RE: Witness update #4 – An apology and @steemcommunity update
I just want to say, in the mildest terms possible, that while the exclusion/black list needed more thought and work prior to its unveiling, I don't believe it should define you, paulag or your witness.
There is a difference, in my opinion, between wantonly or negligently producing things and what you did—good intentions that fall short. Personally, given all that both of you have been doing, and all that you're attempting to do, I would have preferred a little less judgment and little more humor and decorum by everyone affected.
And maybe the biggest issue was ambition and scope. At present, we have a hard enough time here determining what constitutes favorable and unfavorable behavior and to what degree. Sometimes said behavior is fine, sometimes it's not, and in other cases, it's fine no matter what, because code is law. Which I suppose means if you can spam, you spam, and if you can plagiarize, you plagiarize, and if you can scam, you scam. Moreover, if you just don't care anymore and want to throw up whatever and get your own accounts and maybe even some other higher SP to upvote it, what's to stop you?
Just another user. But that user better bring some heat, and probably some posse because if not, the backlash will be severe.
In the end, though, I think it's better to test the waters and fail, than never try. And it's best to live life as you would live it, rather than cower in fear or kowtow to the powers that be. In the end, that's not living at all. Only mute misery, and shameful servitude.
On a totally different and more fun subject (or nerve wracking, depending on where you're at) good luck this week with the semi-final match against Croatia. I think England has as good a chance as it's going to have to get into the championship match this year. Don't quote me, though. :)
Well it looks like I tested and failed, but I put my hands up, faced the backlash and lesson learned.
Thank you for your continued support for @steemcommunity and just for the record, I'm glad England are out :-)
Well, I've probably said enough about the backlash, so I hope you know that there's at least me, and I suspect plenty more, that don't mind the testing or the failing, particularly when it's done with the health and long term sustainability of the STEEM platform in mind. There are so many things that are going on here that rate far worse that could stand to have such an uprising.
Anyway. You're welcome for the continuing support, and as far as England goes, I'm kind of sad myself (which isn't to say much since I'm from the U.S. and I'm not that big of a football/soccer fan to begin with), but one literally lucky bounce is all it takes I guess.
Us Irish tend not to support the English in football, its an unwritten rule :-)
Thanks Glen
I appreciate your point of view on this and agree with the above. hopefully we can earn the trust again from where it was lost.
I'm looking forward to the football, tonight and tomorrow, and think they will both be engrossing games to watch. They are seemingly both too tight to call, so I'll be crossing my fingers and seeing how it all plays out. Cheers!
I haven't watched a lot of it, mostly the last few minutes of the last few games, but what I've seen of England so far, they seem to have the desire and the ability. The mental toughness has been there, too, but that can come and go in an instant even when you're doing everything right. One lucky bounce and it can come all undone.
It will be interesting to see how England reacts if they end up down a point or two and needing to make them up without letting any more scoring.
The little I saw of the Russia/Croatia game I didn't get a sense that either team was superior. I think they have some pretty good players and a lot of heart, but that's not necessarily enough. Which is why the games are played, right?
re: my point of view
Considering all that goes on this platform, and everything that people could get up in arms about, this was among the smaller items to ever get concerned with. Things got overblown, and if the two of you weren't a witness, and actually moving up the ladder, the reaction may not have been so indignant. People don't seem to need a whole lot to get triggered. If reputations were damaged because of this, well, there could be all kinds of reasons for that, the least of which being the lists. :)
Cheers Glen
There are much worse lists to be on, this one did nothing. But people can react how they wish of course :)
It's true, people can. That doesn't mean they should, nor does it give them free license or a get away free card.
I believe you two are taking the higher road by basically saying, "Sorry. We messed up," but sometimes, and this might not be the time, backing off isn't what's required.
Being on a list that does nothing and then getting up in arms about it, when there's so many other things, but even it there weren't, just makes me wonder more what's behind it all. It's not the list in and of itself, and it's not the two of you in and of yourselves. The witness you run and the ground you're making up and the respect that you have among many of us in the STEEM community? Politics? Jealousy? Self-importance? Not bothering to know who you are or what you're about?
I'm sorry, but I'm having a hard time letting this one go, even if I'm getting the feeling you'd rather I did. :) Okay, maybe I'll give it up. For now. :)