Is there a road back?

Is there any behavior on Steem that is unforgivable?

This is something that we should think about as while everyone can do what they want here, this is a social experience and there can be repercussions of actions. Steem is quite different to the normal social platforms as the introduction of a somewhat working economy that holds real-world value means that here is a higher propensity for emotional attachment. There is also a higher possibility of a scarcity mindset influencing behavior and giving rise to greed, jealousy and animosity.

However, I do not think that most people set out with the intent to do harm, but Steem is weird and can have strange effects on people who may otherwise behave quite differently. It seems to be in some way similar to intoxication, where impaired minds act out of character, and this is enhanced by the protection of pseudonimity, distance and the protection of the screen between.

I have seen people meltdown here, I have seen aggressive words, retaliatory downvoting, posts aimed to undermine and some of the most foul attempts to muddy names. I have seen and personally experienced these things. Is it unforgivable? Is there no way back into the community ever?

We see this in the real world where people are punished to the full for the slightest indiscretions as there is no longer nuance in the discussion. Someone saying the wrong word is treated as if they killed a person, an unwanted workplace advance treated as if they are serial rapists. The internet has no chill.

But do we have to be te same on Steem when it comes to things like retaliatory downvoting? If for example @dobartim and @flysky started supporting artists, if @me-tarzan, who has apparently taken 200,000 Steem from the pool by self-voting exclusively on his own accounts, started spreading it outward, would it change the community opinions?

I don't know, but I do no think that the only option for these accounts is to either powerdown and leave, or spend the rest of their days acting in ways that are likely to work against Steem and the community have to counteract their behavior. Instead, I think that Steem itself has found a nice middle ground at this point where consumers earn by supporting content creators.

Of course, this is where the scarcity mindset and greed comes into play as some will always want just a little bit more, no matter how much they already have or how little the difference helps them. It seems crazy to me at times that large stakeholders think that voting on themselves and a narrow group consistently is in their own best interest, especially considering that they must already know that they are likely going to get downvoted eventually and then, lose access to all kinds of community support. It seems very shortsighted.

But, short-sighted or not, I personally would much prefer to have as many of Steem's stakeholders working for Steem, not against it and I think if some of these kinds of accounts set out and started supporting some of the communities instead of trying to maximize their own holdings, they would likely grow well and help increase the value of the token they are invested in.

While people seem to think that they have the right to reward because they have bought Steem, they should know that they only have rights to the allocation and the potential f reward, However, one surefire way to profit on Steem is, push the value of the token above the price where anyone bought. A new All Time High would mean that all holders, no matter at what price they bought would be in the green.

That would be pretty sweet.

So what do you think, is there a way back into the community after negative actions and, what behaviors are unforgivable?

We are only human. Some of us anyway.

Taraz
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