because of it, I took this sentence to my chest because I find it extremely intelligent.
Transferred to a walking person, it is like stumbling and waking up from a daydream, for example, or being jolted out of the habitual pattern of automatic action. The reason why we react more aggressively to some than to others is probably because we can recognise human patterns very well.
What do you think of these statements?
To make it a bit more complicated, I say that each one of us has a hidden agenda, named sub-conscious, that devilish thing which is also known as "blind spot". If I could see it, I wouldn't be blind to it. A hidden thing that I do not hide from others with malicious intent, but that I simply do not see myself. So I depend on others to point that out to me. When they can do it in a skillful spontaneity, the highest art of communication is completed. HaHa!
But of course, I don't want to sound stupid and I believe you that you write like you talk. It's such a rare thing, that I want to hug you right away.
I agree on one side, to keep talking has an effect. Even though one feels sad or mad about it. On the other hand, I have heard a wise man saying: "Avoid topics about your neighbor, politics and religion". ;-)
Is this you on the picture? Sympathy!
THANK YOU TOO!
Ahaha. Yes, it is me.
!LUV
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Check the LUV in your H-E wallet. (1/1)