OMG! That's a whole lot of insanity right there!
I honestly really like Discord, I had never used it before jumping on Steem, but it can be a massive timesink at times. That said, especially being a Curie curator, I'm constantly interrupted and approached by people who I don't know, who want something from me... which is frustrating... I've never had to deal with any of the rubbish that you've clearly had... that's obscene... (also, I'd like to guess that anyone bartering for their technical help probably can't help).
I'm constantly outraged by the online hate that strong women receive, and it's definitely a downside to the super quick globalisation the world has seen. The positive is that people unhappy with how their own culture treats women can now find allies, but cultures where women are looked down upon or mistreated also get new avenues to shout their hate (not saying any particular culture is good or bad, there's jerks everywhere).
I'm kinda still angry about the international news that that cinema in Austin made about a female-only showing of the movie Wonder Woman.. it was such an incredibly bizarre thing to get upset about.
All the chastisement and inappropriateness is all about power and control, and I honestly don't know what the solution is... I worry it might take generations to fix. UGH!
Well, Wonder Woman saved DC and boys were pissed about it. She literally, single-handedly saved the franchise, and she didn't have a penis, so the online boys brigade collectively lose their minds.
I have never been a proclaimed feminist, but man, my experience on Steemit has been eye opening. I have always been a male sympathizer because that's how I was taught, raised. But when the #MeToo movement came to be, and I saw how many of my friends had been sexually harassed, or raped even, it forced me to come to terms with my own past, and how I have been treated by men, and it's not pretty.
The problem is that so many women are still where I was at. They see supporting their fellow female as going against men in general. I don't feel that way anymore. Men support each other. Like, for how "not-gay" these online broskies claim to be....their love for one another and for penis in general makes them look "super gay".
Anyway, I didn't mean to open this can of worms, but it's kind of ridiculous that the living I was making on Steemit was pulled out from under me, because I decided I was done grovelling. So much for anti-censorship on the ole blockchain!
Yeah, I don't think things will ever be fixed per se, or fair. But at least I have learned to live with it!
I went to a boys only Catholic high school, so I've never been a male sympathizer, haha.
It's a shame... and I totally agree... the basic biological differences between men and women make it unlikely that the vast majority of men will treat women like equals. Competitiveness and aggressiveness is definitely part of the male DNA, and so, where do we go from here? Send all dudes to Tasmania until they learn to behave? Elon literally chucks 'em on Mars.
Ah... so I guess I haven't been paying attention, but what do you mean that the living you were making from Steem was pulled out from under you? Did I miss something? I thought you were smashing it with songs and Buzzsteems!
I was until about a week ago, where I opened my big fat mouth. There are a few people who pull the strings with Dtube upvotes, and I stopped kissing the ring of said person, because I think he is scamming the system, and my upvotes stopped nearly overnight.
No way that was a coincidence, even with their new upvoting policy. Everyone else who is still in that circle is still getting upvoted.
I was considering doing an expose on the whole thing, as I think there is some DMania level chicanery going on, and Ned pulled the plug once enough people came forward with what is going on, but that will be a huge blow to Steem if we lose our one major video site, other than DLive. Though DLive was originally supposed to be for streaming, not just hosting vids.
It's kind of a mess, and I am deeply depressed about it, because I have done a lot for that platform....but I digress.
Oh man, really? Well, that's highly upsetting. Can't we have just one platform that corrupt? I'm literally learning coding and programming right now so I can start to smash in some Utopian projects.... hopefully they're not too dmania-y.... but I guess we'll see.
Your dtube drama is crazy upsetting... but I guess I'm not super surprised. Arrrgh!
Be my friend. I'll never ask for or request anything...lol.