I am a bit of a social animal and for interest sake, I like to float from group to group and across many discussion. Overall, I find it enriching but, there are downsides to it also. In this world, people like to judge a lot and one easy way to judge people is to have a look at who they are surrounded by and my circles have been diverse to say the least.
This happens at Steemit too as I like to travel around and talk with a range of people here, read what they have to say, comment, quote and have some discussions if possible. For me, it is part of the beauty of the platform and one that might be somewhat lost when communities add some barriers between.
The thing here is though that there it is a very large place and even though it has only been two years, there is a a lot of history among some users. Some of it I know about, some of it I have an idea about, some of it I have absolutely no clue, including if there is drama history at all.
For the most part, I am pretty much drama free here and in the real world and I think this is because I am generally transparent in my behaviours and words. Even though I am critical of situations at times, I think overall, I am pretty charitable in my views nd willing to listen to those of others.
But, I wonder how much 'association' affect can have here. Of course, there is the glory by association factor where everyone seems to try to 'rub shoulders' with accounts with more status than their own but, what about the reverse? Death by association is being socially condemned for the company one keeps and if the company I keep has people who have past history, how do they judge my position?
I actually don't worry too much about this as no matter their own history together, I think that most are mature enough to not condemn but, it must have an effect at some level as some of the conflicts over the last 24 months of Steemit have created quite a lot of animosity at times.
In the real world, it is somewhat easier to keep 'parties in conflict' separated but at Steemit, the relationships are public. If one sees me supporting the other in some capacity or being supported by the other, does this effect their own thinking and willingness to support? It is hard for me to be objective here for the most part as I myself judge the content on the content for the most part, not by who else has supported it.
Yet, I do have a feed that gets affected by my follower list and I wonder if I judge some contents worth depending on who shared it, rather than the content itself. Impartiality is very difficult in this area as even if I think I am not manipulated, it doesn't mean that I am not.
Again, this doesn't matter too much to me in my experience overall but in a world of judgement it is good to spend some time thinking about these things. Well, for the sake of thinking about things it is good to think about all kinds of things.
When it comes to the conversations I have had and the people I have had them with in my life I have been fortunate to have a pretty eclectic and colourful range. It has been extremely interesting over the years and I am grateful to all as I think it has meant that I have been able to explore ideas I never likely would have otherwise.
Out of curiosity, how diverse have your conversations been?
Taraz
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In my few days here on Steemit, I have gone through the kingdom seeking to learn at the foot of many. I have had interactions with many who shares diverse range of knowledge some even contradicting the other.
I think it's embed in human nature to approve of contents mostly because of who put it rather than the content itself. For example, on Steemit we are heavily affected by our following list. We often approved of a person's view on certain matters before we agree to follow them. And for most part, you cannot support a content which you do not know of. It therefore proves it that often times we support a content base on the perceived authority of the author on the subject rather than on the content itself.
Death by association. Yes, it's quite funny when I remember my first set of experience here on Steemit. With the wars and battle waging on and lines been drawn, I had carelessly walked into a conversation because I actually had interest in the subject the author wrote on. I guess I had made a bad decision by commenting on a content a felt was okay, because that earned me my first two (and only) flags on Steemit. I don't really know what to say about this but I think it's a very bad way of judging people base purely on their association. Am not blind to the effect an association can have on someone but we should learn to suppress that human part of us. Death /glory by association alone is often times bias.
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Always perhaps as it is a judgement of a person based on how someone feels about another person. All judgements are biased.
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What do you mean by judging content by who else has supported it, by checking who upvoted or just who resteemed or some combination thereof? Or commented? Am I even interpreting anything correctly there? I'm not sure why that would be a cause for judgement but there's only a handful of things I'm sure about :)
I don't think my conversations have been particularly diverse but it's been pretty deliberate on my part; I tend to actively avoid participating in discussions that are "contentious" or even a bit deep even though I read them.
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What I mean is, does it matter who has upvoted it before, do you respect them, care what their rep is, not care what they think? Does it affect your view of something when someone else has already endorsed it?
