But there was someone who wrote that IF THEN mechanism who is responsible for that. Seeing that @steemchiller and others are one the list proves that this IF THEN mechanism is not good. I deem it obvious that a @steemchiller doesn't have his place in that list. The author of the mechanism should've seen that and fixed that mechanism.
Edit: I don't want to write redundant comments so I'll do that in an edit. I believe that the rules are not adequately set. If you don't believe that, that's fine. But I also believe that in general you are no better that justin sun if you choose to exclude certain accounts because of their opinion.
Another thing about that list that bugs me is that this only applies to accounts bigger than 1k SP. For one because that is a completely random number. And because this is completely unfair. Should I split up my stake to a few accounts in preparation for the next blacklisting of accounts because then they won't be blacklisted?
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The criteria were widely supported by those creating the Hive blockchain. THE ENTIRE PURPOSE of the effort was to escape the centralization that destroyed Steem. Including people who actively supported that centralization does not make sense.
That being said, there is an appeal mechanism and if anyone believes that they were unfairly excluded they are free to appeal to the Hive stakeholders to reverse the decision. This could even be done to reverse the entire list for that matter.
I don't think it is obvious at all. He voted for the sock puppets and never removed that vote until after the Hive announcement. You may not have strong views on centralization vs. decentralization but the people who volunteered their effort (an enormous effort at that) to make Hive happen most certainly do have strong views on that. If they didn't Hive would not exist.
What people fail to realize is that anyone can fork a chain and create a new one. An airdrop is a gift, not an entitlement.
A gift? Really?!!!!
It was not a marketing strategy to get us all here so that they can keep us under their thumb?
How stupid of me to think otherwise!
Keep us under their thumb? You're free to leave any time you want.
I should imagine you are bright enough to have understood I was saying that if this had not been offered, if everyone had to start from zero again, not many would have come. So, yes, it was a marketing exercise, so as to ensure the success of this platform.
As for keeping us under 'their thumb', I obviously was not alluding to you, since I have never even seen your name (nik) before. I was speaking of certain of the strong posters who flagged because they did not agree with my political views - and I am sorry, but I am too cynical to believe they will suddenly become 'nice' people.
As for me being free to leave any time I want - isn't it also the same for you and everyone else? But then...the same is true for everyone at Steemit - so does that prove those in control there are nice people and so we should have stayed?
I was being sarcastic but it is obvious any kind of criticism upsets you and so you react...as you did, telling me I am free to leave. Why, thank you kind sir, so generous of you. If and when I feel like it, I will, with or without your permission.
He has as much of a place as any on the list.
Same rhetoric. Same voting.
The fact that he provides valuable service doesn't give him a pass.
Does anyone here know what the word oxymoron means?
I would say #smooth does not - for he is behaving and expressing the same beliefs he had on Steemit, which was, if you express a belief he does not like, you are toast.
PS: Despite the word having 'moron' in it, it actually means: Conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')
I was in favour of moving to hive and did all I could in my small way to help, exactly because I do not believe in ANY kind of censorship. For instance, censorship can be achieved through greying out a post, since most people will think it means the poster committed a criminal act, as with plagiarism, and not read it.
I had hoped we would be avoiding the worst of it, but it seems not.
It is not just a matter of censoring Steemchiller. ANYBODY being blocked for his beliefs, WHATEVER they are, turns the entire argument of decentralisation being of benefit to freedom of speech into an oxymoron - and exposes those who do it as being hypocrites.
I think I prefer the thief of my rights who is open about it to those who pretend to support my rights, but insidiously find excuses and 'reasons' to deprive me or others of them.
What a pity! I was so gld to see #steemchiller here and in the list of witnesses and actually came looking for him to ask if he is creating a hiveworld copy of his steemworld app. I no longer need to ask, do I?
At least they showed their true intentions so I need not ever feel disillusioned by anything they do in the future. I'll keep my eye on Justin, just to see whether he actually finds a way to plesantly surprise me, but otherwise, I will be better off just trundling along in my own way and ignore everyone as I look to achieve my own ambitions, if I hope to find pride in where I am and what I do.
So, in conclusion, it seems the healthiest way to treat the matter is to decide that neither steemit nor hive are a community for anyone to take pride in, they are just tools and we are only fantasising when we apportion good or bad social points to either of them.