If you are asking me that question then I have already said that I am not opposed to downvoting per se, even for cases of 'disagreement' over rewards. What I am opposed to is downvoting that has the result of burying information that would otherwise have gathered a lot of attention and interest - not only does it repeat the problems of web 2.0, but it leaves a bad taste in the mouth.. The difference here is intent. My small downvote on a comment that is obviously massively overvoted by most people's sense of scale will do nothing to limit the reach of the comment and is so small as to barely be noticed anyway. Regularly having all of my efforts on Hive zeroed or virtually zeroed feels slightly insulting enough, but to then have the word boring massively amped feels like adding further insult to injury - it is just not a good faith action... I am more about the social than the money, which makes the claims of people here saying that I am 'only about the money' all the more ridiculous and irritating. But to be honest, I feel that is the goal - simply to irritate.. And so here we are.
The goal was not to irritate but to challenge. And I figured nonames would have some interesting things to say if his comment became controversial and I think I have been proven correct.
FWIW I've voted to rearrange the comment order a little bit. Sorry if voting nonames' comment diverted where you wanted this post's conversation to go.
No man. I was bored. If you look closely you'll see I was only joking around at first but then slowly as things progressed was placed in a position to take things a little more seriously. Sure there's some sarcasm injected here and there but that's just how I am when I'm bored. I enjoy lighthearted banter, as do many others, but some do take it all a little too seriously. Certainly wasn't trying to impress anyone or make myself look good. If I cared about that kind of stuff I probably would have taken a different approach, and maybe put on a tie.
You and Pfunk are talking about the comment positioning. On my screen it was shoved down to the bottom as well. That kind of stuff truly doesn't bother me though. I'm using PeakD as well. So not sure what's happening there. It's not a big deal though. Just know some of my sarcastic quips here and there aren't meant to be taken seriously, at all. I have a Canadian sense of humor.
I'm not even offended by your display of arrogance here, downplaying my efforts, and treating my words/presence as nothing but noise. I actually appreciate the honesty.
Look, I don't know hardly anything about you. Today I have been informed that two people close to a friend of mine (brothers) have died shortly after receiving a COVID shot. I have also heard that another FOF's wife died immediately after too. To those not sharing my perspective on what is happening here, my posts seem like amusing content to prod and ridicule - but for many people this info is potentially life and death. What might seem like a bit of fun to you, does not feel that way to me.
I can't be expected to know what's happening in your private life in advance without prior knowledge, then tiptoe around your sensitivities.
I hope that wasn't an attempt to shame me into feeling guilty or look bad. We all have bad days. We've all lost someone. I've had bad days. I've lost people close to me. You've treated me like crap but I certainly won't be using my bad days and experience of losing loved one's as leverage in order to make you appear heinous. The times I was joking around are just that and at no point did I mean to come across as hateful. But you can seriously treat me like crap? That's a little unfair and I think you can do better.
I'm legit sorry to hear about your loss but it's hard to stomach the idea you'd use that as a way to make me look bad, so I truly hope that's not what's happening here.
Would these millions (and millions!) of The Soul's fans observing The Soul in action now be a little confused as to how The Soul is so heavily censored yet shining so bright, all at the same time?
To be clear, there have been times when a few of my posts were number one one 3speak's view count, number one on the Posh Twitter stats and number one on PeakD's view count. The outer world pays attention to the topics I cover in large numbers. The logic you are using that, in your mind, 'not enough' people look at my content might just have something to do with it being regularly downvoted.
An irony of the logic that says that my posts don't get 'enough' comments for... the subjective preference of some people, is that:
a) This and similar posts have 5-10 times the number of comments (at least) of all other posts on Hive at present.
b) There is no direct connection between the stake used to upvote posts and the number of comments being left anyway. Stakeholders have the capacity to point rewards and drive exposure to posts via trending - by design. Even if that results in posts in trending that aren't as engaged as others (of which there are often many that don't get downvoted), it's still the stakeholder's choice to upvote them and put them there.