I write some contentious articles :)
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Oh in which case no not really.
You do, and I read them but pretty much never comment on them ;D
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Everyone have their opinion to say, i don't believe in owing people explaination, but i believe on doing the right thing at the right time.
When i make decisions i try to stand by it with 100% accuracy.
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what happens if it turns out not to be a good decision?
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Well, often times we might be wrong with the decision we made. The problem with most people might be to try and cover up the errors they made, forcing others to believe it was right. This is because most people cannot stand up to face the embarrassment that comes with their wrong decision.
I walk away from people who usually say they don't give a damn to what others say about them. I do give a damn. I don't judge myself base on other's view about me but I give a listening ear to their concerns about my decision and compare that with my own reasoning. Often times I have come to realised that what I believe was right, was actually wrong. And I make amends to do the right thing.
But most people will not do this because they came from religious backgrounds that taught them to believe anything else outside their religious view is wrong. Most people are like Boxer in the book Animal Farm by George Orwell:
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Wise beyond whatever years you have lived.
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I won't make decisions that will hurt others or hurt my self, in that case before making decisions do it when you are in the right frame of mind.
Not angry, not over exited .
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@tarazkp Not as diverse as yours. Your articles are wide range so there are more to talk about and exchange of ideas. I usually stick to life and life blog sometimes travel and some other stuff and I do not associate deeply with somebody unless they are deemed trustworthy and that is hard to come by nowadays.
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Oh i have met a lot of people in real life and a big variety, but most of them are not interesting, only 10% if you will. Most people are very judgemental and always in war with someone, i hate that, i don't need that. I isolated myself to the extreme and now i'm beginning to open up again. I am new to steemit so i didn't met many interesting people yet, but @drkent , @dnews and you Mr @tarazkp are very interesting personalities with deep thoughts and a good heart.
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Deep thoughts perhaps, good heart is yet to be seen.
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Don't get me wrong everyone has his dark sides, but i can tell by the way somebody speaks/writes if he/she's a good heart with dark sides or a corrupted heart with fake smile just virtue signaling . ;)
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Don't you believe in your good heart or did you mean the others?
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my own. it is 50/50 whether I cross over to the darkside.
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That's what you think because you don't trust yourself, you won't make it long time on the darkside because you would pretty soon feel uncomfortable with yourself. And i have a good feeling that you, moving a step into the "darker" area, most people wouldn't even consider to be the dark side but a healthy change, as you are far far on the Light side of the Force. 😉😄
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But that's just my opinion.
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There is a saying "show me your friends and i tell you who you are" is a very common thing in the world. People tend to judge you by the association you keep
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It is sad really. Am I judged on my association with the drug dealers, the millionaire tech and industry entrepreneurs or, the ex prime ministers?
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People might tend to judge you about the bad companies you keep because its easier to condemn a mand than praise him
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so, judged on the politicians :D
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Exactly 😊
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I think one thing i find so interesting here on Steemit is seeing people get into different sections/conversations and still make meaningful contributions...nice update
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This is a real challenge:
The test of friendship is being friends but still being able to hold different views without being thought of bailing out on your friends.
Of course the circumstance must be taken into consideration.
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I'm basically the same way with wanting to talk to people. I'm always hungry for more knowledge and I figure each additional person I meet can teach me something I know nothing about :).
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I still have a very minimal idea about how Steemians interact with each other. What I feel is that Steemit helps people improve their self-esteem by giving rewards to those deserving individuals. I'm still a newbie to this platform and I still need more information to do my part more effectively. Thanks for the information @karazkp.
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Great post. very helpful.
i @djamidjalal comes from indonesia, i am new user in steemit. greeting me respectfully
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these comments aren't very helpful. try engaging more.
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I am a new user in this steemit, I feel this steemit can help connect me with people in this world. I would like to make friends as a good human being. maybe that's the wisdom we can take from this steemit, steemit has connected us with the other its, i come from indonesia. if it pleases to be friends with me, I will be very happy.
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