Thx for sharing your thoughts about that @nanocheeze.

I was trying to do the math on the proposal where he created a blacklist of 46k steemians to target people to either not be upvoted, or to receive downvotes. I just don't know how possible, interesting, or beneficial it can be for the platform, especially when it results in posts being hidden as you mentioned.

I'm sorry to hear that it's turned you off to posting. I find a lot of the simulation theory stuff fascinating myself which is why I invoked you when talking about when people fall through the cracks of what should or should not be downvoted.

I think what people fail to realize is that when they hide people's posts on the main condenser the overwhelming feeling that you just got censored is absolutely infuriating. Either folks fail to realize this, or they really get off on screwing with people.

I’ve been in discord rooms before full of people who think it’s just a game, and some of them do really get off on it. It’s sad in the age of social media that has already shown the world how ugly this practice is. Also, trying to claim ownership over a generic hashtag is sketchy at best, the phenomenon is only unique to steem as far as I know.