In terms of 'censorship', as I pointed out in a previous post on the topic and as others have pointed out already in the comments under this post - the actual definition of censorship is deliberate suppression of information. This does not need to include total blockage of access to the information and can (and does) take the form of reach restriction on social channels (among other forms of control). Anyone who uses silicon valley social networks for anything of real value to humans has, at this point, experienced reach restriction as a result (whether they know it or not). The very long list of highly cited and respected doctors and scientists that have been blacklisted by silicon valley is a testament to that. Are they completely impossible to access online? Some may be, but generally they aren't. None the less, the censorship of their content dramatically limits the number of people that can hear them and that can therefore also support their work.
The idea that anyone questioning downvoting is just a greedy rewards pool rapist is extremely hypocritical, since the entire purpose of the rewards pool is to essentially empower content creators to make more, according to the subjective preference of the community. Obviously, content creators are going to want to access as much support as they can - ideally without being pushy or going against the wishes of the audience. Contrary to the assumptions of a minority of people here, I personally don't want to take rewards from a pool where people don't want me to have it and don't want my content.. I would just go somewhere else.
However, I have put years of my time into helping to build Steem and Hive and I still hold the vision that it can be a beacon of free thought, free speech, open mindedness, decentralisation and generally a human support service. So, I am here looking to build audiences. Clearly, since I regularly receive a lot of voluntary upvotes, there are plenty of people who value what I do - so I am still here. If the upvotes are removed and no-one comments, then there would be no point in me being here, but that is not the case.
I wasn't even being serious. That was a Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson reference that somehow, miraculously, turned into a speech about something requiring a thorough examination and essay style response. The man complimented my ability to bring excitement, so I thought that was an invitation to continue messing around. Next thing you know, he's saying all these things to me and I'm not even sure why.
the actual definition of censorship is deliberate suppression of information.
So why did you send his comment to the bottom? Seems suppressive. I hoped you would stick to your guns and wouldn't downvote it but this proves an even bigger point.
If you are talking about the 'boring' comment, I have already replied to your previous comment on the same topic. I didn't send his comment anywhere and no reach was lost - despite the comment clearly adding nothing of value except to snarkey people wanting to snark.
If i met you in Real Life... I MIGHT say the word Friend. But I DON'T KNOW YOU!
For all i know you're with 👆THIS TEAM👆 who is "Flaggoting my account to oblivion" as THEY like to say.
So im filing some Paperwork to sue about 6 separate PARTIES, in 4 different countries... Not for any money mind you... JUST TO GET THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS OUT IN THE PUBLIC with Fancy Court orders. And also so that more evidence comes out about how HIVE works so well for many of the top people.
The TEAM of Flaggots have decided im bluffing and have gone ALL IN on the evidence collection so ANY side Distraction like this sets me off...
I'm VERY SURE we've not met...
We have very little interation.
I don't play on the chain to MEET... I work here.
I don't play for any teams here, dude. And all you're doing is demonstrating why platform politics are so lame. Last time you spoke to me here, you were acting friendly. Now you're just being a dick. So go ahead and be a dick. But don't expect me to give a shit about anything you say or do. Totally not interested in your ramblings, videos, nor the random picture show that never makes sense and only helps to make you appear mentally unstable.
Why did you censor this man @nonameslefttouse? Seems... hypocritical.
If you are asking me that question then I have already said that I am not opposed to downvoting per se, even for cases of 'disagreement' over rewards. What I am opposed to is downvoting that has the result of burying information that would otherwise have gathered a lot of attention and interest - not only does it repeat the problems of web 2.0, but it leaves a bad taste in the mouth.. The difference here is intent. My small downvote on a comment that is obviously massively overvoted by most people's sense of scale will do nothing to limit the reach of the comment and is so small as to barely be noticed anyway. Regularly having all of my efforts on Hive zeroed or virtually zeroed feels slightly insulting enough, but to then have the word boring massively amped feels like adding further insult to injury - it is just not a good faith action... I am more about the social than the money, which makes the claims of people here saying that I am 'only about the money' all the more ridiculous and irritating. But to be honest, I feel that is the goal - simply to irritate.. And so here we are.
