Just a heads up the follow is okay but requiring Resteem and Upvote to enter a contest is against Steemit Guidelines. If you care to change to contest rules to follow the guidelines I will be happy to enter.
I'm sure your unaware and did not break the Steemit Guidelines on purpose but this contest is breaking the Steemit guidelines. Please learn that you should Not require Upvotes on Contests. You should make the Upvote part optional not required for entry.
https://steemit.com/faq.html
Thanks for the information. But due to amount of participants, I was never able to check whether people actually followed resteemed and upvoted) And I still gave away prizes even if people did not do that. After all we are living in an "allegedly free" world. If you really care about abuse and not only pretending to be a condescending ****, then please, concentrate your attention on actual abusers such as @haejin, @grumpycat and etc. So far I did not make a penny out of SteemIt, but I still believe in this project and constantly supporting it by conducting small giveaways. Social media on a blockchain will be our future, however whether it will be on steemit or some other social media, depends on individuals such as yourself.
P.S. I have never done that, but I guess there is first time for everything. So Congrats @isteemithard you are the one and only person who is banned from participation in all of my future contests (this one included)
Oh I didnt know nicely commenting to inform you of a guideline break was cause to ban me from participation also I am a member of a group that fights @haejin and @grumpcat and have made post regarding both users also I did not negatively impact your post but just made the comment but since you would like to be negative with your response (other users have thanked me of informing them and since changed their rules) I will instead kill you with kindness and wish you the best. With that said
You say that "also I am a member of a group that fights @haejin and @grumpcat and have made post regarding both users", but in my opinion if you have time to pick on my post then you are clearly not doing enough to stop actual abusers! Which makes you a hypocritical person and also happened to qualify you for a banXD (and don't get me wrong, I would love to help stop actual abusers, but at this moment simply do not have enough time and resources for that)
Dare to leave the same comment under @OriginalWorks contests?
I was not 'picking on' just informing and was happy to enter and upvote your post if you changed the rules I have helped many users on this platform and many of my post are even number one on google search and twitter. Also many of the users both whale and minnow have thanked me for informing them of this in the past and have even seen and increase in contest participation since changing their rules. To name a few @o07 , @artgirl , @simplymike , @flagawhale , @peggyhazelwood and @jsock are just some of the many users who have kindly changed their contest rules or posts wording since being informed. You are welcome to ask them how this change has positively impacted those contests.
Btw @OriginalWorks requiers Resteem to participate in his contest) https://steemit.com/blockchain/@originalworks/260-steem-40-bonuses-sponsored-writing-contest-farmatrust However I never mind resteeming quality content and in his case (In my humble opinion) its totally justifiable
the power of the account doesnt justify the actions and multiple wrongs don't make a right also the guidelines are not rules so they are able to be broken its just not known by many users also those that do know and choose to disregard are not justified but also not negatively impacted just sorry my bringing this to your attention has caused you to be upset for some reason I only meant to inform.
Okay, @isteemithard I am really amazed
It seems to me like I'm going through a freaking maze
Its all blurry in haze.
But don't dig yourself deeper
Cuz Its about to get steeper
Bro you've participated in his contests several times
Even won a few dimes
And you want me to believe that all that time
You weren't aware? That should be considered a crime!
You've just confirmed my initial theory
That you are no more than an hypocritical idiom,
But try to think critically
And may be you'll see
That you should stop this nonsense and leave!
I entered many contest that required resteem and upvotes in the past prior to learning of this since I only enter contests that follow the guidelines and inform those that don't if they choose to change the rules I then upvote and enter. FYI I have never flagged a user for this just kindly informed. Also you have some great poetry skills I have won the #poetrycontest before and suggest you enter and also welcome you to join @isleofwrite we have a great community of poets.
If you think that anyone would want to associate himself with a person like you, then I think you didn't get the main message of my short and simple poem. Sorry to hear that...
(I think @OriginalWorks reply sums up the level of your incompetency in the abuse question well enough)
"the power of the account doesnt justify the actions and multiple wrongs" by @isteemithard
You've used power of your account to block actual people (participants) from seeing other participants submissions to force your message, you are not better than any other abuser on steemit and yet trying to desperately convince yourself and others that you are notXD (well good luck with that, but please, spread your lies somewhere else)