After my recent post - and rapid downvote by blocktrades and the sycophants - something just struck me.
...I don't mean an assassination attempt by 'the powers that be'...although saying that - and looking at actions and words to help define specific accounts psychological profile's - it might not be too far removed from the actual truth of things...(@shepz1 ....I used to do a www.steemd/ muppet search to see which of them was a gov agent, most of them are, you got to know your enemy bro!)
No.... what struck me was something that @bashadow said in one of his comments.
It's not exactly a new concept - and it's one that one I've thought about previously.
@bashadow....
The only reason for down vote for rewards dispute is because the down voter either does not like the poster, does not understand the post, or is anti to what the poster is presenting, or the real truth - they are punishing the person that gave out a big vote because they could.
Apart from the absurdity of the first part (absurd because it's true), it's the last part that I'm talking about...
...or the real truth - they are punishing the person that gave out a big vote because they could.
Think about it...
Mine - or any other account for that matter - are simply the battle ground for bigger accounts to re-adjust a mathematical equation in respects to the reward pool and the redistribution of Hive tokens....and thus, in doing so, it maintains the concentration of wealth in the hands of the few in the process - that's all very coincidental, I'm sure...(sarc)...
That reality sounds really , really, pretty, doesn't it?
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
In effect, it means that all smaller accounts that are getting 'too much support' - are collateral damage...
The work that goes into the posts is irrelevant.
The content of the posts is irrelevant.
Ergo, the system of rewards for creating content , is a total farce. An illusion that's presented as reality.
If the 'we' are collateral damage is an accurate picture - as @bashdow eludes to, then what does that tell you?
Let me help....
It tells you there is zero respect for other human beings - people who work and put the effort in, to create posts.
It tells you there is zero respect for the input from small accounts.
It tells you there is zero respect for anything and 'code is law' is god. ...The arbiter of all things.
It tells you that moral responsibility is absent.
If collateral damage is an acceptable part of things , and code is law - then all it needs , is for the small accounts to use the code ourselves in our own way.
Yes, there will be collateral damage - lots of it - but if this paradigm that @bashadow suggests is an accurate one, it means that according to the powers that be on hive - collateral damage is not only acceptable - it's an endemic part of the code !
Ain't that an attractive proposition..?
So be it.
It's a two way street.
It all adds towards building a truer picture of the reality - or lack of...
One that's called.... 'The Hive Ecosystem'.
Saul Alinsky - Rules for Radicals.
'...Use the power of the law by making the establishment obey its own rules...'
Indeed....