I saw a milestone post a few days ago from someone who had just reached 8 years on the chain and wanted to celebrate. He had some good pending rewards, but then he got a downvote from someone who probably disagreed with the incoming rewards.
It was not too much considering the size of the pending rewards, but it would have been excessive for a post worth $10 to $15. I am not sure if it was a 100% DV, but seeing a DV in a milestone post was unbelievable.
Now, I am not sure what the history of the DV is; perhaps the owner incurred the DV as a result of previous actions, but it demonstrates that DV can be personal rather than caused by something a person created.
However, this is not a post about downvotes
The preface in the previous paragraph only discusses power and responsibility. Power, whether earned or not, can be intoxicating. People who own or possess power have worked for it, while others simply wield power that has been delegated to them.
Power, whether truly owned or delegated, has an equal impact on a person. Most people with a lot of power are unaware of how much it controls them. They sometimes believe they are in charge, but in reality, they act directly based on their level of power.
It is not uncommon for people to become obsessed with power, and I do not think anyone should be surprised to see this play out on Hive.
The truth is that Hive is not a utopia; simply because someone was demonetized and silenced on web2 does not mean they will be welcome on Hive. The harsh reality is that these places are crowded, and regardless of the version of the web, anyone can be cruel to you, even if they do not truly silence you as they do on web2.
So does this make it a good thing? No
The idea is that no matter what version of the web you use, people will always be people, and as I have always stated, a "perfect Hive" will never exist simply because it is web3. You need to deal with it.
I have studied the behavior of a few orcas and whales over the years. Some of them care about Hive in their own unique way, and they have ways to express this. I recently began researching these guys' perspectives on DHF funding and how it creates debt for Hive, and one of their points stood out to me.
He is a whale who openly criticizes how the DHF and the valueplan thingy have been going. Why not? He stands to benefit from Hive's success and wants all of the bleeding to stop, but he refuses to take action; of course, I believe he does not want it to appear that he is doing anything because he is a "whale".
There is this animosity toward whales.
People call them names and use phrases like "because he is a whale". In reality, not all Hive whales behave similarly. Some people may do whatever they want without explaining why; they argue that it is their constitutional right to do so, which is correct.
However, we expect people to be human before being labeled as "Orca" or "whales," but this is simply an expectation.
In reality, I believe that with more power comes greater temptation, and that some people are more susceptible to temptations than others.
Reactory Tendencies
For example, as the price of Hive rises, many people will give in to their instincts, greed, and cravings, which is normal. This instinctive tendency is reactory, and it will become apparent when the hive begins to truly moon.
People will begin to question who deserves who, and some will take it upon themselves to find out who earns what and whether they are truly deserving.
The bull run is always contentious on Hive; flag wars, jealousy, greed, betrayal, and a variety of other behaviors, all of which I believe are caused by rising prices.
An OCD vote that would normally cost $20 at 100% could cost up to $500 or $600. @appreciator, for example, could rise from 20 to 30 dollars at 100 to 900 dollars if the price of Hive rises by more than 3 dollars, and people will begin to engage in questionable behavior in order to catch the golden candle
When there appears to be a lot to gain, temptation is inevitable. People react instinctively when there is a lot to gain, so expect to see all of that emotion play out.
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