Thank you for noticing that people actually read and take the time to comment on my posts. I am very proud of that, despite the fact that I earn very little on them.
I can think of several accounts with posts that regularly (several times a day in one case) make far more than my posts do, and almost no one reads or comments on them. These posts are, however, original creative writing. Do you support using a downvote trail on those as well?
I used to watch and highly value tlavagabond's account's posts, until he all but left the platform, but I never commented on them. That would be like talking back to a newscaster. Now I can't even make a curation reward on them. Your downvoting like this robs not only this account's ability to earn on Hive, but my ability to earn on its posts. He has no choice but to leave really, unless he gets his kicks by pissing into the wind.
I understand the value of engagement. But I also like having easy access, here on Hive, to his material; his posts have enormous value to me, whether or not he engages beyond simply posting here.
I have cast at most three downvotes since downvoting's inception, the last of them to wipe out your upvote on a comment above, which I felt was over rewarded. But that is the first, and likely last, time I ever downvoted for that reason. I cast it in retribution. I do not feel that is fair. Many downvotes these days seem to be cast for that reason. The comment had value to you. In future, I will respect that.
Do you know how high the rewards went on this post? I'm curious.
If you just prefer the easy of access to sending you/reminding you about his website then he can decline rewards since he's not contributing his content to Hive. What he does not only takes close to no effort but also takes people outside of Hive, I'm not one to care much about the latter but I do care about effort. I'm glad to see he's active in comments and responding, that's already a big + that many others I've downvoted haven't so I will take that into consideration next time but I hope he changes his ways to at least provide some content even if he doesn't post cross-post the full article and then links to his website for "the rest".
I watched this episode, every minute of the two and a half hours, and I most definitely would NOT say it required close to no effort. I highly recommend it. You can skip the first ten minutes or so if you don't have 2 1/2 hours.
So if he provided copious show notes and some commentary, as he used to, you would be more accepting of his posts?
I am deeply grateful for @tlavagabond's work. The concern I have is that you, and others, might be holding him to a "higher" standard - possibly a pedantic standard, considering all the garbage accounts that earn far more than this one does for minimal effort - because of the nature of his content.
Do you think FTG was right to wipe out my rewards on all my comments? I work very hard on my posts, for a few bucks here and there. I engage deeply with others, as I am doing now. I believe I am an exemplary account holder on Hive, who earns little and can use every penny she gets. But I've been heavily downvoted because of petty differences between two other accounts. This is not the first time.
I have responded in kind to FTG's comments on this post. It's starting to feel good to harm someone's earnings. Is that the intent of downvoting?
If you want him to continue sharing links here for your convenience to not miss his content I suggest you tip him feeless transaction Hive or subscribe with recurring payments. Just because you like this doesn't mean he's owed stake from curation in the ecosystem.
Maybe you started to annoy him? I don't know why he downvoted your comments but considering how you're consistently continuing this charade of not accepting my reason for downvoting OP's posts and insinuating I'm doing it for ulterior motives I can't say I'm surprised he got enough of you and wanted to "hurt" you with downvotes. Not saying I agree with it and there's plenty of bad usecases of downvotes but just as many bad usecases of upvotes or autovotes and that's also pretty clear in this very post. I'm going to stop wasting my time here for now as you don't seem to want to accept my reasoning for why I think this person isn't bringing any value to Hive with these kind of posts nor is he even linking to his Hive account anywhere to bring traffic and his audience to Hive so his posts wouldn't look like an overrewarded ghosttown pre-downvotes.
OK I stand somewhat corrected. Of late, just like nearly everyone else, my posts have earned more than a pittance in USD, but still a pittance in Hive. In addition, the first two you chose to prove me wrong with took me days on end to compose.
Are you capable of discussion without being snarky?
Thanks for that link. In it, Ryan does engage, and FTG shows his true colors. He does not care for tlavagbond's CONTENT. To downvote because of disagreement with content is against the original spirit of downvoting.
There was another post that we missed similar to this so I guess it's even now, but in general also another account connected to @dbroze bringing close to 0 value or traffic/engagement to Hive.
I am an account holder who works her butt off, but earns very little. My 100% upvote, even if I powered up everything I have, would not put a tiny dent into your downvote trail.
What value is this account providing to Hive?
You have more replies in your last 2 posts than this account has this year.
Thank you for noticing that people actually read and take the time to comment on my posts. I am very proud of that, despite the fact that I earn very little on them.
I can think of several accounts with posts that regularly (several times a day in one case) make far more than my posts do, and almost no one reads or comments on them. These posts are, however, original creative writing. Do you support using a downvote trail on those as well?
I used to watch and highly value tlavagabond's account's posts, until he all but left the platform, but I never commented on them. That would be like talking back to a newscaster. Now I can't even make a curation reward on them. Your downvoting like this robs not only this account's ability to earn on Hive, but my ability to earn on its posts. He has no choice but to leave really, unless he gets his kicks by pissing into the wind.
