#schoolOfMinnows #steemPunks - Cyber bullying on steem, what to do when you get attacked.

lanmower (60)in #steem • 7 years ago

I've born witness to a lot of different human behaviors on STEEM.

Most are harmless and constructive.

Some groups of users gang up and attack other users, try to rob users of their freedom and coerce them to change the way STEEM gets used. They think they're policing, the truth is that its nothing more than cyberbullying.

Many people react on STEEM and feel the need to belt out some opinion about the way another user manages his or her account. Here is some advice for when you have to deal with the same influence on the network.

1: Don't get involved.

This is the golden rule. If someone tells you how to use STEEM, or that your post is wrong minded or done incorrectly, or that your votes are misspent on yourself or others. Do not respond. Don't agree, don't disagree, don't respond. If you can afford to, stop interacting with that user completely and just ignore him/her.

2: If you do no harm, you are immune.

STEEM is built on freedom, as long as you are exercising your freedom and not imposing on another users', don't take any opinionation about your activity to heart, users who attack you have a subjective mindset and cant see the bigger picture, don't narrow your own mind, keep being creative, that is where the reward from STEEM lies. As long as you don't abuse other users you did no wrong and you're just making your way on STEEM.

3: Haters' will hate. Keep your head down and create.

Don't let people attacking you scare you off the platform, its less profitable to attack someone else and its more profitable to grow the network, whichever way you do it best. Don't let people's opinions slow you down, sharpen your mind and your tools and keep on creating. Get positive and help STEEM be great and let the haters hate.

Always remember: freedom first, don't attack others for how they use STEEM, and don't let people bully you into limiting your own freedom.