@Ned I have nothing to add to the above, BUT I do ask you on behalf of many users here on this platform to remove this flag from @popcornexpress. It is simply a fun and silly service that many enjoy here and has nothing to do with the user above. You essentially just killed part of the fun of Steemit, please reconsider.
honestly we do need some popcorn here. steem could use some fun and love.
on a sidenote, flagging/voting from whales is stopping the platform from moving forward. maybe the '1 account 1 vote' coupled with human & good actor verification could be a solution. whatever is in motion for steem, whales currently have too much power, and we already know bigger stake almost never equates to benevolence.
simply put we need more decentralization. maybe even from ned himself? :)
He has burned close to $800 in rewards out of embarrassment and he has a history of this, it's not his first time publicly shaming himself. It's just another of many times.
yes, i'm concerned, even tho i still have faith in the steem blockchain..
when a platform is truly censorship resistant, ideas are fought with other free ideas, not by someone with a big stake dropping the hammer. the moment you start having a single entity create a bunch of behavioral restrictions, the only endgame is dprk.
i can understand it's always difficult for any leader to step back and be a facilitator because people naturally want control. when you create an organization, let alone a platform, it's obviously difficult (near impossible) for you to let go and have the community figure shit out (whether you like the results or not).
i got interested in steem at first because no single company is meant to control the entire blockchain. in the beginning we might even need control for a bit of structure. but if steemit inc continues to hang on to control even after SMTs then i really dunno where to go from there.
The goal here was to put a continuous spotlight on egregious behavior. Feel free to have your opinion, I am not petty enough or thin skinned enough to flag free speech on a "decentralized" platform like our "dear leader" - but I will cite that there is context here and history with this platform that is seen and often disturbing to stake holders, of both financial and sweat equity in nature. And that is context enough for my remarks, and if Ned didn't realize that, he would be far less concerned with suppressing it.
He's trying to gaslight me, like he has many others before me. And I for one "welcome that Streisand effect."
Oh, do your comments there bring back memories of being nobody till I gave you a lift? I thought so.
But at least this time you tried your attack in your own name, instead of hiding like the fraud you and your buddies are behind a real classy spoof account. @sircock - well done. I seem to recall your words on that were:
"I wish I was famous enough to have somebody spoof me"
I'm just sitting back watching your ego devour the world around you. Keep dying on every hill you cross, that's why you're friendless, alone, and well past your prime.
Gosh what a thread to dig through hunting a mention. Mercy!
I still love my choice for witness team alignment, despite the controversy. I kept waiting to for those who warned me to be proven right, and Cork to be proven base of character the way they claim. As time went on, the inverse became true based on the behaviors I saw with my own eyes.
People can "claim" anything they want. For my own personal knowledge, I asked the one guy claiming Cork owes him money for the dogs if he would offer proof. He didn't just fail to do so, he flat-out refused. Publicly, in front of many witnesses. Yet still this is an issue? How? For me, the fact that Cork needed money to care for the animals he committed to says more about his character than that of any self-righteous accuser. It demonstrates loyalty and a clear understanding of ethical responsibility.
Then we get back to the moral code of the people in question. First, none of the people involved with @noblewitness or @thewritersblockever engaged in divisive conduct. We included everyone in everything. Shared members, shared moderators. Shared witness support. No one can argue that Cork says things in the most diplomatic manner, because clearly he doesn't. But I've yet to see him be proven wrong about any points he's made. Others, however...wow. The behaviors! Licentious remarks in public forums. The creation of an entire Steem account to mock an accidental misspelling of Cork's name that was downright vulgar. Is there no sense of shame with some people? What about publicly ridiculing a person's appearance after they took chemotherapy and years of immunosuppressants? Yet somehow all of this is okay? But wait--the best (or worst, depending on which camp a person is in,) is the blatant edict by a community leader for his entire drone army to disassociate from Cork and any initiatives he's part of. This edict came with the express threat of removing delegations and all support from anyone who affiliates with him. And the whole drone army concurred that this was acceptable. And yet, this is okay?
