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RE: Steemit Ethics- Unintended consequences and efforts towards deescalation
Wow. You have brought up a really interesting issue. How do we promote free speech without promoting verbal abuse? The route you both have taken to deescalate is a good one and should be noted for others who will most certainly find themselves in similar situations.
The answer?
'Every Right entails a Responsibility - to eschew the latter is to forsake the former.'
In other words - persons who persistently disregard the responsibilities entailed in exercising free speech can expect to have the related rights curtailed. Such is logical justice.
Well said.
disagree. feels like censorship...
I strive toward consistency in as many things as feasibly possible - and when it comes to the workings of society (or human behavior) I consider such to be of greatest importance.
In the same way that one would expect one's gun-carry license rights to be revoked for failing to live up to the responsibilities...
In the same way that one would expect one's driving license rights to be revoked for grossly failing to live up to the responsibilities...
I would expect that the same apply to the right to freedom of speech. Everybody starts off with a right so fundamental... but abuse it enough and fail to live up to the entailed responsibilities... and it should not surprise one to find those rights curtailed.
As indicated above, some rights are easier revoked than others by virtue of how inalienable they are to humanity. Also, a curtailment is not the same as removal.
In the context of steemit this could take several forms, including:
The third is the most limiting category. If approval by a member of sufficient privilege isn't a sufficient filter then I'd prefer seeing this tightened to approval by a maximum of 3 members than see curtailment of a user's ability to post or comment.
I went in and looked at the blog-in-question, which I should have done first. To expand on my original comment, plagiarism is not what free speech protects. One of the great things about the Steemers I have come across is the sourcing of material. If someone uses material that is not theirs, they post the source. For this reason, Steem seems to be more about expanding and less on regurgitating. Maybe I'm wrong or have a small view of the site being a user of minnow proportions. When money is in the mix, it's a sticky situation. He does make a good point in his latest post about power users having the ability to abuse the system, it is something this community will be facing more and more as we go forward and users buy Steem and Steem Power to gain an advanced foothold. Hopefully, it will never become an issue. I know that this little fish is off to read up on Steem and Steem Power. Educate!!
Again, thanks for the post.