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RE: Of sock puppets and witch hunts
Wow! Just . . . . Wow! (Please stay, honeyscribe!)
People need to leave accounts that state that they wish to be anonymous alone.
There really isn't anything that an anonymous account can do that is so egregious. Steemit is well protected against Sybil (clone) attacks.
I can understand being disappointed when a professed identity is not true -- and I don't have a problem with that being punished . . . . BUT outing a harmless truth-telling individual is A TREMENDOUSLY ANTI-SOCIAL ACT.
I suspect that @ats-david just thought that it was a really cool puzzle -- but we all must be careful how we impact the lives of others (with large stakeholders needing to be even more careful than most due to their out-sized power)
Yes, and no. Internet trolling and harassment, including by self-appointed Internet Police, is real thing. People get carried away when there is a screen separating them from their victims and this is something that either needs to be accepted as part of the territory, or actively resisted. I have tried to support the latter, because that is not the sort of community I want Steemit to be. But, perhaps, @neoxian is absolutely right and this is and will remain the wild west where trolls, harassers, witch hunters, and self-appointed judges of right-and-wrong are going to run free with people like @honeyscribe and @kushed best advised to protect and defend themselves as best they can (or leave). These are issues well worth considering for all.
"I have tried to the latter, because that is not the sort of community I want Steemit to be." <- Please do keep trying. You always come across as a reasonable, thoughtful guy/gal. Trial by mob and stone-throwing are best left on the pages of history books. Communities should celebrate, reward and raise concerns loudly and passionately. The communities should appoint small groups of thoughtful, experts to deliberate and punish based on evidence and due diligence. The damage of rock-throwing can't be undone. Safety matters.
"The damage of rock-throwing can't be undone. Safety matters." <----This. Yes.
Yes, Jamie. Thank you for saying so well.
Thank you. I appreciate the invitation to stay. I love writing here. I hope this all resolves.