Picking a losing strategy is for the left, and not for free speech..

in #blog5 years ago

To anyone not living under a rock (or even living under a rock, but with a steemit account), it it quite apparent the censorship flagging wars on here are roughly along ideological lines.

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If you do not think this is a problem, you have a problem.

For two reasons.

Firstly (imo), the pulse of ideology is ripping to shreds the postmodernist (marxist) logic that has prevalent in western society for the last 5 decades.
It is dying. Period. A blip of insanity to satiate the weak minded.
Platforms that support this perspective will die with the ideology. It's not rocket science - just look at all the leftist media that is collapsing, online.
People are not engaging!
Then ook at businesses taking on the 'SJW mantle', and then see the results to their businesses!

People are turning away from this paradigm. (at last!)

As for steemit ...
People will bypass those 'leftist' places.
The dynamic of authoritarianism is dying in this new world (and the establishment is now fighting tooth and claw, to halt this change with 'financial censorship'. Patreon, mastercard, et. al.)

Wherever the aggressive commie authoritarianism is prevalent, the people won't be.
They will be somewhere else altogether.

And so, back to steemit.

On the assumption you are not brain dead, then aggressive censorship through financial censorship (DOWNVOTING), will only have a detrimental effect to the steem ecosystem.

I see no reason for 99% of the aggressive downvoting - apart from being on ideological grounds.

If it ideological, I can understand it.
Stupidity is easy to understand, no matter how frustrating.
And if it is ideological, then it is putting a loaded gun to the head of the steemit ecosystem.

Steemit will be seen as a no free speech platform.
If you get penalized for speaking your mind, what else is it?
Taking upvotes off people for what they say is stifling free speech, not matter how you cut it.
(the technical arguments are not valid - it is only how it appears, that matters).

The more I look around this platform, the more I see the powerful as being leftist, authoritarian - and very childish, in their outlook. (Wall street bankers are just as leftist as the most ardent commie, lets not forget that).

And that is a loaded gun to the head of the steemit ecosystem.

The genuine free speech advocates need to organize.
I care not about political viewpoints, just the principle of free speech at all times.

Down voting because political ideology (and personal dislike) is anti free speech , and anti steemit .... if you are here to grow money, that is...

If you think 'the left' are winning, then I would advise staying here, sucking off your masters, and picking up some crumbs off the table - before they steal it all back off you later (after you doing all the work of course).
It's the way of socialism.
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If you think the 'common sense' lot are winning, then 'we' need to organize. The combination of all of us 'free speechers' is greater than the biggest authoritarians on here.

Your long term independence sometimes necessitates giving up short term independence.
Ask any army.
It is self preservation , not acquiescence. (Learn from the left and use it against them...)

And as an investor, and looking for steemit to grow, then sitting on the fence is no longer an option.
Invest, grow, and have it taken off you later - or grow with a sense of freedom and free speech and flourish...

Free speech is growing...what would a wise investor do..?
Back the winner.
Throw your investment weight behind the winning team...because if you don't....

.....there is very big chance that you will be a very big loser...

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From a code is law point of view I have to defend the flags, but please hear me out.

I am not talking about profits, users or anything else.

just the idea that the idea of Stake Based Mining which is what DPOS is.

Those with the most stake will decide how the platform moves forward and by design of the project that is right and in my mind perfectly fair.

Now, regarding stupid and immature... I think that about 50 times a day.

The one with mean words who hates a certain set of mean words. It's funny. It's snowflakey and it is becoming unpopular.

I realized a long time ago, Steem will never be mainstream. :) It is an interesting experiment in how people sorted by money and power get along. :) Delegated proof of stake gives them the right to rekt this place as hard as they can! :)

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Dear @whatsup

I've been following you for quite some time and I noticed that your comments are always mature and valuable. So is this one.

Those with the most stake will decide how the platform moves forward and by design of the project that is right and in my mind perfectly fair.

With current donwvoting system it's very easy to "shut up" anyone. I can easily imagine mass media entering this platform, creating several powerful accounts and shutting up all unwanted voices.

So it's very easy to imagine that Steemit and all other apps based on STEEM blockchain can be ruled by few parties. And free speach will exist even less than it does on facebook or twitter or youtube.

