Great insight @spiritualmatters, and interesting post and reply @lexiconical.
A non-practicing psychotherapist diagnosis is right up my “SteemAlley”. But mostly, it is a relief to hear that Jerry is not like that in person!
We are faced with a dichotomy: The "popularity contest" for the Steemit demographic naturally plays by the same Quality x Reach rules, but in a fringe, crypto, anarchic, anti- way.
On Steem, you are more likely to get upvoted for telling those ugly truths! And down-voted for the frivolous, wasteful crap (do that!)
...Maybe we just need to think (and act) like we live in Alaska!
mhrose Thank you! Steemit is the greatest new thing since Facebook (which I could never quite grasp). Steemit seems to be far-more interactive with like-minded people. It will definitely be interesting to see how it evolves over the next decade.
Peace!
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I've noticed a distinct anti-negativity bias on Steemit, even if it's simply citing negative facts that are unfortunate. It's still way better than, say, Facebook where if you even say the word Trump you're a racist, but it's still definitely hazardous waters at times.
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Not sure I agree. Anti-Vax, Anti-govt, Anti-fiat, Anti-doctor, anti-advertising,... - often cite (and commiserate) about the negative truths. I’m a fan of JD Sears who brings humor to the irony -- https://steemit.com/health/@lugh/coconut-oil-kills-ultra-spiritual-life
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Well, what I mean is, you can only be negative about certain things here. Like those I listed.
I receive a lot of hate and flag behind the scenes for my articles on things like problems/abuse with Steemit. I've been cyber-stalked for making suggestions about how to change flagging to help stop circle-jerkers like BookingTeam.
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I don't know Booking Team and am very green on steemit.
Sorry to hear you have haters; I guess it comes with the territory of trying to affect change -- people desperately cling to that middle ground!
I, for one, really appreciate your efforts cleaning out things like child porn. You are probably one of the reasons I never encounter it. Thank you!
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You might enjoy following Stellabelle (I won't tag her here and bother her), as she does more on these issues than I am able to.
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I'm working on a video for her steemfest contest!
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