Have you felt so embarrased of something you did but you didn't knew that it was wrong?
Yesterday, I woke up and checked my account and saw that my 2 recent post with a total of $30 pending pay out down to zero. It is the first time that I have experience this kind of thing and definitely the last time. I thought I just lost my data connection which happens everytime that's why it didn't load the page in full. Then after several minutes of reloading the page, I went to my notifications and see unexpected message from hivewatchers.
Allow me to share my experience and I hope someone would see the good and bad side of it. First of all, I don't know hivewatchers are those who gave punishment for abusers at hive community. Second, I don't see myself as an abuser and didn't knew that all this time I am doing a wrong thing. Third, I was carelessly and not aware of the rules inside the platform and only knew about copyright infringement, plagiarism and spamming which I guess my own negligence as a writer.
After I reviewed the message that hivewatchers send me on my 2 previous post. Those blogs are written originally by me so to my own understanding there's nothing wrong if I decided delete that post and repost it again thinking I will have another chance it will have a vote. I was ashamed for myself and it really sucks that I did those thing without any thought that it is wrong and violate the copy & paste rule.
I thought that it will not reflect on my account that deleted blog post. Then after awhile and woke up yesterday, I saw that I recieved the most painful punishment I've ever recieved so far in my hive journey.
Adm downvoted me and that's the reason why my 2 post with votes down to zero. It's a heartache for a small creator like me, I wrote my blog with all my hearts and efforts. I see to it that I don't copy someone's elses work and post it.
Deleting my no votes post and reposting it again was my biggest mistakes I've ever done. If only I can get back the time and been smart to study and read hive rules it will not happened.
But still it is a LESSON TO BE LEARNED and not to stay on negativity and gave up. I have to appeal on hivewatchers on discord and saw that I am not alone being punished. I message hivewatchers if they can give me a chance and remove me from their blacklisted. They responded that I was not yet on their blacklisted if I continue to try farming the platform.
I never thought that I do farming in a way that I just do 1 blog per day and maybe the other day will followed by another blog. I never thought that it is a form of farming, deleting and copying my own post thinking it can be seen by anyone again and get voted. I don't have any authority nor huge HP to boast here. As I said earlier I am a small creator but striving to accomplished and dreaming someday I can be like a whale writers.
As of now, I am still working on my own stuff and facing many problems. It is frustating to think that with just a snap, all my hard work will be gone but I am thankful that atleast I was given a chance to revive what's left. I need to feed my mind with positive thoughts and don't lose hope even though the strikes really affects me. This blog was my way of relieving my stress and a lesson that I needed to learn. I don't know if anybody will see the beauty in the bad sides.
Though my account still here, I felt I am back at the beginning because it happens. It felt just like I started a new journey at hive without anything but hoping that anyone would see my post are worth to be voted. Anyways, thanks for reading my long story today. As I always said keep safe and have a good day!
Though it is not required for me to do this, I would still apologize to hive community for any violations and negligence that I have commited. It won't happened again I swear.
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