I spent two straight days without electricity at home. Nothing new—I can almost say I’m used to it. That kept me from being more consistent with writing on Hive these past days, though honestly laziness also got the better of me. But it doesn’t matter, I’m back now, just as Hive itself seems to be. Lately it’s been trending upward, reacting more positively to BTC than on other occasions.
Anyway, yesterday I was reading an update to this community’s rules, and in reality there isn’t any major change. It remains a community where we can say what we think about a topic that bothers us or sparks our curiosity.
That’s why it’s one of my favorite communities. And it’s not that I’m bootlicking. In other spaces I’ve talked about the rules of certain communities which, instead of ensuring there’s no censorship on Hive, end up becoming exactly that: censoring communities.
Here, however, the rules are the usual ones: no plagiarism, no reposts, and other simple ones to follow, which actually help posts have more quality. Yet the rule I like the most is the one about not being a dick.
The first time I read it I couldn’t stop laughing, and reading it again today, the feeling was the same. I thought it was a brilliant rule. There’s no need to be a dick in life. If you become one, it’s because you enjoy hurting others, and therefore there isn’t much reason to feel pity for you.
Without those who are dicks, life would be different. There would probably be fewer conflicts in the world than we have today. But Trump, for example, decided to be a dick—threatening and acting without reason against everything he doesn’t like in the name of democracy and U.S. national security.
So my friend, don’t be a dick in this community that gives so much freedom of expression. Censorship will only apply to you, and no one will care if you, as a dick, feel the need to raise your voice. You simply aren’t welcome here, dick.
English isn't my native language. Text translated with DeepL