Actually, I'm more for transparency. I just think it's ridiculous for some, especially those just starting out, to convince themselves they're small, or to try to convince others they require special treatment because of the 'small' label, as in, they're using it as leverage, like people are supposed to feel sorry for them. Most people here started with nothing. Some chose to make something of their lives. Those types would do the same with any challenge they face. Others choose to act pathetic and treat those they perceive as higher beings poorly if those 'above' them are not bending over backwards to help the 'needy'. The self made types who found success all have something in common. They never acted needy. Those with the mindset of 'being small' will remain at the bottom, and blame others for their life deficiencies. That's why I think those saying, "I'm just a tiny fish," is depressing. They can be whatever the hell they want, everyone started at the bottom at some point. Those putting that shit in their head about being 'small' often choose to remain small, then blame the world for being that way.
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Lol, when i was tiny i told all the whales to go fuck themselves because i had nothing to lose...but they kept downvoting my accounts until I became respectful well behaved frot!
Telling people to go fuck themselves, regardless of whatever label you need to place on them in order to sort your life out better, or whatever, usually doesn't go well. Should be common sense.
If the whale in question is an evil maggot with hundreds of fake accounts I'd rather get kicked off the platform than suck his dick.
So i'm always going to tell him to go fuck himself (even if not with my #1 account) - because just like wearing muzzles, if nobody says no, then everyone gets to submit...
But he actually did me a favour because I powered down and pulled out most of my Steem when it was fairly high, so he helped make me into a potential whale by being a turd.
Love it when that happens!
(History never repeats...)
I suppose when you choose to leave yourself limited options, you're left to lead a limited life, where regardless of good outcome or bad, someone else still controlled you.
I live in NZ - I'm basically under house arrest in sheeple nation - for now I can go for a walk, but I can't go into a shop and buy food because they are all closed, and I can't go into the city because there is no transport, and nothing is open anyway.
But I have more options than most people, because I'm relatively wealthy and knew full well this shitstorm was coming.
And from here on in it gets more intense, for a while at least.
I don't need to buy food.
That is a neat trick - a lot of people who say that, think that an omnivore can live on a herbivore diet - but as nearly all vegans find out after 1-20 years, it doesn't work that way...
Having not acting needy in common was a good one.
I see'em like an ID I guess, passportesque, they're useful when necessary. On the authors homepage is one thing, I actually have to go looking for it. But up front and center with the new update sucks, like walking around with your passport on your face but virtually.
Talking about reputation? I had no idea. Just saw my quote out of context.
This is one of the problems that I wrote about. The status of other users, their amounts in wallets, they influence many others, correcting their behavior. "I won't talk about money. I will not write negative articles. I will not express my opinion, because I am still too small". And of course, the problem is not in the openness of information, the problem is in the head of small users, as you correctly noted. Many people here are just trying to copy the "successful patterns", and it works.
But in the end, we get a lot of "positive" posts, few people write about real shit. Not critical, but the variety of content is reduced.
Copying people doesn't work. Show me one successful copycat.
I've seen plenty of inexperienced members talk shit about the place. Just the other day I saw someone call everyone racist, because they couldn't login, but thought they were banned due to discrimination. The most ridiculous things. That's just an idiot though and there are plenty of those around, and not just here. In life. Then you have the brownnoser/bootlicker/ass kisser types. They are the ones who think one must kiss ass to get anywhere. They talk shit and say negative crap all the time. They're the ones who assume anyone who ever got anywhere here, or anywhere for that matter, kissed ass to get there. Around here, the workplace, anywhere on the planet, those types who knock others down for doing well; probably the most annoying people. Has it ever occurred to you some of these folks who do speak fondly of the place are not doing it to kiss ass or impress anyone; they truly enjoy it. I know there are some phonies out there out there as well. They're not fooling anyone and nobody likes it. They're fooling themselves and typically those are the types to fly off the handle at some point because their ass kissing doesn't seem to be 'working' so then they go deflect their frustrations on others, negatively, and hang out in small groups of likeminded individuals where all they do is talk shit. In life those types will be all loud and happy, cutting others down, but get really quiet the moment someone walks into the room; always looking over their shoulders.
As for being critical effectively, there's no need to take a positive of negative stance when doing so. Those who know how to offer constructive criticism will do it, regardless of bank account size. They're also not the types who feel small or big depending on labels that mean nothing other than superficial nonsense.
You take my point of view quite straightforwardly. I'm talking about copying the style of successful users by other users. And of course it does not bring results.
Exaggerated it looks like this: "This dude in the top is very positive, he cooks food very happily and writes every time how he loves this place. I will do the same." But it won't work, because as you correctly noticed, this positive dude in a top truly enjoy it. And the copycat is trying to figure out the" rules " of this place in order to make a profit. And I'm not calling on all of us that there should be more shit and negativity in this place. I say that there is enough fake positivity here. People try to be someone else to earn money. So it was, is and will be everywhere where there is money and there are people.
But the key point is that everything I wrote above does not really apply to this place. It doesn't matter how you present information, rudely, positively, literarily correctly or in ugly English like me. If you did not come here to figure out the "rules" and kiss ass, but to work conscientiously or just to have fun, then everything will be OK.
People create content void of personality. It's all in the delivery. Most folks don't know that but the ones who do, do really well, unless their personality sucks. Those people fail, then blame everyone else and the platform. So whatever. That can't really be fixed. People won't change. That ratio will never change.