This is something that's been bugging me for years.
I'm my own person.
No one owns me (not including Sophia my doggy, obviously).
I spend (or save) my money as I see fit, and answer to no one in what I decide to do with it.
Does that sound weird to you or fundamentally 'wrong' in some way?
NO? Read on...
(YES? Get professional help).
Does this scenario below sound correct to you?
You work.
You get paid.
You spend the money you've earned as you see fit.
Does this scenario below, sound incorrect to you?
You work.
You get paid.
Depending on how you choose to use your earned money, will also mean weather or not you get paid for your labors next week?
Does scenario 2 sound just a little bit 'wrong' to you?
You've earned your money, so there's no reason for the people who've paid you to moralize (or decide) your future earnings, based on how you've decided to allocate your money that you've been paid(your property).
So, why does this culture exist on hive?
It sounds like a very controlling culture to me.
It sounds like a very 'authoritarian biased' culture to me.
It goes something along the lines of...
'do as we (the community) decides what is good, or you will get penalized for your actions of doing what you want with your property.
i.e. - Fall in line and agree with our position, or you will suffer consequences.
Do you think that an 'authoritarian moral culture', is conducive in any way to making Hive a more attractive place to be?
Do you think that attitude will keep users?
No?
So why do we have this very culture where this is not only expressed, but actually encouraged?
'I support those that don't power down' (or more subtle versions, of) is common.
It's an instance misplaced good intentions.
And we all know what the road to hell is paved with...
Letting people feel free without some psychological pressure to conform to a notion of what the 'community' is, is a far better perspective to adopt to attract users, and to make the place somewhere that people want to be.
We are not little children, and do not appreciate being 'controlled' like such.
This attitude, ultimately, a very insular one - and it turns it's back on welcoming new people to do as they see fit on the platform.
It promotes the forming of echo chambers and voting circles.
It promotes looking inwards and not outwards, to the rest of the world. (which is essential for this place to ever actually grow...).
Sheep like to be told what to do, but not humans - and adult ones at that!
Ridding the platform of this long term corrosive attitude is one very small way to make the ecosystem better, healthier, and to make the experience of being here a far more attractive one.