That would scare me too and make me mad and no way I would ever stay there like a criminal holding a piece of paper. I don't see any point in showing everything including the links to other social media. I've been always told that Steemit is not like other social media and I left Facebook a long time ago because of all the control.
A friend told me that he felt forced and regretted how he shared certain photos not only with newcomers but also if he came to certain contests where participants were kind of forced to show a certain amount of photos. I advised him to remove the photos. Some courses in the #learnwithsteem ask the same which is a good reason for me not to join. I find it ridiculous that a "selfie" decides if I am a good student or not and if it comes to photos only I have a long list of Steemians I wouldn't trust because of the photos they share and the selfies.
As I was asked to join Steemit as a writer because the platform needed good writers I agreed because I could be anonymous and do as I like. I would have never joined a platform asking me that and the first time I heard about this department was around February or March 2024 LOL.
It would be the last place where I would go and if it existed'/was active back then in the same way I would have never posted here.
I can't say I find it very inviting and only now and then I have a look and it's still disappointing what I see for different reasons.
BTW, not only does the newcomers' community ask you to hold a paper so do some other communities. Here you have to write a certain text and do something like standing on one leg and holding that paper with whatever text is written on it...
Depressing I find this and indeed it has nothing to do with decentralization but... you are free to refuse. I have no numbers but my guess is that not even 20% of all accounts (5%?) ever went through this. I understand the reason behind it (farmers or scammers or...) but if it comes to them they will find a way to hijack themselves in and do what they have in mind. It would be better if there's personal contact through engagement and a greeter/host provides information if asked for.
It's sad what you wrote but you also gave me a good laugh (sorry) but hey, at least you have a wife and had a photoshoot twice. LOL
I agree it's not worth those few cents and it takes the fun of joining a platform away but... I am happy you stayed.
I’ve also opt out of many contest because this was one of their criteria to participate in it. I don’t think I will do that again apart from the newcomers post.
Reading about @alexanderkass post made me laugh. When i returned back to steemit, I was made to carry a cup. I had to carry a tea cup and my paper incase they want to serve virtual tea for me.
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I guess no tea? No cookie? It's rediculous but what I like to know is if you asked the one who told you to do this to show him/herself first. You have no idea whom you are talking and who says you, are you? You can ask anyone to hold that teacup. And what if you are not able to make a selfie? I wonder what will happen if you have 200k in your wallet. Will they ask you as well to serve tea cups? What if you don't have a tea cup?
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Seems like the whole world is going crazy, in some way or form. Yesterday I had to validate a prepaid card and ended up getting interrogated via webcam. Had to hold my ID right up into the camera and wiggle it around according to command. Which is about as fair as it's annoying, in context of signing up a phone, but then I'm not going to do that song and dance for a glorified subreddit. No offense, but I'm not your little monkey. Steemit already got my number and my email address and if you can't tell I'm a real person, too fucking bad. I'm not going to livestream myself balancing a tea cup on my forehead, while also fiddling around with a timestamp. Good try though.
Strangely enough I'm barely able to tell anymore what's satire and what isn't. But I guess that's just how things go these days.
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I had the same "great" webcam interrogation with Coinmerce. Not that it brought me anything and by now they let AI answer my e-mail.
Anyway, that guy asked me for my ID so I said: can I see yours first?
He looked startled and said he didn't have any with him. Instead of his ID he showed the college behind him having lunch...
Because he wasted my time with that stupid webcam thing I decided to keep him busy for a loooong time.
Can't you not just order a prepaid phone card? I still can and it's up to me if I register if so (online) they give 5 or 10 euros. Did you try it with Lebara? It's just that I rarely call so I keep buying credit which I don't need. The "send an SMS" or call rarely works.
What I don't understand is why the webcall and the rest of the old-fashioned shit is needed. We all are a number, vat number, birth, family, bank account you name it is known. Now the taxes want us to use the PIN code of the bank to sign in with them.. . they also want to give sellers the opportunity to check your bank account if you order something.
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Oh, I did order it online. With a balance. Still had to do the webcam verification and wave my ID around (on top of just giving them my address and such). Local laws, I assume. But then many companies are increasingly doing that stuff in terms of.. ah, some anticipatory obedience type of deal? I'm not sure. Hell, they might not even be required to do so technically, or just yet. Like crypto exchanges and banks, with all their bullshit.
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As part of the redesign, I specifically removed the "requirement" for the paper. Unfortunately, this removed "requirement" has been ignored and it feels even more draconian.
I quite like the 1st Report and 2nd Report idea. When I was new, I wanted to write these things - I wanted to express some of my learnings and the things that just made no sense (e.g. the auto-votes 5 minutes after I'd posted something... why didn't people read???) So, I liked the idea of inviting others to do the same.
But yeah - it's not fit for purpose. I almost think that we're at the point where the only people who write an Achievement 1 are the scammers.
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