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RE: Total Whale Abuse: A Form Of Censorshp by RandomWhale
@taskmaster4450 how is this censorship? Can your post still be viewed by others? Can others still comment on the post? Can you still post? I'm asking this in good faith. I don't care even a bit about Randowhale or any whale wars.
I wrote a post exactly about this incorrect (in my view) use of the term "censorship" a week and a half ago.
Getting your potential rewards removed from the post is not censorship, it's a different thing all together.
PS: The downvote button isn't there just to downvote posts that brake the rules. It's also there to downvote opinions and posts we don't like and disagree with. In my view this shouldn't be a platform where everybody holds hands together and sings Kumbaya.
So......we go for pitchforks????
Upvotes Vs Downvotes result in a zero-sum game. Negative reinforcement doesn't work like positive reinforcement. Downvoting posts that doesn't break rules is a violation of NAP. It's also negative reinforcement and doesn't add any value to the platform.
If it didn't add any value to the platform do you think @dan and @ned would have included it? Make a suggestion to the witnesses to support removing the downvote button all together.
From the FAQ:
Maybe more people should at least read the FAQ before actually agreeing to use the website. People start playing games without reading the rules of the games and then are surprised that they don't like some rules while playing them.
If you were shot by a lone gunman it doesn't mean you did something wrong. Anybody who posses the gun can shoot anybody or anything according to the person who sell it. Ability doesn't mean it's a Right. If we walk this path we could simply be flagging each other in a flagging war which would be extremely counter productive.
A gun is designed to be able to shoot and kill. But only in certain circumstances the firing of a gun is justified.
Disagreeing is fine and should be done in a civil manner, but his post is no long visible, it's difficult to find.
Censorship aside, he lost money, taking money away from someone you disagree with should not be ok.
The money wasn't his to begin with, it's only potential payout. It's his once 7days are over and he gets payed out.
Besides, every social media site has a upvote and a downvote button and they’re both used all the time, why should steem be any different?
What do you mean? I went to his profile and I've pushed the SHOW button and the post is there. It took me 2 seconds.
He didn't loose money. He didn't receive the POTENTIAL author reward for that post. You see how these two are different?
@BERNIESANDERS CREATED AUTO UPVOTE ROBOTS AND AUTO FLAG ROBOTS HE OWNS @RANDOWHALE HE HAS BEEN ATTACKING @HAEJIN A WELL LOVED MEMBER OF STEEMIT. THESE AUTO RPBOTS ARE DISGUSTING AND A FORM OF FRAUD AND CENSORSHIP. I HAVE BEEN ATTACKED BY @BERNIESANDERS AND HIS ROBOTS. WHAT HAPPENS IS ILL GET AUTOFLAGGED BY HIS ROBOT ACCOUNTS. THIS IS WRONG AND NEEDS TO BE STOPPED. PLEASE FOLLPW ME, RESTEEM AND UPVOTE THIS SO MEMBERS CAN FLAG HIS POSR AND STOP THIS ABUSE. @BERNIESANDERS AND @RANDOWHALE ARE GONG TO RUIN STEEMIT!
HERE IS MY BLOG @UKNOWJPBITCOIN AND THE 2ND POST FROM THE TOP HAS A LIST OF @BERNIESANDERS 15 ACCOUNTS.
I HAVE CONTACTED @NED AND STEEMIT CUSTOMER SUPPORT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE ALL FOE THIS TYPE OF FRAUD BECUASE THEY MUST BE PROFITING FROM IT.