I realized a long time ago, Steem will never be mainstream

It never will. But mainstream can easily control steemit with very little investment.

Cheers
Piotr

I've been on a few free speech sites. Nothing was taken down. They brought the lowest low lives, it became an endless site of teen girls baiting men, hidden messages regarding crime. And that is about all that was left last time I looked.

Which is the reason I like the idea of decentralized moderation, that is how I think about the flagging system we have.

I agree that ANYONE large business or even another crypto project could buy into and control the site very easily. That has also been the lesson of watching Haejin. RanchoRelaxo feeds him, he feeds starjuno, she feeds another and they use the stake to grow stake and no one can or will control their behavior.

It could be CocoCola, it could be a political party or government. It would be very easy to buy in and control steem, use the sp to control witnesses... Easy Peasy. :)

In the meantime, I am going to do what I can to contribute and earn some crypto. This is the first round of crypto or maybe the second. Very few of these projects will be around in 10 years.

Dear @whatsup

thank you for taking the time to reply to me. I love your mature comment.

This is the first round of crypto or maybe the second. Very few of these projects will be around in 10 years.

Very true. Do you know any project who could potentially challenge STEEM and Steemit? Im sure we will have better projects at some point.

Yours
Piotr

I've been watching the market and a funny thing, being decentralized is sort of weakness if you are building a utility token. (one that does something more than being a currency)

At this time it is my opinion steem/steemit is still a great place for content creators to earn more than they would earn anywhere else. People lose sight of this because they can't see past the unfairness. While I don't deny it is unfair... The mature realize that it is still a great deal for content creators.

As far as challenging Steem I guess I would have to ask .. On what level? There are tokens that have retained their value better. However, have they provided 8.5% in "not interest" for their stake holders? Do they allow end-users to allocate the new inflationary tokens? Do they provide an easy platform for learning and earning?

There is nothing like steem for those entering the crypto markets without technical skills.

On the other hand in a bull market, it remains to be seen how well we will keep up with our competition.

That is very interesting point of view @whatsup. Thank you for sharing.

being decentralized is sort of weakness if you are building a utility token

Wonder why would you think so? Very curious.

As far as challenging Steem I guess I would have to ask .. On what level?

On level that could potentially attract current Steemit users and STEEM holders to sell their resources and change platform.

I just discovered Publish0x today and I was told that it may be a huge competition. Have you ever heard?

Friend of mine @danielwrites just published good review about this project lately. Worth checking out: https://steemit.com/blockchain/@danielwrites/earn-crypto-by-publishing-and-reading-articles-on-publishox

Yours
Piotr

Publish0x might hold appeal for those who consider themselves to be actual content creators. It doesn't appeal to me because I don't want my credentials checked not do I want to check others. I consider that to be a centralized source of information. Very suspect to only getting/hearing approved points of view on most mainstream projects. I can't get plastic articles anywhere.

Now, if I were a great writer I might think about that differently, but as you can tell... I am not.

The reason I think decentralized projects with a mission are a disadvantage is ... Look around it is like herding cats. You need a vision and at least a few people to ensure the project is on course.

Thank you again for another amazing comment @whatsup

ps. Publish0x is such an awful name. not catchy at all.

Have a great weekend
Piotr

Hi @lucylin

I love how you started this post with picture of this guy under the rock and that little comment above hehe :)

Did you personally experienced censorship flagging wars on Steemit anytime after HF20?

aggressive censorship through financial censorship (DOWNVOTING), will only have a detrimental effect to the steem ecosystem
Steemit will be seen as a no free speech platform.

Very true. Sadly. With current donwvoting system it's very easy to "shut up" anyone. I can easily imagine mass media entering this platform, creating several powerful accounts and shutting up all unwanted voices.

ps.
Great post but visually very messy. It would help your readers if you could consider making fixing visual part of it a bit.

Cheers
Piotr

Did you personally experienced censorship flagging wars on Steemit anytime after HF20?

.....just before ( I think).
I had a week of total destruction from a couple of people. Informationwars and some friends countered the flagging votes .

...for posting NPC memes! (Yes, seriously).

So f**cked up :/ @lucylin

Im always worried that one day I will also become victim of flagwars. Im sure that being quite popular created some enemies already.

Cheers,
Piotr

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