I love the expression: "veneer of fakeness." Nice thought-provoking post as usual.

I avoid conflict most of the time to stay in my lane and focus on having fun. I don't need abusive faceless people with excruciating ego disorders meddling in my "blogging experience." It's not healthy, and it's terrible that interacting with them can ruin peoples' accounts if you disagree loudly enough. Some flagging is necessary, but most is not.

Some people confuse abusive voting power as authority and righteousness. The irony of their own history of transparent rewards pool abuse is comical, and pushing a downvote to silence or hide conflict is extreme weakness. It's more than bullying. These people are simply toxic and harmful to the community, despite their opinion. Herding sheep to support their hysteria makes the problem even worse. Leading by a terrible example is not leadership.

While I feel terrible for unjust victims, at this stage, they know what they're getting into, and what's at risk. As more people adopt the platform, the abusive folk will become more absurd on a global basis, less relevant/popular, and likely have to remain faceless for their own safety.