Today we have seen a post purporting to mourn the apparent suicide of one of the early and most engaging Steemians.
For sensitive reasons we will not identify the account of the victim nor the post of the poster. All you need to do is to visit the trending tab and you will see it.
We would not tell anyone how to do what they do, however we would advice people to be sensitive to the plight of others.
How sensitive is it to write a post supposedly to be mourning the unfortunate and untimely death(by suicide) of someone only to accept payouts!
We can blog about life, our weirdest fantasies and plagiarized content to make money, is that not enough?
A more "humane" way of showing your condolences would be to decline payouts for such posts.
Do we also have to make money of the death announcement of people? This does not apply to only death announcements but also to disaster issues.
What the fork?
What do you think, Steemit community - let get talking.
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Some whale or witness with enough SP should downvote this.
Could be used to support the family of deceased
I hope that this is what happens, @inquiringtimes
I concur with you. In my humble opinion it is very distasteful and disrespectful and I am thankful you brought up this topic up to the community.
Sending prayers to our transitioned Steemian & their family, as well as all who love this amazing Soul.
absolutely @karmashine
thank you @karmashine, capitalism does not have to become exploitation. we are all very sorry and regret this very unfortunate incident
1.If we are talking about the same post that I have read from a new comer introducing himself and showing off his knowledge of the steemit community and what he is capable of doing, then I want to close the case with a Biblical that (Mt 15:18) “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man”, but there is “the freedom of speech”.
2.However, the steemit community is a learning environment, there are few experts around. The writer of that post did not claim expertise in writing. I want to counsel that those who want to stay at the foot of a ladder or the bottom a staircase to hinder those who want to climb up just because they could not climb themselves will remain at the bottom for a long time.
3.The steemit community has an effective policing system such that whatever falls shot of standard is not likely to escape their very watchful eyes. After all nobody can play God by accusing, trying and punishing all by himself, that is why democracies all over the world have the three departments of Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. Only the Almighty God can play all these roles safely, effectively and equitably. (Isaiah 33v22) “For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us”
4.Bless you all
I agree 1000% with you. But there are people out there with no class who will try to make a buck off anything.
I think it's not up to me to judge how any other Steemian uses the platform as long as abuse is not happening.
I know exactly what post you're referring to, and I don't think the author had any intention that the post would blow up the way it did.
For all you or any of us know, she/he may opt to donate that revenue to a related charity.
It's obvious the post wasn't written to exploit the situation.
As my father would appropriately say, "Tend to your own knitting."
I totally agree with you @prowebwriter. Everyone has their own problems and most people are here to earn a living honestly. Where there is fraudulent activities on the rampage all over the internet some people find this platform comforting especially the third world country because their government has no business in take care of the citizens only to loot the country dry is their priority. So people are fortunate to have found this platform and they decided to share their life's experience or work. Why shouldn't they be rewarded. For all I know the community loved their articles that is why they are upvoted because they believe they earned it. Is that a bad thing?
I do see your point and I do agree, but only to some extent. If we are talking about the same article, I don't agree with what you've said in that case.
The article is authored by someone close to this person. It's a "love, laugh and memory"-type of letter. It contains memories, feelings and also sadness and that should definitely be rewarded in my opinion.
However, if you, me or anyone else, not close to this person would publish articles about this as some sort of "news" or whatever, then we should definitely not be rewarded for it.
I have never shared the entire story about my father's death for instance. I've mentioned a couple of things here and there but never a fully-blown article about it. - However, if I come to the decision that I want to share it, then I'd appreciate rewards for it too. - Would it be wrong to accept rewards for my personal feelings, my experience, my sadness and the memories I have?
I know my father would've loved to see such an article sky-rocket to the moon and be rewarded with thousands of dollars. - That's financial help to me, which is always appreciated, but it would also be something similar to a "tribute" to honor him.
That being said, I do agree on the point that people shouldn't be able to reap rewards just for stating the obvious. Basic announcements should definitely not be rewarded.
1.If we are talking about the same post that I have read from a new comer introducing himself and showing off his knowledge of the steemit community and what he is capable of doing, then I want to close the case with a Biblical that (Mt 15:18) “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man”, but there is “the freedom of speech”.
2.However, the steemit community is a learning environment, there are few experts around. The writer of that post did not claim expertise in writing. I want to counsel that those who want to stay at the foot of a ladder or the bottom a staircase to hinder those who want to climb up just because they could not climb themselves will remain at the bottom for a long time.
3.The steemit community has an effective policing system such that whatever falls shot of standard is not likely to escape their very watchful eyes. After all nobody can play God by accusing, trying and punishing all by himself, that is why democracies all over the world have the three departments of Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. Only the Almighty God can play all these roles safely, effectively and equitably. (Isaiah 33v22) “For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us”
4.Bless you all
So very true.