But... you should be able to see it. Censorship, even of things you disagree with, is very bad for liberty's cause. Who determines what is to be censored? It never works out well.
Some Supreme justice said something like - "I don't have a definition for porn that is all inclusive, but I know it when I see it."
I like the Atty General idea where maybe 100 55-70+ reputation people can downvote and other people can nominate who needs to be downvoted. (sort of like the witness program) The gray areas will always be gray, but a lot of trouble is easily nipped in the bud this way.
I come from the perspective being new and possibly trying to get mom bloggers and authors and health professionals to come put their content on steemit. It can't be the wild, wild west or they will not want to be here.
Anyone that throws in enough money to get more SP can become a whale as I understand it. That means you can have unethical or ethical whales. I've been thinking about this topic all night and formulating it into a post of my own.
Those who are ethical and seek to further good ideals need to compete with those who are unethical and that seek to further bad ideals. It is a battle, not a balance, and good people need to seek and use power to the benefit of their causes.
If they do not, only their enemies will. That leaves some ideals as lost.
I have to write up a list of issues for this place and this topic will be there. I know some big people who are actively helping and some big people that are helping in ways I don't understand so can't comment on those.
I have a theory that one 1% is evil and I don' think that will be different here. Others are either misguided, distracted, or busy elsewhere.
I found a couple of strange mean interactions with downvoting. They were old so I just looked through them. It's all over my head for the most part. I don't usually deal with people like that at all.
Overwhelmingly, people are nice here so I'm glad to suffer the learning curve.
But I don't see many of the big guys on small posts or doing a lot of interaction. Maybe they don't have time at that level, but I'm sticking with the big ones who talk frequently, clearly, and interact with the little guys. So far, so good after almost a month :)
Yes, most people on Steemit are great, and behind the scenes there are often great things happening too.
Today I'm writing a post about "the old days" (a year ago) when the post rewards were very different. Most of my posts back then earned zero, but one was upvoted by a whale to the tune of $400 - people have said a lot of bad things about that guy since, and he has done some things I disagree with, but I also know, first hand, that he does a lot of good stuff on Steemit too.
It's only in the past month that I even realised people would be asking me stuff because I'm an old timer :)
It fully is, but there are a bunch of power freaks on Steemit that want to be able to decide what other people are allowed to see
Oh goodness. Seeing this guy's photo is not usually a good sign anywhere on social media!
But... you should be able to see it. Censorship, even of things you disagree with, is very bad for liberty's cause. Who determines what is to be censored? It never works out well.
Some Supreme justice said something like - "I don't have a definition for porn that is all inclusive, but I know it when I see it."
I like the Atty General idea where maybe 100 55-70+ reputation people can downvote and other people can nominate who needs to be downvoted. (sort of like the witness program) The gray areas will always be gray, but a lot of trouble is easily nipped in the bud this way.
I come from the perspective being new and possibly trying to get mom bloggers and authors and health professionals to come put their content on steemit. It can't be the wild, wild west or they will not want to be here.
Sadly, we have plenty of examples of how representative government fails miserably. That is what that idea would replicate.
If you provide a system that can be taken over or abused, it will, ultimately, be taken over and abused.
But now you have thugs at the top if I'm getting this right - which is worse?
Anyone that throws in enough money to get more SP can become a whale as I understand it. That means you can have unethical or ethical whales. I've been thinking about this topic all night and formulating it into a post of my own.
Those who are ethical and seek to further good ideals need to compete with those who are unethical and that seek to further bad ideals. It is a battle, not a balance, and good people need to seek and use power to the benefit of their causes.
If they do not, only their enemies will. That leaves some ideals as lost.
I'm not saying Steemit is like that, just that there are a handful of users trying to apply some of his principles
I have to write up a list of issues for this place and this topic will be there. I know some big people who are actively helping and some big people that are helping in ways I don't understand so can't comment on those.
I have a theory that one 1% is evil and I don' think that will be different here. Others are either misguided, distracted, or busy elsewhere.
I found a couple of strange mean interactions with downvoting. They were old so I just looked through them. It's all over my head for the most part. I don't usually deal with people like that at all.
Overwhelmingly, people are nice here so I'm glad to suffer the learning curve.
But I don't see many of the big guys on small posts or doing a lot of interaction. Maybe they don't have time at that level, but I'm sticking with the big ones who talk frequently, clearly, and interact with the little guys. So far, so good after almost a month :)
Yes, most people on Steemit are great, and behind the scenes there are often great things happening too.
Today I'm writing a post about "the old days" (a year ago) when the post rewards were very different. Most of my posts back then earned zero, but one was upvoted by a whale to the tune of $400 - people have said a lot of bad things about that guy since, and he has done some things I disagree with, but I also know, first hand, that he does a lot of good stuff on Steemit too.
It's only in the past month that I even realised people would be asking me stuff because I'm an old timer :)
lol - teach us obi wan! This place is a killer. I take advice from people 1 day older than me :)
Me too - since last August, and I still barely have a clue