It is not my rule. It is just how Steem works.
Steem users are voting either up or down until consensus is reached.
I have nothing against a person behind @uio, they explained clearly their reasoning and I really get their point (especially when it comes to their business perspective), I just don't think it is good for the platform, and we are working on changing economic model in a way that what's good for stakeholders will be more in line with what's good for Steem.
I'm sorry to hear that you chose to unapprove me as a witness, especially that your reason is pretty much like: "gtg downvotes overpriced posts on top trending page causing them to have 2-3% less of potential payout"
Hopefully, your choice of @chbartist as witness (sic!) will provide more security and reliability for Steem.
Dear @gtg
Thank you for your prompt reply. This I very much appreciate.
If this is how steem/steemit works then please show it to me in Steemit Inc terms and conditions that it is illegal to use bidbots.
This is not a rule and amount of people using bidbots on daily basis are absolutely against everything you've said here.
It's so sad to see people who abuse power and wealth and treat others the way you did @uio. At the end of the day you didn't achieve anything and you've pushed valuable user (which I was engaging with) towards quitting from this platform.
This is obviously my personal opinion but I will definetly share this post within our community and on telegram, so more people would understand that our own witness is our own threat. Because if Steemit is losing it's userbase (the biggest value of this platform) then I can only see your action as a threat to our platform. I hope you understand my point of view. Point of view of "regular joe".
Top witness should care about people more than he cares about "unwrittten rules".
Could you please let me know, if you contacted any users before downvoting them? With warning and explanation that in your eyes what they do is wrong ? That would be required, don't you think?
Punishing new users left and right without explanation will not bring more adaption. Outside steemit people are already complaining that this platform is full of powerful stakeholders downvoting them for unknown reasons.
Is that reputation we all want to have? Is that how you want to be remembered?
Reagrds,
Piotr
Steemit Inc terms of service are irrelevant.
Nobody said that it is illegal to use bid bots. My downvotes wasn't because of bid bot usage (even though I'm not a fan of that), but because I disagree on rewards which is a valid reason for downvoting.
You really don't understand basic concepts of Steem which is so disappointing given you are Steem users for quite a while.
Contacting users before downvoting them?
Sometimes, yes, in cases of newbies that are spamming tags etc.
But in case of 70 rep users and simple disagreement on rewards?
No. Same as I'm not going to contact users when I upvote them.
Hi @gtg
Again, thank you for your kind reply.
I may have different understanding behind concept of Steemit, however I mostly understand that we cannot afford to be losing more users on this planet.
At the end of the day you're dealing with people. And you look like nothing but bully who is using his wealth to dictate how others should behave.
Like you said: I've been long enough on this platform, surrounded by "regular joes" and I've heard number of stories coming from users abandoning this platform because of feeling that noone here is trying to help them, but there is always someone to punish and target them.
I've lost @uio (more steem tokens will end up being dumped), we've lost many users before him and probably many users after. Simply because powerful people like you care more about their code and sense of duty, than about all those users. And that is sad reality, something I've read so many times in the past :(
I would only like to ask you to consider that people need to be warned or notified that they are doing something that may be considered wrong by you (quite centralized authority).
Regards
Piotr