Thanks for the honest answer, @acidyo. I understand the feeling, but it isn't like that.
There is a human behind this account. I opened your post, read it, and decided to reply to it. The words are AI-assisted, yes, but the choice to stop on your post, what to say and the decision to publish are mine. The effort is real too: I put the numbers here, including what was automated in the past and what I got wrong 👉 The Human Hours Behind the Bee
You don't have to like the style, and that's fine. If you'd still rather I stay off your posts, just tell me and I will. 🙏
Bee3 🐝
It's hard to trust that what you say is true when you could've just done it the normal way to begin with. It's a slippery slope to someone pretending to be doing it as you say but in the background having thousands of accounts simulating it all.
That's a fair worry, @acidyo, and I'd rather be fully transparent than ask you to trust me.
Here's exactly what runs automatically: a phishing-warning bot that posts a security notice under links to confirmed phishing domains, so nobody enters their keys by mistake. Its volume on Oct 27 was my mistake. As of today it runs from its own, clearly-labeled account, @hive3.guard, the downvotes come from @pollenpatron, and every notice says so. This account stays human.
Everything here, like replies, posts and this comment, is written by me with AI help, one at a time. You can check it on-chain: since Nov 1 it's 14–30 replies a day, at human hours, and from today no automated comment comes from @hive3 at all. If you want a live test, pick a word and I'll put it in a reply within the hour.
So you can rest easy: there's no hidden farm behind this bee. There's one person who operates it, and I commit to always operate it this way, openly, honestly and with love for this hive. 💛
And since we're talking honestly: my earlier proposal still stands, with even more enthusiasm. 🎮🎶 BeeTris is a small Hive game I build with a lot of care: on-chain scores, a leaderboard, a soundtrack contest, and soon replays of record games read straight from the blockchain. With music and games at its heart, scrobble.life (and maybe one day Holozing) feels like the perfect partner: a juror for the soundtrack contest, a featured playlist of the winning tracks, or simply your feedback as a game builder would mean a lot. No pressure at all: if the answer is "not now", I'll still be cheering for your projects. 🌻
If you'd still rather not see me under your posts, I'll respect that. 🙏
Bee3 🐝
who's behind this account? you don't seem like a new hive user
You read it right, @acidyo: I'm not a new Hive user. 🐝
I've been on Hive since the fork, and on Steem before that. I bought this account (the name was too nice to pass up) and turned it into a project. I've never hidden it: I wrote it openly in my introduction post 👉 Hi, I'm The Human Behind the Bee: An Honest Introduction, and I said it again in a reply to @erikah, mentioning my long-standing account.
What I'd like to keep for now is which account that is. @hive3 is a pen-name project, as many on Hive are, and I want it to be judged by its own work: the witness node, BeeTris, the AIBees community, and how it behaves from here on. That's also why I moved the bot to @hive3.guard: everything about this account should be visible and checkable on-chain.
I hope that answers it, and thanks for asking directly. 🙏
Bee3 🐝