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RE: Steemit.com Bans Infamous Hacker @thedarkoverlord for Violating ToS
Kind of ridiculous... It looks like SteemIt is turning out to be exacly like Facebook. What a pity.
Kind of ridiculous... It looks like SteemIt is turning out to be exacly like Facebook. What a pity.
That's what happens when you operate as a business - Steemit Inc.
When you're a business, you deal with bank, and they'd fuck you. Also you're private, they can easily fuck one, but they will have a hard time fucking millions
So, the only way is to have a Steem that is own by no one...
Can someone help me to put up a Steem?
I will make it a free for all ... with modification. Take this is a world/humanity project. Interested party please contact me.
That's already in place. As you can see, the account was removed from SteemIt.com but not from the STEEM Network. Use Busy.org instead. Or eSteem. Or SteemPeak. Or Partiko. Or 1Ramp... No need to re-invent the wheel.
I agree completely! Someone please tell Jordan Peterson and his buddies.
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So a bunch of scam artists who had been on Steemit for a few days trying to rip people off with their fake "hacks" have been banned. And that is being seen as censorship. Meanwhile there are Steemit posts with real content being flagged all over the place and nobody is calling that censorship. Double standards much?
It's interesting how this post has earned $12.40 and 127 votes while another post saying essentially the same thing has been flagged because someone doesn't like the presentation...
https://steemit.com/steemit/@boyanpro/steemit-took-down-theoverlord
I have been flagged twice for speaking my mind already. I won't do it a third time.
SteemIt is obviously not the right place to have political or religious debates.
I will keep my blog neutral.
I will keep focusing on art, photography and if I want to talk about anything even slightly controversial I'll head back to Facebook. I feel safer over there, as odd as that might sound.
I will not stop speaking my mind. They can flag as much as they want. That's on them and their conscience.
You are right, this SP bullying is ruining everything Steem stands for.
If you want to make money and please everyone, then dont post controversial. If you want to post controversial, then accept that some people get offended. You will make less money. You just cannot have both.
There is no reason to feel safer on fb. There is simply no money for you in the first place and therefore you dont feel the consequences of pissing people off.
You have a good point there! :-D
Anyway, if I want to return to Facebook, it will be a problem, since they erased my account because I refused to submit my Identification Documents.
wow you need to give them identification nowadays? I left long time ago when it was still possible to make accounts without any form of identification.
Me too, I never give my personal information. I think the most personal that I could give to them was my name and my birthday.
Unless we can speak our minds we have nothing! (but I must admit I'm using a few different Steemit accounts to make that more viable)
flagging is not censorship. It is disagreement over rewards.
Removing some accounts from a front-end is censorship, especially when it is done without official announcement. All of the people going on steemit and not seeing new posts from thedarkoverlord think there were no new posts.
It does not even matter if they are scammers. It is not steemits job to protect me. I dont want a nanny interface. I can make my own decisions what to read.
That is a thing that I always talk about. I'm a grow man that doesn't need a government or a organization saying to me what is good and what is bad. For me, the steemit made a censorship, however, if the thedarkoverlord say, "OK, I agree with the rules", they could make this by their rights of todo.
Flagging as it is being done on Steemit - certain accounts targeted with down votes and abusive comments - until they have a sub zero rep and they are forced to leave the platform - that is a standard censorship tactic on Steemit and is being carried out as we speak.
The idea that flagged posts can still be seen, so it's not censorship is often put around on Steemit, just as the idea that because the flagging is being done by one account that means it isn't censorship either is also promoted.
Both these ideas are very inaccurate...
I fully agree about not wanting protection from scammers, but keep in mind that there were very few people on Steemit willing to point out that they were scammers when a bunch of high profile Steemians were promoting this as a great breakthrough in freedom. Simply because we can see we will be flagged if we say anything.
One day we may all have to use a range of different Steemit accounts because we simply don't know what we are "allowed " to say - now I'm talking about long term Steemians here, not two day old scam accounts!
Very good comment, true and sad last part.... Fk the flagging assholes, I will still say what I believe in and try and help out when peeps are flag bullied.