Why should I? There is no way for me to know if someone clicked a link on my website and then saw the exact same meme on Steemit. There is also no way for me to POLICE the public to ensure every one of them also did the same. Why is it bothering you so much that someone might make me 1/4 cent on Adsense and another 1/4 cent on Steemit?
Let's take this one step further. I have seen several other similar (not exact) posts on Steemit on basically the exact same topic (the original topic of this post). Each has their own little twist of course, but they are basically all taking about the same things, trying to come to a consensus on their view of how things should be done. Have you told them to decline rewards? If I have to police all of my posts to such extreme, shouldn't they have to police their own also? I don't think they should and I don't think I should have to either. All information is not static. It is not like taking an injection of medication, use once and the needle is useless. A body of information is added to, subtracted from, grown, expanded, tossed and kicked around with each person who sees it, taking what works for them from it. Why should you or anyone else tell me my memes have a limited life span? Even if every single person on Steemit sees my meme the first time it is posted, (that will never happen) does that render it incapable to brightening someones day a second time, weeks, months or even years later?
Plus, would you please explain to me what your position in Steemit is, what your title is? What authority do you have to tell me what I can and cannot post?
Unless the powers that be in Steemit have given you authority, you have access to the exact same mechanisms I have to control what is seen on Steemit. You can upvote, downvote, mute, or unfollow. But without additional authority from Steemit, I do give you power over me beyond what every person on Steemit has over every other person. I am doing NOTHING wrong. I am not breaking any rules on Steemit. I am not breaking any laws. I have never receive any type of notice from Steemit that I am doing something wrong.
In fact, the only people who have ever complained in any way are a couple of whales who have hundreds of times the steempower I do. Hmmm...
I think you are mistaken on several points:
So are you in favor of plagiarism? If you are not then I do not understand your complaints. Is it because you were called out for posting suspect content? If you were unjustly singled out it's more productive to address the specific incident instead of ranting about why @anyx and others are looking out for the well being of this platform.
If this is not your case then I don't see why you are complaining.
I am complaining because I have done nothing wrong and have been on the receiving end of people who think they have a right to tell me I do not have a right to post my own content. I make my own memes. I even write my own quotes to go on many of them. I write my own posts and most take 4 to 6 hours to write because I check and double check facts and figures. They pass Copyscape, so why am I being attacked?
Your question regarding plagiarism, has ZERO to do with anything I have posted and from my end looks like a good excuse for a big whale to pick on the little people who might one day be competition to them. I am watching people who spend hours of their time writing content to help teach others how to make money in crypto, losing literally hundreds of dollars because big whales decide it is cutting into their money too much so they use 40 some odd bots to downvote away every penny the person makes.
Actually, the only thing @anyx said to me was replying directly to my post and specifically told me I should not accept any payment for my posts. That is crazy and again appears to be a whale trying to shut down new people that could be a threat to their empire someday.
I have ZERO against preventing plagiarism in Steemit. But I have not seen a big problem with it. Sure a few people, most of whom barely speak English and could use someone to hold their hand and teach them. But I see a BIG problem with whales literally taking advantage of new people. Threatening them and using bots to downvote away the little money they earn on legitimate posts.
So far, I personally have not received a single downvote, but I have been threatened. Not because of plagiarism, but because they disagreed with what I wrote.
I know every post I make it 100% within Steemit rules. They are 100% within the laws of the United States. So exactly how should I take the attacks against me? Should I cower in a corner? Should I run and cry, leaving behind an opportunity to make a income that will help be keep my house? Or, should I speak up and say, THIS IS NOT RIGHT? I have done NOTHING to be attacked for.
According to Dictionary.com, Plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
It has NOTHING to do with whether or not I make a meme that I post on my website and I or someone else posts it on Steemit. Memes are designed to be shared. But that is exactly what @anyx told me specifically I should not accept any money for.
As for your assumption I was called out for posting suspect content, show me where it happened. I have NEVER been given any proof anything I have posted is plagiarized and it will never happen. I have been building websites since 1995 and only once in all those years did I get a plagiarism complaint and it was on a guest post for one lousy sentence they did not reword to make it their own words.
As for being accused of ranting, you can now say I am ranting because I am pissed. Until now I was simply telling a different side of the story. You might not agree with what I said, but I still have a right to seeing things from a different perspective than you. But you have gone to making assumptions about my character and saying it in public with ZERO proof to back up your statements and you wonder why there are people who feel they are being attacked for no reason?
Down voting people should be a last resort. Down voting people from 40 some odd bots to wipe out $300+ of earnings should NEVER happen simply because you don't agree with someone.
It all boils down to the fact that it is causing new people to leave. They don't want to be caught up in the politics. Steemit will die without new people and there are people outside of Steemit already talking about they don't want to put up with it.
It is up to the whales to decide if they are going to clean up their own house before chasing off potential long term members.
I never made any asumptions about your character, I simply asked a question. If I offended you I apologize.
Relax, I really don't see why you are acting so defensive. I have never attacked you. I simply suggested that if a particular post is not meant to make money, opt to not make money. It's a pretty simple concept. I've done it before.
I also really don't see a point trying to argue with you, as you're clearly venting and have twisted my words.
Your reply is loaded with logical fallacies. A complete misunderstanding of reply with the simple observation.
You went to some defense mode with use of psychological projection.
Created whole essay out of simple answer.
It seems that this simple answer might have directed your psychological/intellectual dishonesty or paradox regarding declining rewards to simply prove that "Not everything posted on Steemit is posted to make money" by declining a reward.
If something is intended to be posted not for money, then money reward should be declined (in this case cryptocurrency reward).
It is that freaking simple.
Epic!
The insiders, stinc, et al, seem to only care about the people 'that count'.
They have had opportunity to choose, and they chose crapitalistically.
Chose the few over the many.
It is what it is, each day forward a little more control slips from their grasp.
Time will set this place to right, lets hope it happens before our time runs out.
#riseup!