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RE: Open 'letter' to @steemcleaners
I had a warning about using the tag 'steemit' on a story I've shared exclusively here, on steemit.
I had a warning about using the tag 'steemit' on a story I've shared exclusively here, on steemit.
Gotcha! :)
So you can only use steemit when it's exclusive to steemit.
And you did... but they didn't realize it cuz your characters were elsewhere... just not in the current chapters.
So if I re-use anything that I've published... I can't say "steemit"
Unless I completely take it down from other sites.
Yeah?
To be honest, I have no idea now.
I don't know what changed on #6 of the six part serialisation because the other 5 were ok - or at least, I didn't get warned for them.
The stories are NOT available anywhere else unless purchased from the outlets I mentioned and therefore, they're not on any sites, they're e-books.
I'm utterly confused as to what I did wrong with the tag.
Interesting.
And frustrating lol
Ok let me clarify...
steemcleaners flagged you because it appears there has been rule change in their system.
Steemit tag used to be for anything exclusive OR relevant to steem.
They are saying your content is not relevant to steemit and that means they've dropped the "exclusive" part from the rules to the detriment of folks like yourself.
This is 2 different problems. First off, steemcleaners is backed by whales but not an official part of steemit any more than cheetah is. Thus you're literally just being flagged by vigilantes, who's views I don't think reflect the value judgements of the broader steemit community.
Secondly their ruleset is a bit arbitrary and enforcement is kind of random. You are producing exclusive content and responding to a steemit wide challenge. Ergo it is in fact relevant to the tags and thus not tag spam, even by their rules. Thus the person who actually did the flagging needs to reassess. If they really want to try and enforce a rule of "#steemit posts must be directly related to posts about steemit the website and it's developments", then this needs to be laid out in a TOS or something. This really is something that should not just be subject to whim because of it's broader implications.
Final problem, this whole concept of tag spam dates to a time when you could insert an arbitrary number of tags. Now that number is 5 and has been for awhile. Trying to enforce the tag spam rule is actually just pointless and petty especially when you consider our current engagement and retention levels which are abysmal. There are much better uses of their time.
My advice here, hop in steemit.chat hit up @walden who used to be a troll of some note, but has since rehabilitated himself. Point him at this and ask him talk to whoever did the flag and get them to remove it, because frankly it's pointless. He's a smart guy and he'll know how to present it to the rest of the group.
That story wasn't part of the Challenge30 project. It was exclusive content, just for steemit though.
I'll give @walden a shout now. Thank you for all your help in this and I've followed @ghostwriter too.
Oh, and please don't worry about going off at a tangent on this, I enjoy reading your conversation ^^ up there ;)
@anyx:
'just left a comment, as a suggestion.' Along with a threat of being flagged by @dan... just thought I'd remind you of that, even though it's obviously 'no biggie' to you and @steemcleaners, it is to me.