Dear Hive Watchers (Hive account@hivewatchers ) and the Hive Community,

I am writing to sincerely apologize for my past mistakes and to appeal for reconsideration regarding my placement on the Hive Watchers blacklist. I fully acknowledge my errors and take responsibility for them, but I also believe some misunderstandings have contributed to this situation. I hope to clarify these points and demonstrate that I have since reformed my behavior.

Screenshot above shows hivewatchers is still confusing me with kavii and other nonrelated alts, and I did not ever plagiarize any content, that's not my style.

Background on the 2019 Blacklisting

Initially, in 2019, I was falsely accused of being Hive account@theguruasia or associated with Hive account@kavii. This was later proven incorrect—I have no connection to either account except that we do share a HELIOS project together. Despite this, the stigma lingered, and I believe it may have influenced perceptions of my later actions.

The 2024 AI Bot Incident

In 2024, while learning to code on the Hive blockchain, I developed an AI curation bot as a personal experiment. My goal was purely educational—to explore Hive’s features, including post scanning, commenting, and voting. However, I made a critical oversight: the bot had a function that randomly upvoted comments, including (very rarely) my own or its own replies.

This unintentionally created the appearance of vote farming, which was never my intention.
When confronted, I reacted poorly out of frustration, failing to explain the situation clearly. I immediately shut down the bot, but in hindsight, I should have blacklisted my own accounts from its voting function. Later, I attempted another bot using "burn" comments instead, but again neglected to exclude my accounts—another careless mistake.

Reformation and Current Behavior

Since then, I have:

• Permanently deactivated all AI bot scripts (over a year ago).
• Acted as an ordinary Hive user, posting only occasional updates (about once a week) and sharing daily snaps like any other community member.
• Learned from my mistakes, recognizing that even experimental projects must adhere to Hive’s guidelines.
  Request for a Second Chance
  I understand why my actions raised concerns, and I deeply regret any disruption caused. However:

1. The original 2019 accusation was demonstrably false (I am not Hive account@theguruasia nor connected to Hive account@kavii), I was not farming votes in any way shape or form.
2. The 2024 incident was unintentional, stemming from negligence—not malice.
3. I have completely ceased all curation bot-related activity that could upvote my own comments since the incident and now use Hive as intended.

I kindly ask Hive Watchers to review my case with these facts in mind. I am happy to provide any additional information or discuss this further if needed. My goal is simply to contribute positively to Hive moving forward.
Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,
Hive account@coininstant