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We need to get Ben Swann and other people here on steemit. It is decentralized. It cannot be censored. They could take down this website steemit, or others like busy.org, eSteem, and a growing number of others.
The blockchain is more like a big file system. Our posts get saved in that.
Steemit.com is just like a program/app/browser that looks at that file system in one particular way. So if they take down steemit which itself is a centralized website, the data is still there in the blockchain so you can still see it. Furthermore they open sourced steemit.com and the blockchain tech.
This is a place that we can perhaps stand together and try to MOVE the world.
It does have its blemishes but they are the least I've seen in ANY internet based community. It is not really conducive to trolling and people being uncivil to each other because they don't get followers and they don't make money.
The money is real too. I have not spent a dime here, just my time. My account is currently hovering at around $40K in value, and I've spent probably around $10K in stuff I powered up a visa with. So figure $50K and I haven't quite been using it for a year and I'm just an average guy that posts regularly, engages in discussions, and votes stuff.
Right now this is the place to be as they haven't come out of beta, and they are not even advertising. So anyone joining now is still kind of considered an early adopter.
We need a lot of truth seekers here.
The key is be civil. We can talk about stuff we disagree about here and it usually doesn't go bad. Disagreement appears to be welcome as long as we're civil about it. That is pretty awesome. People actually talk about things here that if it was on reddit or facebook it'd quickly devolve into name calling, ad hominems, and not really go anywhere.
That really isn't a problem here at this time. So if you got more people like you. Get them here. Let's change the world.
Thanks for all the info dwinblood. I definitely like the format although the learning curve is a bit different. I am slowly coming up to par though. I even managed to get the first posts together with relatively quick ease due to the fast posting layout.
Civility is something I have strived for in the comment sections I presented info in and unfortunately, due to the material I was presenting, I endured quite a bit of abuse and even death threats. Sadly, it comes with the territory on this subject matter. It is hopeful to be in an online community where civility is rewarded. I will be telling other researchers that I work with to try to get more material up at Steemit as censorship is becoming more and more prevalent across other web social media platforms. Thanks again for the great info.
So far this has never really been an issue here.
We can have the occasional powerful account be a bit aggressive and even name call, ad hominem. It is rare. When/if it happens just resist the urge to name call, and ad hominem back and you'll have no problems. They'll move on and it is rare.
If they are not powerful and they are lashing out at people the community tends to deal with that quickly. Not getting followers, losing followers, and having your posts constantly worth $0 when others are making $1000+ tends to do wonders at discouraging such behavior.
I have a feeling you will do well here. Like I said, help us change the world.