Fundamentally, I'm here because I want my writing to last for eternity. A blockchain like this - it will never go away. That's for sure. There will always be at least one server hosting this somewhere for ever, even if just an archive.org sorta thing - I'm sure my writing will last a long time.
But as it is, I only use it as a mere library to store my writings. Otherwise, I feel rather scared to publish anything as long as Hivewatchers is still here. They just make me feel uncomfortable with ... the fact that they literally exist whatsoever and have positioned themselves as they have. Darkest dystopia.
As far as I can tell, Hivewatchers seems useful with regards to spam and plagiarism and illegal use of photos. If your content is original, what worries you about them?
I fear them simply for their power.
They have not been voted for. They have only money, and that is the source of their power.
Their positioning and power appear as if the antithesis to the concept of a decentralized blockchain.
Good people do good things with money. Bad people do bad things with money. What a better way to find out what kind of person you are than if you have money.
Ahh that makes me feel like I have to wait until they do something bad to stop them?! The issue is the aspect of positioning; do we bring Hitler to court BEFORE the holocaust? Or after?
He's only guilty AFTER -
...but...
Well, so here's the thing. This ENTIRE platform is a bit of a "pay to play" konundrum. So if you prohibit this guy, then you have to prohibit everyone from doing anything that affects the platform above a certain vote value.
Votes have just as much effect on the outcome as censorship does. It amounts to the same thing. At least these people have some method to the madness that appears to have an overall general effort to improve the ecology here and level the playing field a little bit.
Versus mamby pamby upvotes and downvotes that are unwarranted, or arbitrary at best. SOME level of governance should be agreed upon at least by witnesses, and if not witnesses, someone who can have the effect of the conglomerate.
In summary...I'm not entirely opposed to them.