Hello everyone, I'm Lory and I landed on HIVE two months ago but my real adventure on HIVE started only in September (posting, commenting, reblogging), so I still consider myself a beginner, and from this post, you'll understand that I still have a lot to learn.
Whether you're a beginner or a veteran, you surely know that HIVE is a platform that allows users to publish articles, images, videos, and more, being rewarded based on their engagement with the HIVE cryptocurrency on a decentralized blockchain.
My first experience with the platform wasn't easy but interesting. I read posts, I wrote, I got a little informed, I got upvote and even the DOWNVOTE that is the main topic o this post.
To begin with, I want to say that I had a wrong opinion about downvoters... I used to think they were just some people having fun with downvoting... well, I've learned that it's not the case, and downvoting actually holds significant importance.
And here we go, my turn to experience an downvote...
Several days had passed since my last post, and I thought I should find an interesting topic to write something... What a mistaken idea🙈
Google-> News -> read 4-5 articles on the same subject.... and there I had what to write.
Translate a sentence from one article, a sentence from another - rephrase the sentences, translate them again, and my article was nearly written.
Is midnight - quickly, quickly I published and went to bed.
One day passed, then the second day, a whole week, and my article seemed fine... Upvote.
After 10 days, I wake up with a comment... From 
Plagiarism, fraud, blacklist - these words are the only ones that i remember from that comment 🤯🤯
The first thought *:"Well done Lory, congrats for your mistake" *
Controlled the post using various tools, and yes... surpriseeeee....... plagiarism." 😬
In my own mind, I'm saying," Okay, you messed up. Now, one of the big players here on HIVE, will either punishing you."
After that, how I use Ecency app, I ask advice on Ecency Discord, and they invite me to talk with
What? All posts? Really blacklisted? 😳
Well to be honest I was scare a little, the "FRAUD" was singing on my head 🎶🎶🎶
That hivewatchers can be that strict? Is a person or some kind of bot?🤔
To my surprise, it's not a bot. On the contrary, it's an available person. I'll post our conversation below
I'd say that you are a nice person😉, it was nice to meet you
I guess the first admitted mistake is halfway forgiven🤔, but I'm also sure that only the first one gets this treatment.
This time, I was lucky; my account is not blacklisted, but I discovered the feeling of shame, and I learned more about the HIVE platform.
In conclusion i will finish this post with a small advice to beginners like me:
-don't rush to post just to fill a page
-thoroughly check before publishing
-get informed about the platform's rules and community guidelines
-take a downvote seriously because it can become a problem for you
So friends, this was my experience with downvote and hivewatcher. An experience full of bad feelings but a lesson that i will never forget.
I'm an open mind so feel free to leave me any kind of criticism or advise as much as you feel