The time has come
It is with great sadness that I have to inform all of my followers today that I will quit posting on this account.
I always appreciated the censorship resistant nature of Steem and I was looking forward to be able to contribute my thoughts without there being any intervention from other people as has happened in the past on social media sites like Reddit and Facebook.
I also appreciated being anonymous on the site as it gave me a sense of safety to be able to say what's on my mind, being constructive when I felt the need to be. I did not expect it to go down this path, I should have realized it earlier but I guess I was too busy with other things.
You see, when there is money involved someone will always find a way to censor you, either directly or indirectly.
Now I don't want to scare you Steemians, but I wanna tell you this story about how my life got flipped, turned upside down.
On the blockchain where I spent most of my days, chilling out, relaxing while curating some posts. I noticed a couple of Steemians who were up to no good and they started making trouble in the minnowhood. I asked them why they were flagging those poor minnows who had recently joined and were exercising their right to freedom of speech only to realize that the minnows had flagged the posts of these whales because they didn't agree on the rewards they were getting.
The whales told me to move along and that it was none of my business. As I was seeing the minnows reputation drop down to zero I had to act. I started upvoting them back to a healthy reputation and that's when it started.
I was receiving direct messages from the whales and their followers, telling me "You are done" and threatening to dox me and flag my post rewards. I got in one little flagwar and my mom got scared and said "You're powering down and from now on only posting on your alt account @bel-air"
For those not familiar where its from:
Really love how you weave the lyrics in you post without making it too obvious lol
Good riddance! You won't be missed.
:)
I would really miss you sir @acidyo coz i really made pretty much from your decentmemes curations , i really hope you give me one last upvote though , thanks man , LONG LIVE ACIDYO!!!!!!!ALL HAIL
Hahaha, I caught myself checking your rep. "Who is this person who dares to be (ironically) mean to Acidyo?"
Not sure rather april fool or not
Guys, if someone is doing this to @acidyo then you better stop this shit. I have been seeing @acidyo supporting the minnows and of course me too. I have never seen a guy on Steemit like @acidyo trying to support us.
In times of hardships he supported me and I am not surprised that he might have supported others too and I have seen him doing this too.
SO please stop this bullshit guys coz if you lose guys like him, then no wonder Steem in gonna die.
@acidyo buddy, I want you to reconsider your decision.
We all are behind you please don't leave like that.
A humble request.
Coz we need more guys like you on Steemit to at least try make it a better place.
Seeing the comments down I guess am badly fooled.
@acidyo you are such an BEEEEEEPPP.
But it's 02 April on my Laptop so :/
But the good part is, that you are not going anywhere :)
:D
I checked that @bel-air too but it won't open :D
BTW why exactly this name? @bel-air? :D
It's a meme, it's a prank often pulled that mimics the opening track of the TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (link to the KnowYourMeme article). It's a famous American show starring the then-young now-famous Will Smith.
Lol..... I guess acydio catch you in this big time @aftabkhan10 ....he can never get discouraged by what others are saying.
Well, I nearly cried man :D
Smile 😀😀😀
@acydio is catching fun ooooooo
xD
No Upvote for the post. You made me emotional until I realize it is 1 April. It will be very strange to see people like you will get such flag war. Since I am active on steemit I found you always fair and friendly. I had to spend some time on your profile to realize it and thanks @journeyoflife as her comment saved me from a heart attack. :D
The sad thing is this doesn't seem that far outside of the realm of possibilities.
Had to take some parts from reality to make this up as my imagination isn't that great.
Hahaha.
I didn't have to read the post to know it was April Fool, I just read the first line from my feed and knew game's on. I've been fooled a lot today even with the most serious matters, decided not to believe anything till today is over and a bit into tomorrow too to allow all countries cross over.
Any good april fools posts here on Steem you can recommend? :D
Many a true word spoken in jest.
You gotta move with your uncle in bel-air!
That was a nice joke lol, it's been years since i watched a fresh prince episode and you made me want to watch a few for memories sake lol
Haha! just blev man lockad till den här communityn av en viss @borran och har varit full av förväntningar och så läser man detta (vilket gjorde mej aningen oroad!) XD Tur att jag hoppade direkt till kommentarerna och insåg vad det handlar om! Bra grejjer :D
Haha, välkommen! :D
Tackar! Kul att vara del av detta :)
You got them good.
I was reading it and then I got it, ha ha ha ha h
Keep on steemin'
WHO ELSE DIDNT FALL FOR THIS?
I didnhhht.
But then, on a more serious note, if this story is true, then this is really unfair. And i'll suggest you give it a good thought before finalizing.
@acidyo, you have been a blessing to a lot of us, and it would really be saddening to see you go just like that
I didn't fall.
Nice one. 😂😂. You had me fooled up to the part where you start the @bel-air rap! Nicely done👍🏼