Neutrality: Whales Incentivizing Rape Fiction?

Hive account@discombobulated flagged me for noting that I think it is wise that people avoid upvoting unverified rape stories lest they implicate themselves in a scam by directly financing it. I guess this advice is absurd right...

See no evil, hear no evil...

A certain user Hive account@ricegum was lazy enough to plagiarize reddit rape stories. See Hive account@earnest's post.

But given the how well rewarded emotion-bait is, more creative users so inclined will either confect their own rape fiction or hire freelancers to do so.

There have been swathes of new accounts - which I won't name lest their rape claims be legitimate - that have received thousands of dollars worth of upvotes through unverified rape and abuse accounts.

This doesn't surprise me because humans are in general rather emotional and like to assume honest intentions.

What's shocking is that whales (true whales, i.e. 100k+ SP) have been involved in pumping these unverified works, instead of ignoring the posts lest they finance Social Engineering Scams.

What's perhaps worse is that some of these whales are top 19 witnesses.

Should we not expect greater neutrality from those who govern this ecosystem?

Should we not expect our leaders not to whimsically upvote anything that triggers sympathy?

I recommend that you champion a whale that manifests neutrality, and that is not so sensitive to his emotions that he/she throws due diligence out of the window.

I've voted for Hive account@abit given his track record in maintaining neutrality, but I advise you to vote for any witness that manifests such professionalism.

Food for thought:

After being exposed, Hive account@ricegum claimed her intent was to demonstrate the facility of social engineering on Steemit, and I recommend that you read the comments under that post.