I just came across a disturbing.... something ... on SteemIt. Being fairly new myself to the site and the whole ecosystem I'm not familiar with how everything works. So, surfing to change that, I commented on a post about beer-brewing, very insightful. But right there at the end in the comments section, a gigantic warning sign not to interact with a certain user, RealMandi, caught my attention.
I have to ask, oh so politely, in my best British accent: WHAT THE FUCK MAN?!
I'm in too much of a hurry now to properly investigate, but it seems this guy was phished, and a hacker took control of his account, or something. Or maybe he is a phisher himself. It just blows my hair the wrong way when seeing he had made a whopping 3 600 posts so far, so clearly he was/is invested in SteemIt. And to lose it all just like that, just because of SteemIt's filthy monetary incentives? I mean, we love writing and creating content. To have it all taken away by a greedy fuck that's just after some Steem Dollars or whatever misty shit is just so wrong.
I really got a bit of a dislike in this platform now. And make no mistake, this kind of crap is what makes people turn away from the whole idea behind Steem, which actually translates into the currency losing value. Why interact on a platform full of crooks and dishonest spammers and scammers?
RealMandi's posts seem really nice, and innocent, and helpful. But then to check the comments on his latest post spoils the mood and leaves a really sour taste. It's like every scammer, spammer and con artist got an invitation to a conference there.
Anyway, it may be time to give good ol' Blogspot and WordPress and Medium and Tumblr a look again. Fuck this obsession by cellar rats to steal virtual currency from others.