Hey.

I have recently been reminded that there are such things as community blacklists.

First, my blog was attacked by a bot-herder and her swarm of spambots...

Then someone pointed out to me, that I'm delegating to someone they don't like, who has been community blacklisted.

I agree, that everyone should have the opportunity to block, mute and even blacklist their harassers, but there's one thing I don't agree with, and that's community ostracism, cancel campaigns or any public shaming campaigns.

I appreciate your efforts, but I do not agree with or wish to participate in any community ostracism projects. I believe in promoting ethics and moral behavior on the blockchain, but I don't feel that ostracism or other such campaigns aligns with those values.

I have recently run a community quiz with prizes such as delegations, I also had a delegation party last Autumn, where I delegated 100HP to anyone who commented on my post. I wanted to spread joy, and I think it was successful.

My efforts to give and make people happy seemed to make some other people angry. I am sorry that you feel that way, but it is what it is. I am not a part of your Spanish Inquisition, nor I want to be.

If I find someone abusing someone on my personal blog however, is a whole another affair. I am partial to giving a helping hand whenever someone needs one. I have done so before, and I am likely to do it again in the future.

Concerning delegations

I am currently writing a script to help me with the delegations. It will basically comb through my delegations list, and halve every delegation after a pre-determined time (month, two months, haven't decided yet) has passed, and remove them after they reach a certain level. So If you are concerned that I have delegated to "a baddie", worry not, the delegations will eventually be going away anyway.

The script isn't ready yet, because I've been busy with other projects. I will however be putting it into action as soon as I've finished it.

That's my 2 cents on the issue.