@guiltyparties -- I am reaching out to you long after payout on this post, and I was recommended to you by @kencode as someone who might be able to help me. My posts seem to have become a battlefield in one of Hive's whale wars -- Xeldal votes me up, and then either MarkyMark or Buildawhale and Freeborn-Society DV me, day after day. I presume there is something going on between those whales that is probably not my business, but it saddens me that us small Hivers are so casually made the collateral damage of these wars. Judge the quality of my work here, and also here...

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... for yourself. Now, these DVs are costing me no actual money; my support before Xeldal came along remains, so he adds and the rest just take it back ... however, on a reputation basis I now look like someone Spaminator is tagging on the blacklist every day, and this is not fair. I am one of Hive's highest-producing original content creators, period, and as someone with a background of professional journalism, I have NEVER plagiarized, and never will.

Speaking of my background, this is edition 12 of my return to the field of journalism on my own terms, and this is the first post I have converted to a vodcast that bridges the users of Hive and the bloggers of the Fediverse on Cast Garden.

Ms. Dee's Best of Hive, made from this very Edition 12

I am in the process of preparing to build "Crypto that Does (Good) Stuff In the World" newsletter for a more general audience, and of course Hive should be leading that narrative ... but if the narrative here is that faithful users who give back can have their reputations trashed by callous whales who don't care about littler users if they can score their points on other whales, and there is no recourse, I assure you that I and people like me will not in good conscience be able to push Hive as much as we can.

What I want is simple. I appreciate Xeldal's upvote, but if it can only come with a DV campaign from other whales, I would prefer that he not upvote me. I would have appealed to Xeldal, MarkyMark, Buildawhale, and Freeborn Society directly, but the latter three have impressed me with their complete lack of reason in this matter, and the last thing anyone wants is a cycle of retaliation and exposure. I would rather use my skills FOR HIVE, without reservation, than not. On the strength of Ken's recommendation, I therefore appeal to you, a respected witness and worker in the Hive community.

Thank you for your time and consideration ... now that this post is well out of payout and the war has moved to newer posts, I would prefer that we communicate here unless there is a more secure location where I can speak with you.