I am complaining because I have done nothing wrong and have been on the receiving end of people who think they have a right to tell me I do not have a right to post my own content. I make my own memes. I even write my own quotes to go on many of them. I write my own posts and most take 4 to 6 hours to write because I check and double check facts and figures. They pass Copyscape, so why am I being attacked?

Your question regarding plagiarism, has ZERO to do with anything I have posted and from my end looks like a good excuse for a big whale to pick on the little people who might one day be competition to them. I am watching people who spend hours of their time writing content to help teach others how to make money in crypto, losing literally hundreds of dollars because big whales decide it is cutting into their money too much so they use 40 some odd bots to downvote away every penny the person makes.

Actually, the only thing Hive account@anyx said to me was replying directly to my post and specifically told me I should not accept any payment for my posts. That is crazy and again appears to be a whale trying to shut down new people that could be a threat to their empire someday.

I have ZERO against preventing plagiarism in Steemit. But I have not seen a big problem with it. Sure a few people, most of whom barely speak English and could use someone to hold their hand and teach them. But I see a BIG problem with whales literally taking advantage of new people. Threatening them and using bots to downvote away the little money they earn on legitimate posts.

So far, I personally have not received a single downvote, but I have been threatened. Not because of plagiarism, but because they disagreed with what I wrote.

I know every post I make it 100% within Steemit rules. They are 100% within the laws of the United States. So exactly how should I take the attacks against me? Should I cower in a corner? Should I run and cry, leaving behind an opportunity to make a income that will help be keep my house? Or, should I speak up and say, THIS IS NOT RIGHT? I have done NOTHING to be attacked for.

According to Dictionary.com, Plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

It has NOTHING to do with whether or not I make a meme that I post on my website and I or someone else posts it on Steemit. Memes are designed to be shared. But that is exactly what Hive account@anyx told me specifically I should not accept any money for.

As for your assumption I was called out for posting suspect content, show me where it happened. I have NEVER been given any proof anything I have posted is plagiarized and it will never happen. I have been building websites since 1995 and only once in all those years did I get a plagiarism complaint and it was on a guest post for one lousy sentence they did not reword to make it their own words.

As for being accused of ranting, you can now say I am ranting because I am pissed. Until now I was simply telling a different side of the story. You might not agree with what I said, but I still have a right to seeing things from a different perspective than you. But you have gone to making assumptions about my character and saying it in public with ZERO proof to back up your statements and you wonder why there are people who feel they are being attacked for no reason?

Down voting people should be a last resort. Down voting people from 40 some odd bots to wipe out $300+ of earnings should NEVER happen simply because you don't agree with someone.

It all boils down to the fact that it is causing new people to leave. They don't want to be caught up in the politics. Steemit will die without new people and there are people outside of Steemit already talking about they don't want to put up with it.

It is up to the whales to decide if they are going to clean up their own house before chasing off potential long term members.