##FORGIVE AND FORGET

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The blockchain doesn't forget which is something we should all remember. The content we post, including the edits, are stored immutably for what we can consider as forever. This means that anything we say and do can (and likely will be) used against us at some time in the future. Imagine all of the people acting under the guise of anonymity behaving poorly only to have their identity discovered later? What then?

Last night I came across a mention of an account familiar to me from the recent past and then checked out their latest posts. One post was upvoted a lot and it got me thinking. This was a person who two months earlier was highly self-voting nothing comments on a year old nothing post to hide the activity, and when discovered, started flagging someone who spoke out against him. The account now runs a bid-bot instead.

The highly upvoted post was one claiming to have been caught out in of all things, a scam. The saying is 'it takes one to know one' but it doesn't seem to have held true in this case. I am not going to get into more details but I wonder, is there a limit on what the community will forgive?

There have been plenty of cases of people shilling all kinds of obvious shitcoins that fail or Ponzi schemes like Bitconnect, yet a month later, it is like all has been swept under the rug. Some have been involved in questionable behaviour several times and nothing seems to stick to them or limit their abilities to earn. Is it that the community is very forgiving or does it have a very short memory for such things?

Personally, I like seeing people adjust their behaviour to act in more of a community spirit but, I can't help but be very skeptical of their intentions considering their past behaviours. Especially if their past behaviours are overtly poor and aggressive when confronted.

Sure, people are prone to embellish here or there, people can also have changes of heart, perspective and adjust accordingly but, if their behaviour was so obviously harmful, underhanded and openly known as such, perhaps it is in their nature, not their knowledge. Would you trust them in the future?

The concept of immutability of the blockchain is something that I think has a lot of restrictive control when it comes to personal behaviours but, they are possibly negated based on the guise of anonymity. This is something I think most think they have but, in the future, they will be connected to a real person as most tend to leak bits of information they do not intend to or think it is trivial or unconnected to them. I will talk about this later at some point perhaps.

I wonder how many look like cuddly animals but are actually snakes in the grass waiting for their chance to strike and how many will one day get connected and have their lives interrupted by their trolling behaviour from a decade earlier or their many ways they employed to scam the system.

It is going to get interesting as for the most part, many may be able to forgive but, forgetting is something altogether different and when it is continually brought up in blockchain scrapes, it is going to be even harder to ignore and potentially, impossible to live down.

Most don't think too much it seems about what they post here but I think the ones with a real person connected tend to be more socially aware of how they may be judged. I guess it is a question of skin in the game and when one must pay the cost in the real world, they are less willing to take the risks of scamming and cruel behaviour.

These are just a few thoughts I would like to get some opinions and perspectives on if you have a chance