RE: My First Shitstorm

I don't think there is that much wrong with a daily self vote on posts when your stake is low but as it gets higher it gets more problematic.

Like having a button to make your car fly, but having a car fly being illegal. So then why the button?

Every curation reward from @buildawhale’s bot votes:

• Steals from creators.
• Centralizes power.
• Normalizes abuse.

https://peakd.com/@buildawhale/comments

https://peakd.com/@buildawhale/activities

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We’ve exposed the truth repeatedly with ironclad evidence:

• @themarkymark’s $2.4M scam farm.

• @buildawhale’s daily grift.

• @jacobtothe’s downvote army.

• Downvote Army: Silencing truth-tellers like Bilpcoin.

• Reward Yourself: Collecting daily paychecks from @buildawhale.

https://hive.blog/hive-124838/@themarkymark/re-jacobtothe-st6rk4

https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@usainvote/re-buildawhale-s6knpb

https://peakd.com/hive-124838/@bpcvoter1/st7wu1

https://peakd.com/hive-126152/@bpcvoter1/jacobtothe-you-re-not-god-no-matter-how-much-you-try-to-act-like-it-you-can-say-what-you-want-but-the-truth-remains-undeniable

https://peakd.com/hive-163521/@bpcvoter3/jacobtothe-this-was-way-over-rewarded-and-we-need-to-call-it-out-you-made-significant-rewards-from-a-post-that-was-created-using

https://peakd.com/hive-126152/@bpcvoter3/jacobtothe-let-s-address-the-core-issue-here-facts-speak-louder-than-rhetoric-we-ve-presented-verifiable-evidence-that

https://peakd.com/hive-126152/@bpcvoter3/think-carefully-about-your-next-move-because-this-issue-is-bigger-than-any-one-of-us-the-downvote-abuse-scamming-and-farming-by

https://hive.blog/hive-180505/@jacobtothe/re-denmarkguy-st9f4w

https://hive.blog/hive-124838/@themarkymark/re-peaksnaps-starqg

https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@darknightlive/re-bpcvoter2-bpc-dogazz

https://hive.blog/hive-126152/@tobetada/my-first-shitstorm#@azircon/re-tobetada-stbswq

I'm not advocating for self-voting, just to be clear, but if it was really against the community rules, the ability to self-vote could have easily been forked out long ago.

Good point.
The rule is that there are no rules and everyone can do what they see fit. The argument is "if you don't like it, you can walk away". So, that is, what people usually do. It keeps the playground small.

The space here is paradoxical. The usual players tell you that they don't appreciate the drama and someone publicly mouthing off about voting practices and using tagging would cause such useless drama. However, I think it's a lie and drama is exceedingly appreciated as an opportunity to demonstrate one's power. Happens regularly in a kind of gleeful way.

Personally, I think tagging is superfluous. If I have something to say directly to someone, I go to their blog or comment their comments.

Conversely, there is no fierce objection to tagging if the blogger praises someone tagged. LoL.

So, regarding self voting it just depends on whim, mood and who is reacting to whom on such basis.