RE: ᔕᑕᗷ Greeters - subtopic New Comers - Is New Only Welcome If They Are on Social Media?
@wakeupkitty, this topic has often been discussed but has never found an adequate solution.
In our Italian community, we don't follow any of those requested guidelines.
For me, even asking for personal information is too much because we must remember that Steemit is a decentralized platform, and all those requests feel like KYC.
To check if a user has multiple secret accounts and wants to be sneaky on Steemit, we need to devise other systems!
In our community, when a new user arrives, we welcome them by helping them understand how Steemit works, the value of power-ups for growth, and the importance of interaction to keep the community alive.
We don't ask for introductions, whether they are friends of other users, or if they follow other social media.
This doesn't mean that we do curation to everyone, but rather only those who show a willingness to be part of a mutual support system to contribute honestly to building a better community.
Of course, the risk of encountering dishonest users is there; when we discover them and they are unrecoverable, we simply ignore them.
Ignoring dishonest users certainly discourages them from pursuing their intentions.
Thank you for explaining I believe this is a better way. If can be explained why is done what the chance is given to change and change will not go fast with everyone.
If it comes to more than one acvount I wonder what the "sneaky part" is. If I start 8 with all a different topic and dedicate my time to each one of them why am I called a farmer? Why am I not allowed to upvote one of my other accounts and only other steemians?
Ignoring can help indeed although I rather keep the discussion open.
Thanks for explaining it's helpful and good to know.
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Ignoring is better than receiving downvotes. When a user doesn't want to change his attitude and there is nothing to change his mind, then he's ignored by Italygame's curation.
As for multiple accounts, the important thing is to declare them, there's nothing wrong with using each account for different topics or purposes.
And they should be rewarded for the work that is done and not punished because they belong to the same user.
However, if a user has several accounts with different names and participates in community activities, he/she receives more curation than other users who only have one account. It's a question of fairness and respect for others.
But I remain of the opinion that the best weapon is communication, trying to make everyone understand the Steemit mechanism, especially new users, who should be welcomed and not considered a threat because they are potential account farmers.