The goal was not to irritate but to challenge. And I figured nonames would have some interesting things to say if his comment became controversial and I think I have been proven correct.
It just feels like caustic, biased and hypocritical attempts to bolster egos to me - but, hey, whatever floats your boat.
FWIW I've voted to rearrange the comment order a little bit. Sorry if voting nonames' comment diverted where you wanted this post's conversation to go.
Thanks ok, I appreciate it. :)
No man. I was bored. If you look closely you'll see I was only joking around at first but then slowly as things progressed was placed in a position to take things a little more seriously. Sure there's some sarcasm injected here and there but that's just how I am when I'm bored. I enjoy lighthearted banter, as do many others, but some do take it all a little too seriously. Certainly wasn't trying to impress anyone or make myself look good. If I cared about that kind of stuff I probably would have taken a different approach, and maybe put on a tie.
You and Pfunk are talking about the comment positioning. On my screen it was shoved down to the bottom as well. That kind of stuff truly doesn't bother me though. I'm using PeakD as well. So not sure what's happening there. It's not a big deal though. Just know some of my sarcastic quips here and there aren't meant to be taken seriously, at all. I have a Canadian sense of humor.
I'm not even offended by your display of arrogance here, downplaying my efforts, and treating my words/presence as nothing but noise. I actually appreciate the honesty.
Look, I don't know hardly anything about you. Today I have been informed that two people close to a friend of mine (brothers) have died shortly after receiving a COVID shot. I have also heard that another FOF's wife died immediately after too. To those not sharing my perspective on what is happening here, my posts seem like amusing content to prod and ridicule - but for many people this info is potentially life and death. What might seem like a bit of fun to you, does not feel that way to me.
I can't be expected to know what's happening in your private life in advance without prior knowledge, then tiptoe around your sensitivities.
I hope that wasn't an attempt to shame me into feeling guilty or look bad. We all have bad days. We've all lost someone. I've had bad days. I've lost people close to me. You've treated me like crap but I certainly won't be using my bad days and experience of losing loved one's as leverage in order to make you appear heinous. The times I was joking around are just that and at no point did I mean to come across as hateful. But you can seriously treat me like crap? That's a little unfair and I think you can do better.
I'm legit sorry to hear about your loss but it's hard to stomach the idea you'd use that as a way to make me look bad, so I truly hope that's not what's happening here.
Have a good day, or at least try.
Us?
How many of you are inside there?
I was referring to the many people looking at this page via the internet.
Would these millions (and millions!) of The Soul's fans observing The Soul in action now be a little confused as to how The Soul is so heavily censored yet shining so bright, all at the same time?
To be clear, there have been times when a few of my posts were number one one 3speak's view count, number one on the Posh Twitter stats and number one on PeakD's view count. The outer world pays attention to the topics I cover in large numbers. The logic you are using that, in your mind, 'not enough' people look at my content might just have something to do with it being regularly downvoted.
An irony of the logic that says that my posts don't get 'enough' comments for... the subjective preference of some people, is that:
a) This and similar posts have 5-10 times the number of comments (at least) of all other posts on Hive at present.
b) There is no direct connection between the stake used to upvote posts and the number of comments being left anyway. Stakeholders have the capacity to point rewards and drive exposure to posts via trending - by design. Even if that results in posts in trending that aren't as engaged as others (of which there are often many that don't get downvoted), it's still the stakeholder's choice to upvote them and put them there.
In terms of 'censorship', as I pointed out in a previous post on the topic and as others have pointed out already in the comments under this post - the actual definition of censorship is deliberate suppression of information. This does not need to include total blockage of access to the information and can (and does) take the form of reach restriction on social channels (among other forms of control). Anyone who uses silicon valley social networks for anything of real value to humans has, at this point, experienced reach restriction as a result (whether they know it or not). The very long list of highly cited and respected doctors and scientists that have been blacklisted by silicon valley is a testament to that. Are they completely impossible to access online? Some may be, but generally they aren't. None the less, the censorship of their content dramatically limits the number of people that can hear them and that can therefore also support their work.
