How do you define Abuse on STEEM?
There is a very interesting post put out by Steemit,Inc talking about defining Abuse on steem...
How would you define abuse?
They bring up a ton of interesting points about how subjective it is and how everyone can have a different definition which makes it all so interesting.
Their post can be seen here btw:
Some of what they mention in the post linked above...
More or less since Steem began there has been considerable difference of opinion as to what is acceptable and what is not acceptable behavior on the blockchain.
The often cited mantra ‘code is law’ suggests that if some action is permitted by the coding of the blockchain then it should be deemed acceptable.
For example, the code of the blockchain does not prevent anyone from posting 10 times a day, and self-voting on those ten posts.
But does the ‘community’ consider that acceptable?
If posting and self-voting 10 times a day is not considered acceptable, then is doing so five times a day okay? Or three times?
If the Steem code cannot determine what is or isn’t acceptable, then how can what is or what isn’t considered abuse be decided.
Beyond code we must turn to community.
But how can the Community decide on definitions of abuse?
Good food for thought...
How do you define abuse on steem?
Stay informed my friends.
-Doc
Netiquette ;)
How do you define?
Netiquette has existed at least since people did connect to internet using dial-up modems... I bet most of us have not read the original version but a lot of old-timers think it as kind of bible for online activities...
Some could say it's unwritten rules of how people should behave online, including rules against anti-social behavior, which would make some of real-life guidelines essentially mirror of what netiquette would say is acceptable online.
It is a question of commonsense and the value you bring to the platform.
It's not common sense though. What one person thinks is a "valuable contribution", another may not. It's all subjective which is the whole problem.
Online we are not individuals, so our own opinions don't matter. There is no such thing as valuable contribution.
In the early days of internet chat there was a holy war between original maintainers and new people who thought the guidelines were unacceptable... The new network is still known as Eris-Free or EFnet in short.