Talk about centralized! It's the antithesis of everything the blockchain is supposed to represent. Bottom line is that no one associated with @sircorkever, at any time, forbade anyone else from affiliating with "those other folks," participating in their servers, voting their witness, or following their blogs. We encouraged cross-promotion and teamwork. Then suddenly there it is, in writing, that the leader of the largest community on Discord has forbidden "his people" from association with Cork or Noblewitness. What the absolute hell, people? HOW is ANY of this not a thousand times worse than any lip Cork ever gave anyone? Yet they get a free pass for this egregious and downright insidious behavior?
Not from me, they don't. Never have I been more pleased about where I chose to place my alliance. I'll take Cork's lip over corrupt character any day.
Instead of starting a charity to impress a woman that hates you to help people thousands of miles away that you don't care about, why don't you pay back the person who loaned you hundreds of dollars so you could keep your dogs alive?
Oh you mean the person who demanded many times I DO NOT pay him back for his GIFT, until his lack of relevance gave him the grand plan to use it as a tool which backfired badly?
Do you pay back the woman who lets you live in her basement?
Try again maybe?
Or maybe try to do something of use, at all? Like getting a job?
Mr. @noblewitness, why is it you assume only one person loaned you money to pay your vet bills? You're not privy to half the conversation anymore, but others are.
@Ned I have nothing to add to the above, BUT I do ask you on behalf of many users here on this platform to remove this flag from @popcornexpress. It is simply a fun and silly service that many enjoy here and has nothing to do with the user above. You essentially just killed part of the fun of Steemit, please reconsider.
Poor poppy! The belovèd bot got destroyed in the crossfire ='(
This whole exchange is surreal; I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone!
honestly we do need some popcorn here. steem could use some fun and love.
on a sidenote, flagging/voting from whales is stopping the platform from moving forward. maybe the '1 account 1 vote' coupled with human & good actor verification could be a solution. whatever is in motion for steem, whales currently have too much power, and we already know bigger stake almost never equates to benevolence.
simply put we need more decentralization. maybe even from ned himself? :)
He has burned close to $800 in rewards out of embarrassment and he has a history of this, it's not his first time publicly shaming himself. It's just another of many times.
Meanwhile...
#FreePopcornBot
#PopcornBotIsInnocent
#JusticeForPopcornBot
#PopCornBotLivesMatter
yes, i'm concerned, even tho i still have faith in the steem blockchain..
when a platform is truly censorship resistant, ideas are fought with other free ideas, not by someone with a big stake dropping the hammer. the moment you start having a single entity create a bunch of behavioral restrictions, the only endgame is dprk.
i can understand it's always difficult for any leader to step back and be a facilitator because people naturally want control. when you create an organization, let alone a platform, it's obviously difficult (near impossible) for you to let go and have the community figure shit out (whether you like the results or not).
i got interested in steem at first because no single company is meant to control the entire blockchain. in the beginning we might even need control for a bit of structure. but if steemit inc continues to hang on to control even after SMTs then i really dunno where to go from there.
is there enough humility in that organization? :)
So you've brought out petty behavior with your own antagonizing. That doesn't sound like much has been gained here.
Was the goal here for character assassination? Because frankly, who cares...
The goal here was to put a continuous spotlight on egregious behavior. Feel free to have your opinion, I am not petty enough or thin skinned enough to flag free speech on a "decentralized" platform like our "dear leader" - but I will cite that there is context here and history with this platform that is seen and often disturbing to stake holders, of both financial and sweat equity in nature. And that is context enough for my remarks, and if Ned didn't realize that, he would be far less concerned with suppressing it.
He's trying to gaslight me, like he has many others before me. And I for one "welcome that Streisand effect."
Thank you @Ned 😘
Sircork is a shithead, but don't flag the popcorn bot.
A shit head who made you relevant when I insisted you be included in this reward:
https://steemit.com/minnowsupportproject/@danielsaori/yes-msp-medal-of-honor
And gave you this platform to exist on, though still nobody knows your name...
https://steemit.com/mspwaves/@aggroed/a-bromode-bro-ode-to-sircork-and-his-time-machine-mspwaves-radio-sponsored-by-lovejuice
Oh, do your comments there bring back memories of being nobody till I gave you a lift? I thought so.