The idea that anyone questioning downvoting is just a greedy rewards pool rapist is extremely hypocritical, since the entire purpose of the rewards pool is to essentially empower content creators to make more, according to the subjective preference of the community. Obviously, content creators are going to want to access as much support as they can - ideally without being pushy or going against the wishes of the audience. Contrary to the assumptions of a minority of people here, I personally don't want to take rewards from a pool where people don't want me to have it and don't want my content.. I would just go somewhere else.
However, I have put years of my time into helping to build Steem and Hive and I still hold the vision that it can be a beacon of free thought, free speech, open mindedness, decentralisation and generally a human support service. So, I am here looking to build audiences. Clearly, since I regularly receive a lot of voluntary upvotes, there are plenty of people who value what I do - so I am still here. If the upvotes are removed and no-one comments, then there would be no point in me being here, but that is not the case.
Well yeah, if I sit here and have a conversation with you and several others who want to speak to me, of course the amount of comments will increase.
Try not to take all the credit. I'm a human, not just some number that only exists to make you look good or feel important.
There's no real need to overly explain yourself either. This wasn't a job interview.
He does that, if you don't always read and reply he'll say you've gone "silent" to defend his narrative.
I wasn't even being serious. That was a Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson reference that somehow, miraculously, turned into a speech about something requiring a thorough examination and essay style response. The man complimented my ability to bring excitement, so I thought that was an invitation to continue messing around. Next thing you know, he's saying all these things to me and I'm not even sure why.
So why did you send his comment to the bottom? Seems suppressive. I hoped you would stick to your guns and wouldn't downvote it but this proves an even bigger point.
If you are talking about the 'boring' comment, I have already replied to your previous comment on the same topic. I didn't send his comment anywhere and no reach was lost - despite the comment clearly adding nothing of value except to snarkey people wanting to snark.
Your downvote, or something else, seems to have censored the comment to the bottom of the comment list despite sorting by rewards.
You're being GASLIT and you just let this loser take the top part of your comment real estate with his "LOW EFFORT CONTENT"
His account ought to be Downvoted to Oblivion like all of it's "fiends" suggest. [sarcasm]
The blanket of useful idiots is filled with holes... IMHO.
I didn't 'let' anything happen here, I have no control over who upvotes the comments and pushes them to the top.
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I appreciate the work youre doing 🙏👍
Highest regards!
50:00 minutes is a good starting point.
Can i rely on you to handle onboarding these FreeSpeechActivists onto THIS Plaform?
Thanks for calling me a loser. I hope that makes you feel like a winner.
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Remember that time in the past you pretended to be my friend? I do.
Thanks for showing me your true colors. Had a hunch you weren't being real with me.
How insulting.
If i met you in Real Life... I MIGHT say the word Friend. But I DON'T KNOW YOU!
For all i know you're with 👆THIS TEAM👆 who is "Flaggoting my account to oblivion" as THEY like to say.
So im filing some Paperwork to sue about 6 separate PARTIES, in 4 different countries... Not for any money mind you... JUST TO GET THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS OUT IN THE PUBLIC with Fancy Court orders. And also so that more evidence comes out about how HIVE works so well for many of the top people.
The TEAM of Flaggots have decided im bluffing and have gone ALL IN on the evidence collection so ANY side Distraction like this sets me off...
I'm VERY SURE we've not met...
We have very little interation.
I don't play on the chain to MEET... I work here.
Have a nice day.
I don't play for any teams here, dude. And all you're doing is demonstrating why platform politics are so lame. Last time you spoke to me here, you were acting friendly. Now you're just being a dick. So go ahead and be a dick. But don't expect me to give a shit about anything you say or do. Totally not interested in your ramblings, videos, nor the random picture show that never makes sense and only helps to make you appear mentally unstable.
Mute and move on LADY