What do these words on our logo mean??
For the last 2 years, the motto of the Palnet Discord has been "Do no harm, Take no shit".
So, what does this mean exactly?
I have found that many people in crypto seem to be for a decentralized society without government.
The question I always put forth to those who feel this way is "What happens in a decentralized society when there is a bad actor?"
If there aren't any governing laws then how do you deal with those who cause harm to others?
The answer is that the community comes together to deal with it.
The Non-Aggression Principle is peaceful....but not pacifist.
In the Palnet commmunity, we are constantly trying to balance the ideals of Peace, Abundance, and Liberty.
These are not just "words" to us. They are ideals that we attempt to live by.
There are times when people overstep liberties, crossing over other's boundaries, and negatively impact peace and/or abundance.
I think some people just shout "Liberty!" without considering the fact that others have the right to defend themselves when they are being imposed upon.
And these same people get upset when others cross over their own boundaries and their own peace and/or abundance is infringed upon.
We may be free to do what we want, but we are not free from the consequences of our actions.
In my view, the first step should always be de-escalation in hopes of finding a peaceful resolution.
Unfortunately, a peaceful resolution is not always found.
In the Palnet community, our intent is to do no harm, but if someone is hurting others....then we take no shit.
Decentralization
We've heard some complaints that Palnet is not decentralized.
Allow me to make some comparisons:
Palnet is a secondary layer protocol on top of the Steem Blockchain.
We are PART of the Steem Blockchain and the Steem Witnesses are OUR witnesses.
We are a community open to all offering a token that you can earn whilst simultaneously earning Steem.
Palnet is a group of individuals with a large stake with the intent of helping others through curating great content.
We do not upvote ourselves with this stake.
And we are not powering down our stake to sell.
Steem has large stakeholders, many of which sell their votes to bid bots or do not have the time to curate great content.
Our initial Palnet distribution is already designed to hold less percent of the stake than Steemit Inc.
After 3 years of dumping, Steemit Inc still holds over half of the overall stake spread around their accounts.
Palnet only started with 20% spread among way more people:
- 10% on whitelisted accounts via a claimdrop
- 10% to moderators over the first year
The argument by some is that Palnet is not decentralized due to the fact that it is a community started by a group of individuals.
It seems to me though that people love the idea of decentralization.....until they don't. lol
With decentralization people complain about rampant abuse on Steemit....they complain about the rewards.....they complain that positive steps to help are not implemented quickly enough....or at all.
When people actually start organizing with the intent to accomplish something then people cry that it isn't decentralized...then nothing gets done.
Also, it is said that hard forks basically come from Steemit Inc. anyway and the top 20 witnesses are encouraged to go along.
That isn't exactly decentralized.
Those that complain about decentralization may not like the set up of Palnet, but to put it bluntly.....we are getting shit done.
When the community doesn't like something, we fix it.
If there are abusive actors in the community we mute so they WON'T CAUSE HARM....because we take no shit.
Do no harm
Take no shit
I have found that many people are grateful that we are willing to directly handle abuse and the complaints have been minimal.
I would also like to clarify that we have no way to control stake either, if we remove someone from the community, they still own their stake and are free to power down.
While our community is open to all, we will protect the members of our community under the ideals of Peace, Abundance, and Liberty.
It is important to remember that this is all voluntary. You are not required to be a member of our community.
And you are not required to use the palnet tag or palnet.io.
That being said, I hope that you do.