But at least this time you tried your attack in your own name, instead of hiding like the fraud you and your buddies are behind a real classy spoof account. @sircock - well done. I seem to recall your words on that were:
"I wish I was famous enough to have somebody spoof me"
Sit down Clown.
I'm just sitting back watching your ego devour the world around you. Keep dying on every hill you cross, that's why you're friendless, alone, and well past your prime.
!popcorn
So I take you all aren't working together as a team, running a witness anymore? That didn't last very long. :(
Not sure what you mean. I've never ran a witness by myself or with anyone else. You must have me confused with someone else.
Ah! I did indeed. Thanks for clarifying. I got confused with @rhondak.
Gosh what a thread to dig through hunting a mention. Mercy!
I still love my choice for witness team alignment, despite the controversy. I kept waiting to for those who warned me to be proven right, and Cork to be proven base of character the way they claim. As time went on, the inverse became true based on the behaviors I saw with my own eyes.
People can "claim" anything they want. For my own personal knowledge, I asked the one guy claiming Cork owes him money for the dogs if he would offer proof. He didn't just fail to do so, he flat-out refused. Publicly, in front of many witnesses. Yet still this is an issue? How? For me, the fact that Cork needed money to care for the animals he committed to says more about his character than that of any self-righteous accuser. It demonstrates loyalty and a clear understanding of ethical responsibility.
Then we get back to the moral code of the people in question. First, none of the people involved with @noblewitness or @thewritersblock ever engaged in divisive conduct. We included everyone in everything. Shared members, shared moderators. Shared witness support. No one can argue that Cork says things in the most diplomatic manner, because clearly he doesn't. But I've yet to see him be proven wrong about any points he's made. Others, however...wow. The behaviors! Licentious remarks in public forums. The creation of an entire Steem account to mock an accidental misspelling of Cork's name that was downright vulgar. Is there no sense of shame with some people? What about publicly ridiculing a person's appearance after they took chemotherapy and years of immunosuppressants? Yet somehow all of this is okay? But wait--the best (or worst, depending on which camp a person is in,) is the blatant edict by a community leader for his entire drone army to disassociate from Cork and any initiatives he's part of. This edict came with the express threat of removing delegations and all support from anyone who affiliates with him. And the whole drone army concurred that this was acceptable. And yet, this is okay?
Talk about centralized! It's the antithesis of everything the blockchain is supposed to represent. Bottom line is that no one associated with @sircork ever, at any time, forbade anyone else from affiliating with "those other folks," participating in their servers, voting their witness, or following their blogs. We encouraged cross-promotion and teamwork. Then suddenly there it is, in writing, that the leader of the largest community on Discord has forbidden "his people" from association with Cork or Noblewitness. What the absolute hell, people? HOW is ANY of this not a thousand times worse than any lip Cork ever gave anyone? Yet they get a free pass for this egregious and downright insidious behavior?
Not from me, they don't. Never have I been more pleased about where I chose to place my alliance. I'll take Cork's lip over corrupt character any day.
And by the way, his dogs are wonderful.
Don't confuse above average performance with your lack of ability to perform. That's not ego or hubris, it's just the cold truth of your life.
Instead of starting a charity to impress a woman that hates you to help people thousands of miles away that you don't care about, why don't you pay back the person who loaned you hundreds of dollars so you could keep your dogs alive?
Oh you mean the person who demanded many times I DO NOT pay him back for his GIFT, until his lack of relevance gave him the grand plan to use it as a tool which backfired badly?
Do you pay back the woman who lets you live in her basement?
Try again maybe?
Or maybe try to do something of use, at all? Like getting a job?
Mr. @noblewitness, why is it you assume only one person loaned you money to pay your vet bills? You're not privy to half the conversation anymore, but others are.
r0nd0n (57)
Perfectonist
985 followers
Joined September 2016
How's that "perfectionism" working out for you, clown?
Doesn't matter what you say, no one will see you anyway...
985 Total followers
630 Dead followers
355 True followers
You spelled "perfectionist" wrong, but you'll claim "clown humor" lol, fail.
Please for the love of everything good, save popcorn! This site requires popcorn.
#FreePoppy
#SpareTheKernels
#PoppyDinduNuffin
#SavePopcornBot
Yeah #savepopcorn. That thing has kept us all sane.