RE: Of sock puppets and witch hunts
I suspect that @ats-david just thought that it was a really cool puzzle
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.