I was the victim of cyberbullying on HIVE.
Hi Friends,
Today, I wanted to depart from my lighthearted photos and travel stories to talk about bullies, more so, HIVE Bullys.
What is a Bully?
To me, being a bully is more than just teasing or being mean to someone. It's a habitual behavior pattern involving intentionally hurting or harming another person. This can be physical, emotional, or verbal; it's an attack on someone. At heart, it's just a power dynamic in which the bully seeks to assert dominance over their victim, often through intimidation or coercion.
Bullying takes many forms; some of them are name-calling and teasing to physical violence, and in the case of HIVE, cyberbullying is real. Regardless of the bully's method, the intent is always to make the victim feel small, powerless, and inferior. And while bullying is often associated with children and teenagers, it can happen at any age or setting.
Recently, I was the victim of cyberbullying on HIVE.
The offending account Down Voted my content, not based on whether it was good or not or on the quality, but out of spite at me.
Why?
It was cause I had dissenting views from theirs on the nature of content ownership and if ghostwritten content was a form of plagiarism.
A little back story.
6 Months back (Last August), I had an issue with some content I posed. It was content I paid a local Vietnamese college kid to write for me about local attractions in Vietnam, I wanted them to find the inside scoop on those places. I hit the articles they sent to me up in Grammarly for a plagiarism check and got back less than 1%. So, I thought they were original and posted them on my HIVE account.
I did not intend to deceive anyone; it was content, and it was (I thought) original, all to benefit HIVE. But no, it turns out some of the content was plagiarised. I lost my rewards on that and other posts; I admitted my wrong doing, removed the content, apologized to the community and took a few weeks off from posting to atone. Ok, fair. The punishment was harsh and unjust for a first-time error, but ok, whatever; I want peace and no drama, so let's move on.
I have been on HIVE for years, posted many articles (all original), many photos (Orginal), engaged, commented, and voted, supported witnesses, on-boarded new uses (a lot), set up a Hive community in Vietnam, worked for hive DAaps, donated to HIVE causes, donated my time to support the growth of HIVE, made art for the HIVE marketing project, Delgated my HIVE power to many communities, and powered up to Orca level in HP, and more... I would venture to say I was/am a decent model citizen for Hive.
So, yea, not fair to be labeled a 'problem' and 'scammer' over an issue. But ok, I am on the
The back story is essential as the bully attacked me over this issue six months later.
Back to the HIVE Bully.
One of my recent posts was Downvoted by this bully. They asked me why, and I told them the story listed above.
My option was, and is, that I do not think ghostwriting is wrong, and it's okay to post, and no, you don't need to say it was ghostwritten. There is no HIVE TOS (Terms of Service) about this.
- You paid a writer for that content, so you own it and have the right to post and publish it as you wish, as per your agreement with the original writer, with or without citing that it's ghostwritten.
- So long as it's original and not plagiarized, OK.
SIDE BAR
Ghostwriting is like...
- Like using a stock photo from a stock photo site. If you have paid for the rights to use that photo and bought the license for that photo, you can use it, with or without citing that it's a stock photo. Just don't say you TOOK that photo as that is a lie... But that photo is, legally, yours as you bought it, and the rights to it and based on the licensing from the stock photo site.
- Like using Canva. You buy an account on Canva, and, you have the rights to use the assets on Canva, without needing to cite; it was designed and made in Canva. It's ok, it's not scamming, it's not misleading, it's not lying, it's normal and ok.
Back to the story
The bully here argued that this (Ghostwriting) is scamming people, and they don't support that.
Then, out of spite, anger, and hate and in an aggressive act of bullying, they also downvoted the rest of my content that was set for payout. That is just petty and mean.
Altogether, about $30 ish.
Ok, that's their option. They don't like ghostwriting and think it should be listed or not used; it's their option.
I am vegetarian; I don't want to eat meat and think others should not. But I will not go and punch or insult someone eating meat; that is their choice and until a law comes out saying so, just cause I am stronger then a meat eater, does not give me the right to force my views onto them.
This Bully then punched me in the face with downvoting by taking away some shitty little rewards as a form of punishment for not agreeing with them that they were right.
Then when I punched back and downvoted all their recent comments and posts, they got mad at me, they were mad that I stood up to them; they were mad their little EGO play of being a bully did not work out, and they were mad and shocked that I did not fall over like all the others they bulled.
They insulted me further, called me a scammer, said I would "Die on this Hill", and threatened me with relation if I did not bow to them. This is the community they wish to make, a dictatorship based on power.
If you don't like my content, based on the content, Ok. But when you attack me based on my thoughts and my options, that is the work of a petty little bully.
HIVE is a place where you should have freedom of thought and freedom of expression. Until an OFFICAL HIVE TOS outlines what is acceptable and what is not, or until this downvoting by whales based on an inflated sense of worth is corrected, I will launch a new HIVE project.
Hive Against Hate @HiveAgainstHate #HAH :
This name is a strong message of solidarity about what HIVE should be, resistance against bullying, victimizing that happens at the hands of whale oppressors, and discrimination on HIVE based on contradicting viewpoints on life and content. ( + It also rhymes and sounds catchy too, right;) )
This group will focus on cyberbullying on hive; it will not combat spam or other content like that. If you posted hate speech or violence in sighting content or child porn and were downvoted, we will not protect you. But if you post and your content is downvoted based on your personal views and options, and you are assaulted much like I was, they yes. We can take action.
The bully will downvote this post, spamanator will downvote this post, and others will as well, all to repress any voice that is a decent from them.
I have withdrawn my delegations to many communities and will take back my HP of 61,414.152 to combat this bullying.
Further action will also be taken.
Do you want to join up and fight back as well? Do you want to take HIVE back and make it the place we want to be, and not just be a step stool for the wealthy whales and hive Bullies?
Then Join me in this campaign for liberty on hive; join me in HIVE AGAINST HATE!
Talk to me on discord if you want to get involved with this action (jacuzzi#5037).
Thank you.