While several POB members crib about censorship & dictatorship on Hive, muting someone from the whole platform/tribe is actually censorship. Downvoting is not though! I have said it previously, it's such a negative word, we should change it to something like 'Rewards Pool Replenisher'. 😂
Anyway, I was baffled to see Lucylin's rants getting tons of rewards from @proofofbrainio being the largest stakeholder on the platform. He upvotes and supports a lot of good stuff too but then it is within a circle of specific people which is not great practice as a tribe owner. Since it's a new tribe, I can understand why that circle is small right now and many of these rewards are going to responsible people/projects who are further helping with the distribution.
This whole Lucylin scenario made me sick to the core not because I am jealous that he is getting more rewards than me but because he eating away too much from the community's reward pool. I spend a lot of time creating my posts. Idea, research, drafting, proofreading, editing, graphics - All these activities take so much time yet I get no upvotes while lucy takes them all. Lol, jk! I get upvotes for my hard work from good peeps but I would get more in rewards if folks like Lucy don't get overrewarded. I am sure there are many people like me, but most of us will not be able to do anything about it since we are too small.
I don't want this tribe to die since the concept is genius and @proofofbrainio must have thought a lot about it before kicking things off. Actual lives are getting changed from this and I see many good projects popping out within the community. At the same time, now I understand the risks of Hive Tribes in general. They are too centralized (especially when they are new) which is a huge problem for any stakeholder/investor IMO. Thanks a ton, @azircon for pointing out the problems, risks, and abuses related to Hive & POB. This post is an eye-opener!
In the end, I am hoping this drama to end soon. When egos are hurt and things start to get personal, it's a shitshow for everyone involved.
Negative, but true and meaningful. Calling it something else will not change anything. I prefer honesty and straightforwardness. Lying will not going to help anyone.
It was joke based upon what I felt after observing how downvotes are used by various different people for their own reasons.
'Downvote' is a negative word and it is used negatively by many people when their egos are hurt. Downvote wars are detrimental to the system and it pushes good people away. All the parties involved and sometimes not involved, lose. I am yet to see a peaceful resolution of any of them. That's why it's not a perfect system.
At the same time, it is the best system to stop the abusers from abusing the platform and adjust rewards from over-rewarded crap. That's more important so 'downvotes' must be welcomed by all. If someone with a large stake is downvoting out of revenge, they are only killing their own investment in the long term if they continue doing it. If someone is downvoting to stop abuse or to adjust rewards, they are doing a charity to everyone on the network including themselves.
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lol I like that, thanks for regenerating the reward pool mana!
Haha, glad you like it @acidyo. You are most welcome.
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I can speak for my own voting actions which is not the topic of the article and I do not look at the author before I read the post. I judge the post on the post alone. I'll vote it up independently.
That's the smartest way to go about it @leprechaun. I do something similar with my votes!
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We changed it to downvote from flag because of the feelers crowd.
Haha. Couldn't have done a worse job. A 'flag' sounds better. A white flag representing peace and all the feel-good things. 😂
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They didn't stop crying.