RE: Survival of a Cockroach

I have a lot of respect for you having written this post, when there are no guides or rules for a platform, it is easy for people to get defensive when someone is upset by what is technically perfectly acceptable behavior.

There is a huge issue on steemit between what people see as good etiquette, and what is written down as the guides for platform usage. Essentially, when nothing even suggests you shouldn't do something, how would anyone know it is frowned upon, until they start doing it, and start getting the backlash. I think emotions only tend to run really high depending on how that backlash is responded to. And your response is admirable <3

In all honestly, i hadn't seen the memos you sent me, i don't have that on my ginabot notifications because of the sheer about of bot driven wallet spam, but given that it is so widely done, it is easy to assume it is okay. I have got in shit for doing things i saw everyone else doing, and couldn't see excluded anywhere, so started doing it too. The other part of this, is it does work. I am on the don't spam unsolicited links to wallets side of this, but when engagement can be so low, and it is so effective, i can see the arguments for doing it. My word, you have got some crazy levels of engagement from it, and real engagement.

I am not sure that anyone is saying that being friends who someone who is antagonistic when called out for doing this makes you a cockroach. But maybe more of a rebuttal to people who do this, and feel like they have the right to and apologize with if statements that express blame towards the other person.

If you are offering a subscription service, please sign me up, tagging me or messaging me on discord now and then would be more effective as I don't check my wallet that often. That said, i am always behind on reading and commenting on things and some things do just fall by the wayside.

Anyway, nice to put a face to the name ;) what you are going through is so very much, and given how sensitive you have been towards people getting upset about this, I don't think anyone could hold it against you <3<3