Sry if I spam your post with something not regarding that post.
I just noticed that I got 5 full 100% downvotes from you recently. I just wanted to ask you why you are doing this? I am just posting some news with a link. It's not illegal or something. Just wanted to check out your opinion. I can't stop you from downvoting and it is your right to do it!
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@jack.the.ripper You previously had a warning as per the text below. All your posts are links to external stories. There’s no harm in a link if you write your own content. No harm if they are a discussion on an external story. If people want news, they can go to a news site. They don’t want or need Steemit to become a gloried advertising platform for external websites.
Your blogs are just aiming to drive people to the Daily Mail (and a few others) website, without adding any original thought or discussion of your own.
This was the warning you previously received. You had an opportunity to respond and failed to do so.
@jack.the.ripper. This is not Twitter! Please stop linking to news stories from the Mail online without adding some meaningful and thought provoking commentary of your own. Steemit is for blogging, not for driving people away to third party news channels.
First I post news from 7 different very known websites. I think it is still meaningful to the community, nobody said steemit is only for bloggers. It is social media and news are a part of it.
You are blaming me, for giving out some information and people that reply 5000 times with the same sentence are still out there making good profit.
I can tell you that I won't stop, clearly I wanted to talk to you because you have some Power here on the platform. But you can continue downvote my posts and I will continue posting them. I am sorry we are not getting along. But this is still part of a test for a new account I want to launch in a few weeks, no spam, but a bot that will help people here on the platform. I still hope I can make steemit a better place and I know that a news bot is not the way, but it is a way for me to start things off.@swissclive Ok, now I know your opinion. And sorry I was not responding to your first reply.
From the Steemit beginner’s guide: “Don't just link to an article/external site, write something unique and creative.”
Just because other are abusing the rewards pool does not justify everyone doing it. It’s like saying “There’s load of shoplifters in Tesco, so it OK for me too”.
Where I spot those who post 5000 times the same comment, get warned. Repeat offenders get flagged. (As per the poster below).
I can find all the news I want on google.com/news.
To keep a balance of the question, here is a blog “in favour” of news stories on Steemit. It comes from one of the most important bloggers on steemit @stellabelle https://steemit.com/steemit-ideas/@stellabelle/re-posting-news-on-steemit-why-i-think-its-a-good-idea-and-how-to-improve
I think you should read it and heed her advice about when it is acceptable to do this.
Here is part of the advice from that article:
“ with regard to people re-posting news: dig a little bit more, do more research to make your articles really stand out from the crowd. Not only will you be rewarded within Steemit, but your content will travel outside of Steemit, thereby bringing more people here. It will have a two-dimensional impact.”