RE: ๐ Weekly Downvote Compensation Post - Target: $33.99
especially feeling like no one else cares about what happens to us
Exactly - I know that people care. I know that there will be somebody else. In the case of bullionstackers, I have a list of people that he's targeted - which the Bangla community is compensating on a regular basis.
I know that we both have strong connections on this platform - the kind of connections that will make this idea a long-term success.
You were the only one who stepped up to the plate to support me when I received these downvotes; no one else came forward to say or do anything.
I have many thoughts on this. But I'll save them for another time.
I've reflected a lot over the past 48 hours and there's a reason that Hive is so full of downvotes and hatred.... good people walk away. Nice people walk away. I've come incredibly close to powering down and leaving and if it weren't for a few people, I would have done.
Then they'll move their hatred to the next good person. Continue until they're gone. And again. And again. Until all that's left is selfish hatred and a desire to destroy.
Knowing what the correct path is is difficult. The sadness and anger that they evoke fuels them to do more - attack more - be bigger dick heads. All they'll get to attack now, is a post to compensate for their entire hate-fuelled week. And some comments which I write in the expectation that they'll be zeroed out. Hence the use of this account. My "meh, downvote me" account.
ABB users are regular victims of him. But the community always recovered from that. But not everyone gets that support. He downvotes me many times. I never got the recovery. Once I stopped posting anything in ABB. If I had enough power, I would like to join you. Keep Going.
Thank you. With this approach, nothing is required from anybody, other than to upvote the weekly post and ask everybody that you know to do the same.
If the post exceeds the target payout, the victims of their abuse benefit, rather than get penalised. And eventually, his puny brain will realise that he's benefiting those that he's attacking instead of hurting them.
Perhaps he'll decide that these posts are such good posts to earn curation rewards from, that he'll start upvoting them himself ๐คฃ Although that will depend upon what he's been smoking on that particular day.
In the communtity Italy weekly around 5 entries are downvoted. i once asked who did that (no answer or not able to figure it out?) they say they started @shield-it for that reason. is it an option to do start something like that or join hands with them?
I was going to mention shield-it account here. But, then I saw your comment.
I am not familiar with such attacks. I knew them when I came across @ shield-it post.
By the way, the "premier league fantasy" contest that @sporting-gorilla was hosting was cool. It would be nice if this can get sorted out and we get it back. If we did, feel free to join in. ;)
It sounds to me that shield-it is possible since this is by far not the only account. I've been downvoted more than once and still around what helps is not to read the notifications and post and do what you like most
I would say strange but it's more interesting how frequently power is given to the wrong people. I assume they will solve this since it's their responsibility.
Let me know if the fun contests continues.
BTW instead of an upvote we can transfer SP/Steem and in the early days we had tipu which seems not be accesable to everyone (I informed more thatn once since I still see those upvotes).
Yeah, there are things which cannot be avoided at sometimes. But, it is good having those sort of accounts around to make it fair.
I will surely invite you on the next one. I just hope that I don't miss it too. LOL
I came across tipu before. But, I don't know much about it too.
Have a nice week...
I guess we should check once or twice per week to see what's going on.
Well, I went back to the conversation which started all of this. I have some information of how it started. But, let's wait and see how long it will take till it gets resolved.
It will return once this international / FA Cup break is over so there's a natural break anyway. I probably didn't need to cancel this weekend's but emotion got the better of me. That won't happen again.
Don't say that emotions don't count. It's fine this way.
I've spoken to the Italy team after I created something similar - @bullionsavers. But... it was too consuming, both with time, energy and emotion. I was thinking about it constantly, fighting constantly and I didn't join this site to fight with dimwits.
So with this approach, it's once per week. The code's written. The data's accumulating and if this post is anything to go by, the community will continue to come together and we'll win.
After this post, there are already different targets. (not from steemcleaners and spaminator - they're literally a one-trick pony). Now that I've raised above bullionstackers' games, he's attacking my friends, hoping that he'll get a reaction. Which he won't. He's trying to be clever but obviously isn't very good at it.
Just a thought - instead of me replying in 10 places, let's try to consolidate the next comment into 1 ๐
If you need extra SP let me know.
No person with common sense joins to fight if he want to blog or likes to have fun, it should be a hobby and bring energy not eat it. It's fine with me if you write one answer or none at all. Will Italy shield if we all post with them?
Thought about muting to have peace of mind or no longer reading? I hit the mute since two days.
Don't forget to knock you have my support and enjoy the weekend!
It sounds like the one world order.. reign over an empty world...
If it comes to Hive and Steemit I can't help thinking that the the same reign, since the same happens
Hive is so much worse. The reason that Hive exists is because of their hatred doctrine. Their entire platform's foundation and reason it exists in the first place is through hatred (and stupidity). They were unreasonable and went to war. A war that they ultimately lost and still haven't stopped fighting!
I was there when the complaints started and said, "If it's not good enough, start for yourself," and the response was, "That's exactly what we're going to do." Fine, but what I never understood was why there was immense energy invested in downvoting and threatening. If I were them, I would be happy to leave and have my peace.
They took everything: all the apps, the poll (indeed, it was outside of steemit but if you used it, the poll was posted in the personal account), palnet, leo, the health apps, peakd, sbi, ecency, dllike, you name it. I ended up on a blacklist on Hive being published among others and many freewriters who wanted to be on both platforms (since we had a copied account with SP and posts). The respond of the one who posted the blacklist after being attacked by many was: I never thought I had that much power. I must say a lot of tensions was gone after the hardfork but the platform did change during the past years again it's not easy if you know no one and have no support if you are under attack. A strong will and a boxing ball are a big help.
No one fights forever. The last throes of a doomed man.
And that's probably what makes these people different - and why the anger is ultimately all that's left. That's all they have. They don't see it as anger or hatred, they see it as a purpose. Their purpose in life is to feel almighty. Powerful. And they try to accomplish this with hatred and destruction.
They'll probably die young.
And this is normal. It's expected. It's what they rely on. It's why good people leave, and the hate stays. It's why Hive will ultimately die. People will see it for what it is. A platform whose entire foundation is grounded in hatred and intolerance.
Thank you. I appreciate the support. I think that the best support that anybody can give is to look at this list each week, see the names and be there for them. Whether that's votes or simply kind words - that's what will make Steemit's community stronger - and fighting against hate is a great way of bringing people closer.
trust me bullies can get extremely old since they have a lesson to learn which won't happen if everyone backs off.
when will the list be published, I will set a reminder
I'm planning to do it weekly and having started it on a Friday, my intention is that it will be every Friday. If one post doesn't reach the required level to compensate everybody through the beneficiaries, then I'll write as many posts as required to reach the target.
will it help if steem is transferred or is that negative?
That's a very kind offer but I don't think it's necessary. I think that if users are compensated via rewards, then it's also an acknowledgement that they're not alone.
It's also noticeable that some people are upvoting their downvotes now too - so that's always a good solution too ๐ช