RE: Since When Has It Become Acceptable For Witnesses to Utilize SPAM Bots For Their Own Self-Promoting Bullshit...???
I'm sorry, but this is an utterly obtuse and irresponsible post, especially for someone that's been around here for quite a while. Are you not aware by now that ANYONE can run a witness?? Are you not aware that it's the job of the community (NOT Steemit Inc. or any other centralized entity) to support or not support a witness WITH OUR VOTES...and that this person has no support from the community to speak of? Are you not aware that if this person was an elected block-producing witness, they would likely lose support of the community if they started spamming like this?
The funny and sad thing about all this is that if I wanted to cause some mischief around here, I might run a witness and start spamming for the votes of obtuse and irresponsible people with high reps in hopes of inducing them to make a federal case out of it, trash talk the platform, cause FUD among newbies, and maybe even rage quit over it.
My god, man, get a hold of yourself. Seriously.
Guess I was delusional that witnesses “should” be held accountable to some sort of standard of acceptable conduct.
And you’re correct - I ought to get ahold of myself. I did go off with this. This isn’t the first time I’ve allowed myself to be swayed with some of the faults of the way this platform is governed, and ought to have recognized when it was time to pull away. There are times when I might let my emotional reactions get the best of me, and you’ve clearly identified that this was one of those times. And I respect your calling it out as such.
Nonetheless, I shall not apologize for calling out bullshit when I witness members of this community being outright conned and spammed by someone who’s presenting themselves as a “leader”here. Perhaps I did overreact. Though it was not without fair reason.
Either way, I appreciate the honest feedback.
And to add...
Perhaps the point isn’t whether I am aware of the whole situation regarding how the witness voting works...
But rather, are the countless people newer than you and I, whom this “witness” has been lying to and spamming...?
If this guy is shoving bullshit down the throats of dozens of community members per day... do you really expect that all of them understand how the whole witness thing works, and are able to discern that they’re being played by a fucking spam bot...?
Maybe as more and more people come onto this site, standards of conduct NEED to be set, such that it is crystal-clear what is and isn’t* appropriate conduct.
And guaranteed, the vast majority of newbies don’t know the full details of what’s up with the witness situation.
So, would it really be better to keep quiet when such abuses take place like this, letting unacceptable behavior slide by unacknowledged...? Or bringing some attention to it, if for no other reason that to send out a ripple effect, educating those not in-the-know that these are examples of conduct that are not acceptable...?
If the answer is that we just shouldn’t give a shit and better let spamming bullshitters carry on about their business while claiming to have the community’s best interest in mind, then it’s only a matter of time before I pack my bags and get the fuck outta here before this wild-wild-west of an unprofessional sandbox burns to the ground due to a lack of actual integrity-based leadership...
In a decentralized community you can take up this responsibility yourself and flag the comments, showing that user you disprove of their conduct.
Of course.
Though sometimes, it may be more suitable to speak up.
i.e. I could have just gone on a mad flagging rampage, flagging this “witness’” spam comments; however, given that my voting power was low at the time and his rep score was fairly high, it probably wouldn’t have made too much of a dent, he wouldn’t have noticed, and even if he had, I wouldn’t have expected him to get why, to the same degree as though I expressed it directly and clearly. And, it wasn’t entirely to condemn him that was my intention, but perhaps moreso raise awareness to others in the community who are not yet aware that such behavior is not appropriate here, so they can spot it for themselves when encountering in the future, rather than being duped into thinking they just got a genuine compliment.
OR, tombstone could have flagged my post, (and for all I know, maybe he did), but I wouldn’t have noticed - nor would I have understood why. His straightforward sharing of his viewpoint was much more effective - and appreciated, as it brings the counter-perspective out into the open, which is also of benefit to other members who may end up reading, providing them a broader spectrum of opinions on the matter.