He has the choice by caring more about his Hive account to earn those rewards.
I understand the value of engagement. But I also like having easy access, here on Hive, to his material; his posts have enormous value to me, whether or not he engages beyond simply posting here.
I have cast at most three downvotes since downvoting's inception, the last of them to wipe out your upvote on a comment above, which I felt was over rewarded. But that is the first, and likely last, time I ever downvoted for that reason. I cast it in retribution. I do not feel that is fair. Many downvotes these days seem to be cast for that reason. The comment had value to you. In future, I will respect that.
Do you know how high the rewards went on this post? I'm curious.
If you just prefer the easy of access to sending you/reminding you about his website then he can decline rewards since he's not contributing his content to Hive. What he does not only takes close to no effort but also takes people outside of Hive, I'm not one to care much about the latter but I do care about effort. I'm glad to see he's active in comments and responding, that's already a big + that many others I've downvoted haven't so I will take that into consideration next time but I hope he changes his ways to at least provide some content even if he doesn't post cross-post the full article and then links to his website for "the rest".
Thank you for the considered and polite response.
I watched this episode, every minute of the two and a half hours, and I most definitely would NOT say it required close to no effort. I highly recommend it. You can skip the first ten minutes or so if you don't have 2 1/2 hours.
So if he provided copious show notes and some commentary, as he used to, you would be more accepting of his posts?
I am deeply grateful for @tlavagabond's work. The concern I have is that you, and others, might be holding him to a "higher" standard - possibly a pedantic standard, considering all the garbage accounts that earn far more than this one does for minimal effort - because of the nature of his content.
Do you think FTG was right to wipe out my rewards on all my comments? I work very hard on my posts, for a few bucks here and there. I engage deeply with others, as I am doing now. I believe I am an exemplary account holder on Hive, who earns little and can use every penny she gets. But I've been heavily downvoted because of petty differences between two other accounts. This is not the first time.
I have responded in kind to FTG's comments on this post. It's starting to feel good to harm someone's earnings. Is that the intent of downvoting?
If you want him to continue sharing links here for your convenience to not miss his content I suggest you tip him feeless transaction Hive or subscribe with recurring payments. Just because you like this doesn't mean he's owed stake from curation in the ecosystem.
Maybe you started to annoy him? I don't know why he downvoted your comments but considering how you're consistently continuing this charade of not accepting my reason for downvoting OP's posts and insinuating I'm doing it for ulterior motives I can't say I'm surprised he got enough of you and wanted to "hurt" you with downvotes. Not saying I agree with it and there's plenty of bad usecases of downvotes but just as many bad usecases of upvotes or autovotes and that's also pretty clear in this very post. I'm going to stop wasting my time here for now as you don't seem to want to accept my reasoning for why I think this person isn't bringing any value to Hive with these kind of posts nor is he even linking to his Hive account anywhere to bring traffic and his audience to Hive so his posts wouldn't look like an overrewarded ghosttown pre-downvotes.
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OK I stand somewhat corrected. Of late, just like nearly everyone else, my posts have earned more than a pittance in USD, but still a pittance in Hive. In addition, the first two you chose to prove me wrong with took me days on end to compose.
Are you capable of discussion without being snarky?
...I suspect there may also be some personal and historical baggage at play between OP and FTG, in addition to whatever else may have been stated!
Yup. Exactly. Which makes this all the more childish. Just share the info please, all I am about. Not money.
What is OP?
Thanks for that link. In it, Ryan does engage, and FTG shows his true colors. He does not care for tlavagbond's CONTENT. To downvote because of disagreement with content is against the original spirit of downvoting.
Original Poster :)
I downvoted this down to ~$40. I personally wouldn't have zeroed it out, but it was definitely over-rewarded when I called for reinforcements.
There was another post that we missed similar to this so I guess it's even now, but in general also another account connected to @dbroze bringing close to 0 value or traffic/engagement to Hive.
True.
I think this comment has been overvalued. Do you think I should downvote it?
I'm trying to understand why we are downvoting content that is not spam or plagiarized.
Feel free to power up some Hive and counter our downvotes if you think this deserves more rewards. Until then, this post will remain at zero.
hahaha good one.
I am an account holder who works her butt off, but earns very little. My 100% upvote, even if I powered up everything I have, would not put a tiny dent into your downvote trail.
You think an interview with Austin-Fitts is of zero value? Why? It think this interview is very interesting.
It's just an autovoted link taking users outside of hive, mate.
Ah! OK, I understand that. Thank you for answering politely.
I'm trying to understand this downvoting business better.
You did it because it had earned too much, in your valuation? What was its value when you brought it down to $40? At $40, was it still overvalued?
I see more and more accounts that are churning out what is essentially spam, yet making $70 or more a pop. This is not one of those.