Now we are getting on the same page and speaking constructively.
What your describing… the things that aren’t working in your country… (And yes… my heart breaks to hear these sorts of things and I understand why many feel they must hide their identity.) These are the very reasons why we need to continually be developing, innovating, working together to make things better.
We don’t need another reflection of how the world currently is. We need digital freedom so that it can be democratized to every living human on the planet. THIS is why we all need to be open to finding new and better ways to human.
My investment mentor taught me years ago that all investments should be carefully examined (That’s what I have been actively doing on Hive for the last 4 years.) and then those investments need to be inverted.
Both sides of the coin need to be examined for an intelligent decision to be made… and the answer is usually on the edge (innovation) because the world isn’t black and white, right and wrong. (some things are absolutes but most things just aren’t… and those are the things people waste energy and time on fighting about.) Most things are complex and relative. They change with time, place, person, and situation.
The answer is in all of us realizing that Hive is a tool. It is a technology and therefore needs to be evaluated continually on the results it is producing.
We don’t want to scale the worlds problems here in blockchain form… we want to scale real world solutions rapidly and online.
That’s why blockchain exists in the first place.
I’m actively surrounding myself with these sorts of people… and I’m looking for people who want to make the world better.
That’s what I invest my time in. That’s what I invest my expertise in. That’s what I invest my passion in. That’s what I invest my capital in. And I invest in people who want to do this…
When I came to Hive 4 years ago… that’s what I invested in.
Has the story changed?
Well…
I’m currently inverting the story so I can see for myself.
You experienced a little of this…
It doesn’t feel good to have a DV… and really the DV is only their for the untouchables to use.
It is clearly a mechanism to own smaller accounts and perpetuate group think.
I tried it out.
I tried to use it for a good purpose…
Did that work?
I don’t know… but what I do know is that it lead to us talking at depth. (Is this a form of respect? Sure… even if the words used weren’t always respectful I think we have come to understand each other a little better.)
I made up for your downvote with an UPvote to show you that I ment no harm… and only wanted to signal a message to you.
Did it get your attention?
Yes.
But did it get your attention in the right way?
Perhaps not…
But with all the hostility happening on the blockchain…
It was worth a shot.
I’ll give it a 50/50 grade.
I don't harbor any specific personal drama talking to you. If you're talking about the recent downvote made on your comment, I follow a trail and it's inconvenient to unsubscribe for me. I personally don't find any sense downvoting something that has no potential payout (other than it being an automated spam) because it's a waste of dv mana compared to other things that it could be used for.
I think putting your efforts into a productive and positive direction is something worth respecting. But I still stay firm that if you're going to downvote mean comments (that have no payout and just for the sake of disagreeing) it's not really changing people's stand at all. It's just muscling staked power and no different from what the bullies you identified against.
I don't see downvotes as a means of censorship. I've seen people get muted and have a low rep but conversing with them seems fine. Like the tag doesn't even make sense but ok I suppose some are bothered with the label but not me. It's a just a matter of putting the extra effort to click "display comment" that makes what they have to say visible.