Great post! There is a real danger in echo chambers and imposed ideologies to free speech. The more walls we put between one another, the harder it is to discuss rationally and find common ground. Fortunately there are plenty of other areas of the internet that are more open to discussion and differing opinions.
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Agreed. Places like Steemit have the potential to be new grounds for discussion especially when more centralized platforms tend to be more closed off as they wield the power to ban.
Steemit has already been overthrown by a group of social justice warriors who are intent on forcing their narrow minded views onto everybody else. Groups have taken it upon themselves to police posts. Spaminator being the newest of these. Personally, i feel the internet would be a better place if restrictions were placed on Americans using it. If only to keep them "safe". The rest of us could go about our own business without having to constantly explain that their way is not ours. Anyway. Enjoy my upvote and keep up the good work.
While I do think that posts that plagiarize or steal from others should be flagged, I did a little research into these spam attacking bots and I find this trend very concerning. Algorithms lack nuance and such bots only act in black or white situations. Couple that with new users unfamiliar with the code of content and you are building a wall around Steem. Thanks for bringing this up.
If people want to reduce spam, then:
Frankly, I only flag plagiarized posts and simply ignore "spam". To delegate that power to a bot is irresponsible and lazy. I wish those at the top could figure this out.
I feel it's your choice whether you want to flag someone. But in regards to plagiarism and copyright, it has always been up to the owner of said material to pursue legal action. It is not, and has never been, the responsibility of ordinary people to enforce rediculous laws created by DISNEY to protect corporate interests. This is not an academic institution. Nor is it a news media outlet. You don't see people on facebook getting flagged for plagiarism. Nor should you. The role of social media is the FREE spreading of information. Last time I checked, this platform was advertising itself as a social media platform.
But on Facebook, you don't see people getting paid for plagiarism. If you copy and paste somebody else's blog post, I personally believe you should not be rewarded for someone else's work and generate noise that potentially hides those participating in the platform in good faith. If you derive something on top of someone else's work then that is fair use. I'm against blatant copying.
And lastly, you are the master of your own vote, and thus you should be free to do whatever you want with it. Nobody has any obligation to flag plagiarism. When I mentioned that such posts "should" be flagged, perhaps I was a little too strong in my wording. But if you copy and paste, you are stealing intellectual property (although there are problems with copyright laws), and profiting off of somebody else's work while other small authors who puts hours of effort into their work are being buried in the noise seems unfair to me.
The people doing this are those, below average IQ, people who aren't able to fathom how people make money on facebook and twitter. So they come here, hoping that they can make a buck or 300 using steem coins. They are the scammers. Looking for a get rich quick scheme. Instead of spending time building a following, they want instant cash with a single post. And the so called spammers want the same thing. Now theres this silent war between two classes of crooks. The more intelligent spammer and the herd mentality social justice warrior. Both of these will inevitably fail because steem is a scam coin and as soon as ned has cashed out in 13 months, the blockchain will shut down.
If you believe Steem is a scam coin, then why participate?