This was from a well-liked Hivian who found herself on a 'do-not-upvote' list. And when she inquired about it, they told her that she'd been placed on "the list" by accident, and that her name would be removed.
I've been here since July 2017, and lurked since spring 2016. So I'm not surprised at the existence of such a list. So I've seen a lot. We've lost a ton of good people over the years to such short-sighted mistakes, and will continue to do so until we awaken.
I don't even expect upvotes anymore, and sure as hell don't expect to trend no matter how good my writing is. What did George Carlin say? "It's a club and you ain't in it!" Even anomadsoul once referred to people like me as "outcasts"
So be it.
I don't want to be like those people spending their days cooking up ways to limit the growth of Hive so they can keep their piece of the pie.
I want to see Hive grow.
Luckily, I'm a good writer and can write anywhere, and in fact, am a "whale" of sorts on other platforms.
Now I write on Hive because it makes me a better writer and for my own edification. Steemit/Hive saved me from Blogger where my work was copied and I had no ownership stake in anything. So, upvotes or not, I love this intersection of crypto and blogging on the blockchain. :)
I've been here since Sept 2017 (this is my alt account, main is @phoenixwren) so yeah, have seen a lot of drama too, I just hadn't heard about such a list. I knew various people or groups had blacklists, though, like Hive Watchers, and I think, was it Marky Mark had a blacklist? I don't remember.
She didn't mention, but I'm sure it wasn't him. He was one of the only whales that spoke to me when I attended one of his livestreams on Discord. The others ignored me, so I was pumped when he responded. Marky's a good guy.
I think it was like, for known scammers or something, not anything petty.