RE: Steemit Pedophile Ring Exposed
Upvoting an signing are completely different things - Thats not my opinion that's just a fact.
And yes, I absolutely do think pedophiles care what media platforms they use, given how it is highly illegal and they most likely will be investigated by a body of authority and a legal case will be started against them. Pedophiles post their content through the black web, with VPN software that will help mask their identity.
Not to mention this platform is completely based on creating content, gathering a following, and maybe making some money. Nobody in the right mind would jeopardize their blogs that they have arguably put some effort into for a simple upvote.
Why would they upvote? They could secretly like it without upvoting if they were indeed pedophiles and then nobody would know that they liked it, and they wouldn't be getting shit on because someone wanted to make a fluff piece shock article to make some cheap money off the irrational and emotional responses to this.
I thought the point of voting was an endorsement of the work produced? Upvoting is no different to the 'Like' button on Facebook. If anything it's potentially worse as there can be a financial reward attached to your vote if you so choose. You're basically saying "I like your work so much I want to give you some money."
Most of these pedo's use social media platforms for pretty much the same reason as you and me. To make new contacts and exchange everything from ideas, viewpoints, story's and of course images. A lot of these individuals are pretty computer savvy. I've already seen some people on Steemit have been 'outed' for creating fake accounts by using friends and aquintances photos as proof of reality. It would be trivial for some low-life to create an account that was potentially untraceable.