This is happening everywhere… but in secret. Most people back away slowly and quietly in this sort of social environment. Not me… I’m an advocate for true freedom and I believed, UP until recently, that I was among a progressive crypto community that was actively looking for ways to innovate new and better ways to human… so I’m giving them a chance… but so far people keep on fumbling the ball and showing me their true values…
I’m disappointed but there’s still time… 13 weeks and 3 days to be precise.
Damn those 13 week powerdowns too. One of the situations where I wanted it shortened to see you go.
Just because I’m powering down doesn’t mean I’m going anywhere. I’m putting my Hive to work where it will do some good.
Besides that… I have never (in 4 years) had a conversation with you until recently… why would I care so much about your thoughts on my coming or going all of a sudden?
Seems a little off if you ask me.
You don’t know me from a hole in the ground… why such a strong opinion about me?
Very odd… lol! 😆
Known you for short period of time and now I know I won't miss you. But good job taking notes on toning down those wall of texts. But if you do stick around, great, keep on #ryzing
At this point… I have to wonder what platform you are actually bringing value too. To be happy when an entrepreneur and investor powers down? Really? My decision to take MY business’s off the blockchain and my investment elsewhere is an example of Hive’s failure to stay relevant and innovative. I have a lot to say about that and if I want to I can speak out on and off the blockchain about this? Everyone is free to have a voice… this place is supposed to champion free speech… what does it say when someone like me makes the call and closes down a business on the blockchain? What does it say when closed minds try to hush someone? It says that things are fragile and that there might even be things under wraps that certain people don’t want light on.
What blockchain are you working for anyways? I’m working for Hive… and I want to give it a chance…
At this point this “text wall” isn’t for you… it’s for the truth seekers who will follow the breadcrumbs. Later will this be an archive of what we are proud of? Or will it be the shame and laughing stock of the wider crypto community?
Based on what you and your gang of bullies are doing… I have my sincere concerns.
This is why I do and say the things I do and say…
And ultimately… it’s not what’s said… it’s what isn’t said… and it’s about what isn’t done.
It's only a cry for free speech when you get downvoted caused by a loss of potential $. When you were talking to frugal, did you happen to see them downvoting livinguktaiwan first and then claim victim when it was their downvotes that poked the nest? I'm sure you'll buy any snake oil as long as it has a branding of bringing the human and positivity.
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I prefer purging fakes and other posers which gives more value to the chain that promoting content thieves to which I don't see in your priorities at all. You see downvotes as a mechanism to silence? I see it as a way to make the legit creator outside the platform feel at ease knowing their thieves get what's due.
Do you want these fakes to have a voice and earn from their theft?
I don’t care about a couple piddly dollars worth in abusive DV’ing. What I care about is that this behaviour undermines the very foundation we, as Hive Owners, are attempting to build upon.
It might surprise you… but not all of us think about financial capital as if it comes 1st.
Entrepreneurs like me are looking at sustainability that can stand the test of time. We are looking 20 years out…
And if the blockchain in its current structure can not retain its social capital… how on gods green earth do you think it’s going to retain business dev and investor confidence.
No sir.
You have me all wrong… expand you mindset.
Hives well-being and future prospects are are risk on right now…
Fixing the DV with further thought and development at the base layer is what will risk off for all of Hive’s owners… and after 4 years… we all deserve a Hive that is innovative and forward thinking.
This sort of mindset is short term and not nearly expansive enough.
All that investor mindset bullocks you spout doesn't mount to anything if people know their content which is the human part on the blockchain can't get some level of respect. Why the hell do you think Blurt isn't even near Hive when you complaining about downvotes, they removed that function and gave people all the voice they have to yell for and what happens to the place? Just a bunch of self voting pricks and cppy paste posts from the Internet.
You want to invest in that type of freedom? There's your answer. No downvotes there.
While you cry for social engagement as a sign of health, the blockchain still moves in $ knowing that value is being put in parts where people don't need to get paid to have an opinion. See Splinterlands.
