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RE: Steemit, Free Speech, Censorship and.... Comment Spam
You make good points...... sigh....
I try at times to do my part and SAY something to the people who mindlessly just post a pasted video or jpeg image with nothing in the comments of their post, no anything..... and usually check their account tabs for their activity before saying anything, to TRY to help.;
I did it today again, I can only handle so much stuff like you that is clogging the blockchain and the newsfeeds wasting a lot of time....
in this attention based economy.
Frankly, I was going to write a post about this, this week likely the same as you today.
@barrydutton, some of my "intolerance" (if you wan to call it that) comes from years and years of moderating and being an admin in large web groups and forums... and becoming very aware of the distinct difference between those who authentically wish to contribute something, and those who simply post endless streams of pictures, quotes and mindless memes... all without any explanation, because they are nothing more than insecure attention whores. In systems that spools content by "latest contribution at the top" it clutters a group feed with nonsense.
I'm not advocating censorship, but I do have a measure of concern that "fluff" can drown out more in-depth content... which, in itself may not be such a problem... but I've seen it starting to annoy "serious" contributors, so they start leaving, and then we end up not with a balance but with only junk.
Sure it's an "attention based economy," but how about getting that attention for something worthwhile, rather than just blowing hit air?