RE: Make More Steem: Verify Your Introduction Posts!
There's no need for us to upvote people who don't verify themselves with video or pictures mentioning Steemit.
I disagree strongly with this statement. Anonymous users should not be penalized. Do you know that I am anonymous?
The main reason I disagree with verification is that it is not actually the goal, and as you describe it here is perfect, because it shows us that really what we actually want is spam and plagiarization detection. We all need to be vigilant. Bots can come in handy here too, such as the great work done by @cheetah.
Verification as standard just encourages, even forces people to provide extra irrelevant information about themselves in the hopes of catching out imposters. But any information which is not necessary to share, no matter how seemingly innocuous, should not be shared. The risks are very real.
I encourage anyone reading this to boycott verification
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@steemitqa, who ran one of the most popular verification services on Steemit, have just this last week retired their old approach which is pretty much what you're talking about here, in favor of a more Twitter style verification, i.e. only applies to personalities, celebrities, etc. For me this is the only case where it should even be considered - where someone has consented to become a "public person".
You are right. This post makes it very unclear what the intentions for verifying really are: to verify who that account really belongs to, to clear up ambiguity if accounts claim/confuse to be famous people (@berniesanders).
Oh sorry!
This didn't meant we shouldn't upvote anonymous accounts. I've express myself poorly and I will correct this. I meant to say there's no need for us to upvote poor quality introduction post on the basis of FOMO on some new comers. New comers will come. We shouldn't throw away money at poor quality introduction post.
My point is if you're someone who is very famous and beloved then you have an advantage in revealing your identity. On the other hand those who don't, can't or don't want to reveal their identity have to rely solely on the quality of their information to bring value and this is trickier even more so for introduction post.
Edit: I just re-read myself and It seems to me I was pretty clear. I miss read some stuff and the intention of people from time to time so this might be what happened. Keep on Steeming anonymously and I'll keep upvoting you as I did in the past if I see something valuable. I don't penalize anonymous accounts.
With respect, you were not clear.
But my core disagreement here is with verification in general. I absolutely reject it for the "normal" user. There is literally no need. As some other commenters have noted, one's work should stand on its own. If you plagarize, it can be discovered.
In any case thanks for taking the time to comment and reflect on your post.
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Your one of the few here who I've seen express a quality understanding of information security and privacy. I align with the mentality that votes are the only form of verification anyone ever needs - at least how steem is designed today.
Keep up the good work - earned my follow.
Good point, and succinctly put. Thanks for the vote of confidence, no pun intended 😉
I don't want to push anyone to do anything they don't wish to. I fully agree with you, one's work should stand on its own.
Got a follow from me as well.
Thanks!
Right back at you 😉