How do we all feel about this? On this cyber space platform I thought it was an important topic to bring up. I disagreed with this guy over the hive / steemit blockchain so he came along and voted all my posts right down to ‘punish’ me for not hating steemit too, since he lost some tokens there it seems.
I guess it’s a really different world here, in the real world bullying is generally displayed with physical abuse and on the blcokchain their power is ‘taking your money’ or making you live in fear of having it being taken away.
This throws up an interesting question which may become more and more necessary as these platforms grow. How do you all deal with online blockchain bullies and what do you think is the best way?
It reminds me of when I first joined steemit in 2017 and I somehow got invited to a private chat room with the bigger whales and they used to laugh at newbies and decide who to take down and take to rep one. If they didn’t like someone, for whatever reason it could just be they were jealous someone they liked gave them attention they would swarm in and reduce them to a reputation one and take away all the posts value. The others generally stood by and watched in the fear if they spoke up they woudl be next, and everyone just wanted to build their platform. Eventually at some point they began arguIng amongst themselves and fell out so it diluted.
I find when it comes to bullying a lot of people just turn away and think I just hope this doesn’t happen to me so I’m going to stay silent or suck up to the powerful bully, rather than stand behind the person I really want to. But then is ignoring them and simply pretending they don’t exist the best policy? Or should we open the doors and discuss it?
I think it’s very interesting as these platforms have opened the doors to a whole new way of people using their power over others.
What are your thoughts on how to deal with this new form of bullying in the best way?