I don’t want to talk about everything today because some things aren’t worth sharing in public. But I still want to point out my mistakes.
I’m not a digital artist, so I can’t tell if they’re doing things right or wrong in digital art. We have many digital artists in our hive community and they can monitor posts and keep them in check by downvoting or reporting to me or others.
I found out some users are trying to misuse #creative-sunday rules. HL will handle it based on what we know. I’ll suggest stricter rules for this tag. Even #hl-exclusive has strict rules, but abuse can still happen. If you see something wrong in any tag, tell me or HiveLearners in these tags.
The onboarding system in HivePakistan got weaker. If a verified person brought you in, it was easy to get verified. This caused lots of accounts to pop up. We had strict rules before, but we got soft over time. We’ll try to add rewards to encourage good onboarding. Those who bring in abusers won’t get away with it, and those who do good onboarding can get something. I’m not sure when the reward part will be ready, but I’ll start working on it slowly.
When I was told users can’t use Bill Gates or Trump pictures as profile pics, I got mad and defensive. To me, it felt against Pakistani culture, so I reacted (some Pakistani girls don't show even the picture of their nails but still use celebrity pictures. In our part of the world, using tik tok stars or model images is normal. We see it as supporting someone or admiring someone). Now, the profile picture issue is a big mess. I’m not a lawyer, and I don’t want to argue about what’s allowed or not. For my profile pic, I’m not breaking any international laws, and that’s enough for me. If someone wants another person to change their profile pic, talk to them yourself. I can’t explain why identity deception in profile pics is bad because I don’t fully understand it. In the future, I’ll warn people about profile pic issues if they ask, but I can’t be everywhere. I won’t comment on-chain to tell people to change their pics. It’s their choice, and they’ll face any problems.
I will still try to make announcement or anything I can with fair but not overworking efforts to raise awareness about this issue. So Pakistani user can be aware of this Profile Picture potential risk.
I thought about what if someone from my family wants to join hive. They’d probably use a random actor’s picture. When Pakistani community members (abusers or not) contacted me, I understood their side more because I’m from the same culture where this is common.
Looking at everything, I messed up. I can’t be everywhere or know what’s in people’s hearts. What I did was based on what I thought was right but I failed in many ways.
