Steemit is a new baby on the internet and it's being abused.

The Steemit babe is being left in the car to overheat, suffocate and starve by those who have decided to assume the role of the fucked up, abusive parent.

But this is strange considering that Steemit allows anyone, absolutely anyone to dream up content, in the form of parody, fun, insanity, seriousness, data, helping or even exploitation of oneself. What I did not mention in that list is:

EXPLOITATION OF OTHERS

People of the old world are using tactics of the old world, namely: abuse, scamming, blackmailing and devious, underhanded hate-filled tactics. These tactics might indeed have some merit, if the system under which these people is corrupt and not free. Steemit allows anyone, even people without any kind of money to post to their hearts desire. You can even post naked photos of yourself for money as long as you follow the rules and add the tag, NSFW, you are free to do so.

Now I usually refrain from such a post as I'm about to enter for one primary reason: I do not like conflict. I never have. I tend to steer clear away from abuse, hate, conflict and the like. In this post, I will reveal why these tactics will in fact spell your grave in Steemit. After reading this, it will become clear why Steemit is posed to revolutionize the world and in what ways this will happen.

Something has been brought to my attention in rocket chat that I simply cannot ignore: BLACKMAIL. I really owe credit to @liberosist for bringing this to my attention. Thanks.

Now this situation is a little complex, but I did investigation today and will break it down for you in the simplest way possible.

INCIDENT #1: @moonflower created a scam post and hired the services of a fiverr actor by the name of XXBabyLoveXX to hold up a sign saying "Steemit":

Here is the post in question:
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@moonflower/a-new-life-in-maui

Here's the picture of the fake @moonflower as "she" appeared in Steemit:

Now, here is the Fiverr actor as she appears in her Fiverr profile:

Obviously, this is the same person. So, who says that the Fiverr actor is not @moonflower?
For starters, the Fiverr actor is from Bulgaria as her profile clearly states:

The Steemit post states that she lives in Maui and has found a new life. Nowhere in that post did she say she was a Fiverr actor, and anyone involved in entrepreneurship knows that not mentioning her Fiverr gigs would be a ridiculous move. Her English also contains mistakes in her Fiverr profile, but the Steemit one contains no errors. I speak 3 languages and I am keenly aware of foreign kinds of English. So, obviously @moonflower hired the Fiverr actor, wrote a fake story and banked thousands of Steem dollars. Anything in the future written by @moonflower will be downvoted by me and I'll be actively monitoring this account from now on. Okay, a scam artist, what next?

INCIDENT #2: BLACKMAIL

Well, @r4fken managed to somehow uncover the scam of @moonflower and wrote a post about it. Here's his original article: https://steemit.com/scam/@r4fken/warning-scammer-with-reputation-score-7-user-moonflower-is-fake-yet-a-7

I was grateful that he found this and alerted others and I even tweeted about it on Twitter and Facebook groups, too. When I was in Rocket Chat, however, I was alerted to the reality that @r4fken had blackmailed @moonflower for $500. The blockchain reveals his blackmailing:

What we learn from his failed blackmail is that @r4fken states, "Send me your $500 now and I'll never mention fiverr to anyone...your choice."

So, what we learn about @r4fken is that he is willing to harm the Steemit community, withhold important information that could ultimate harm us, in exchange for money. This type of shit is killing the baby.

When his blackmail of @moonflower failed to achieve the $500, he created the post, notified me on Twitter, etc.

Wow.

Dan Larimer and Ned Scott have worked their tails off, day and night, to create a system in which anyone, literally anyone, even mentally unstable people can earn a living wage if they try hard enough (as long as they don't abuse others) and then a scam artist followed by a person wanting to blackmail the scam artist graces the stage.

THE BLOCKCHAIN DOESN'T LIE.

Ok, so here's what I really wanted to get across in this post:

SHORT-TERM GREED VS. LONG-TERM LIFE-CHANGING GAME

By scamming the Steemit community, you're actually sharpening the blade for your own turn at the guillotine. Let me explain something.

Reputation is everything in Steemit.

Steemit is not like the rest of the corrupt world because of one thing: the transparent ledger of blockchain.
Steemit does operate like the rest of the world as far as integrity, popularity and social rules go. This means some people will naturally be more popular than others. Generally, whoever gives to others the most will have the most friends. That's a rule that governs kingdoms as well as society at large.

What's unique about Steemit though, is that people who possess brilliant mathematical and scientific minds, like @complexring and @dana-edwards can thrive with their independent research. Geniuses, who have gone unnoticed by mainstream media are finally free to carry out their unique, arcane and highly idiosyncratic research and get monetary rewards for doing so. This is revolutionary.

The Steemit marketplace is around the corner.

Friends do business with friends.
If you have few friends in Steemit, my advice to you is this: make friends now.
Forget about the payouts temporarily, and focus on people, making friends with people you like and who are in a similar boat as you. Don't bug people who have no time (I used to bug @dantheman all the time when I had a vicious troll, but I learned my lesson. I don't bug him anymore as he has zero time for me. He probably doesn't even have time for himself anymore. I learned, it was hard, though, since I respect Dan almost to a degree I'm uncomfortable with. I think he's been a good teacher for me....)

Making close friends will shield you from the following:

troll attacks
social attacks
bullying
scam attempts

Steemit is a lot like the jungle: groups tend to thrive, while the lone ape will be singled out and attacked.

Going forward with the Secret Writer stuff:

From now on I will be investigating all secret writer submissions very carefully. If there is a history of scams, blackmail or other trolling, vicious behavior, I will not be accepting those submissions.

I'm also considering making a giant list of all scam artists, blackmailers and putting these in a public area. Each new scammer's name will be added to the list. It will be next to impossible to operate within the Steemit ecosystem for scammers, now that I see the urgency of this ongoing development in shitbaggery.

TAKE THIS AS YOUR WARNING. IF YOU FUCK OVER OTHERS, YOU SIMPLY WON'T LAST IN STEEMIT.
Each lie and deception you do, nails another coffin in your casket.

If you know you've fucked up and scammed us, the Steemit community, guess what, you can redeem yourself with this one thing: the truth. Truth is always there to choose. Choose wisely.

There are other ways to buy a pony. And thankfully, Steemit has provided just such a home. Don't kill the baby.