You think getting paid to blog was a bright idea? It's all paid to have an opinion and hope someone tips you for a job well done or thanks for sharing an opinion. And upvote is an opinion that content should get rewarded and visibility, the same as a downvoted in reverse.
Harmful content should be down voted. Spam (as agreed upon by the community) should be down voted. Plagiarism should be down voted. But before it’s blindside downvoted… it should, obviously, be brought in a structure and methodical well laid out and transparent way for the COMMUNITY to decide. Any other ways trades one abuse for another.
I have seriously given this plenty of thought… accusations of this nature from people who don’t know me, hide behind anonymous accounts, jumping to assumptions, levying labels, and spreading lies… does little to encourage any sort of trust and mass adoption from high value accounts.
A coded DV structure that’s not fully thought through and developed only detracts away and spreads disfunction where it doesn’t need to be. Instead of BUIDLing we are busy fighting ourselves.
That’s energy miss-spent.
I have told you clearly my point of view and why it is that I am of this mind.
My people will respect my honesty…
I don’t care what anyone else thinks about me… so long as I continue to speak truth and compound trust… that’s what matters to me.
Social Capital always proceeds Financial Capital.
That’s my value set.
And those who know me and have been my audience for the past 4 years… those people know what I’m talking about and why I’m talking about it.
Conform to a consensus on how downvotes should be used? Sounds like centralized opinions on how things should be done. The same demons you try to purge.
Passive agressive fascism I guess.... I dont spam, I dont plag. I stopped self upvoting since thats the only thing I can figure out I might be doing "wrong". Friends and strangers are telling me the same thing. You aren' the only Hive based project leaving because of it. Unless we pool millions together we are powerless. If any mainstream outlets actually start talking about Hive, this is going to come up to them Im sure. That will then also be talked about and bad publicity is not always good publicity. People aren't going to leave Twitter or Youtube where they can just not post hate or tits and make more money and get a way bigger audience instead of much less while trying not to upset a whale. At least Twitter and Youtube alert me if I made a mistake. I dont go around talking violence or showing my tits so they've never brought that up lol.
Like, you dont need Hive to utilize Actifit. Most big games will bridge over to Eth or Wax or something.
That’s just it. You hit the nail on the head. The longer the people here who CAN change this nonsense take to get serious… the longer they fumble the ball… the more eventual it becomes that there WILL be another blockchain solution that over takes us.
It’s only ignorance or arrogance (ego) or both (which is even worse!) that keeps us from learning from history. All one needs to do is look back (at any technological leap) to realize that there were MANY enterprises that attempted to crack/solve a problem… but when all was said and done… there were only a few that ever made it.
It’s foolish to throw away 1st mover advantage like this.
The work of innovation… it’s NOT done and the sooner people wakeUP and realize this the sooner they will listen to the users and actually make the changes that need to be made.
The longer this takes… the more unlikely we are to be the raving success we could be.
And what a crying shame that would be…
Oreos of blockchain social media will push the Hydrox (did I spell that right) out of the way.
See! This is a common story! Why do we have to repeat the recipe for failure like a bunch of ignoramus?! If it’s going to happen… then ok! But I’m going to speak my peace even if they don’t like to hear it. My heart is and always has been 100% here for Hive and it’s community… let’s hope they see that and start to take constructive action. Let’s see how many bright brains are actually listening and rolling up their sleeves. I’m very interested to see what happens next. And the way I see it… when you understand the fundamentals of why this matters… we don’t have anything to loose by #SpeakingUP. Isn’t that what freedom centric people naturally do?
Remember when a mass of people left steem due to perceived possible blockchain tyranny or centralization? Now it's happening here and people will care again and do. Apparently you don't have personal freedom of your Hive or HP anymore. Or ever did...
So this could very much be an incident of near history repeating itself all over again. It’s a shame to continue to make the same mistakes over and over again… and if that’s the case we only have one option… and that is to take a close look at the leadership and where they are leading us and why they are doing or allowing this.
John C. Maxwell says it best. 👇
I heard him do this presentation live. I’ll never forget that day. IMPACTFUL!