They are understandable but also entirely futile .. I hate seeing you take such damage @seablue, I don't believe bernie is taking any pleasure in it either, he's making a point .. which I am guessing is .. "stop wasting your time!". I would uncouple the individual from what is occurring, and target your message to STEEMIT Inc. to ask them to continue to consider changes/fixes .. this system is far from perfect, and that is a message I believe bernie is also sending.
Once "disagreement" reaches this level, everyone loses. If I do not like something that someone posts, I should have a means by which to voice this displeasure, without going for the throat. :) There are posters who I have vehemently disagreed with and who I have muted (I try to avoid insulting them), but later I have found that they sometimes post things that I very much do agree with, and enjoy reading.
We need civility 'and' be able to throw shit at eachother, simultaneously, without creating long-lasting animosities .. design changes are required.
My belief is that Steemit won't acknowledge the problem unless we make it problem.
In that sense, bernie and I are working together. I'm making it visible on a daily basis that there is an issue that needs to be addressed.
I'm going to go about doing what I do. Bernie can do what he does. Then we can see what effect that has on the platform.
When I write 'Welcome to Steemit' on a new post, and it gets flagged. People are going to wonder why. That is a question they should be asking, because there are issues they need to know about early before they invest too much time, effort and money.
They are understandable but also entirely futile .. I hate seeing you take such damage @seablue, I don't believe bernie is taking any pleasure in it either, he's making a point .. which I am guessing is .. "stop wasting your time!". I would uncouple the individual from what is occurring, and target your message to STEEMIT Inc. to ask them to continue to consider changes/fixes .. this system is far from perfect, and that is a message I believe bernie is also sending.
Once "disagreement" reaches this level, everyone loses. If I do not like something that someone posts, I should have a means by which to voice this displeasure, without going for the throat. :) There are posters who I have vehemently disagreed with and who I have muted (I try to avoid insulting them), but later I have found that they sometimes post things that I very much do agree with, and enjoy reading.
We need civility 'and' be able to throw shit at eachother, simultaneously, without creating long-lasting animosities .. design changes are required.
My belief is that Steemit won't acknowledge the problem unless we make it problem.
In that sense, bernie and I are working together. I'm making it visible on a daily basis that there is an issue that needs to be addressed.
I'm going to go about doing what I do. Bernie can do what he does. Then we can see what effect that has on the platform.
When I write 'Welcome to Steemit' on a new post, and it gets flagged. People are going to wonder why. That is a question they should be asking, because there are issues they need to know about early before they invest too much time, effort and money.