The most disgusting act on Hive?

Hive is full of all kinds of personalities, backgrounds, skills, cultures, motivations, preferences and mental problems - and because of this, there are always going to be different kinds of arguments and conflicts between people. This is especially true when there is "money" involved and people believe they are entitled to getting paid for their content. But, without going into the conversation around downvotes, the fact of the blockchain is, until the HIVE has been transferred into a "private account" it is not owned.

It really is very simple.

There are many reasons to downvote but mostly they are reserved for what is considered "bad behavior" with an individual account deciding what constitutes this. Plagiarism and spam are generally accepted. But pretty much any reason could be, including a host of personal issues too.

But, there are all kinds of reasons that people disagree and over the years there has been a lot of different ways people have handled the disagreements. However, with all of the reasons that people might downvote an account, the most disgusting behavior on Hive and the internet in general is,

Doxxing.

It is absolutely disgusting.

The reason is that what it is doing is putting public information out there in the hope that others will attack in some way. It is like hiring an unknown hitman through an unknown network and giving them a target in the hope they will act, but the doxxer doesn't have to do any of the dirty work.

And this is common now online, where people have been incentivized to play the victim and will feel "victimized" by anything and even go out of their way to instigate a situation so that they can frame themselves as the victim, for publicity. It is pathetic and disgusting every time. But on Hive, it is nearly always the same kinds of people doing it, those who are not concerned about the wellbeing of people in general, all they worry about is what is not yet in their wallet. Over an argument for a few dollars, they will put someone's life and that of their family in potential danger, because someone made them feel bad or, broke their sense of expectation and entitlement.

It is akin to a child given a bad grade on a school paper and instead of studying harder, they say they teacher "touched them". It will ruin the career of an innocent person, but the child doesn't care, because they don't think that far ahead. But, the people on Hive generally aren't children, they are adults and therefore, are responsible for their actions.

This is part of the problem with the internet though these days, as the "woke" feel comfortable calling out the names of people from behind their screens because they feel invincible, as they are disconnected personally. It is mob mentality and they know that there aren't likely to be consequences, especially when there are a large number of people distributed across the globe.

But the question has to be asked,

What kind of human does this?

In my opinion, a disgusting one, but you might think something different. At the very least, it is someone who doesn't in fact care about others and who is willing to put others in harm's way, as long as they are able to push their agenda through, often because their feelings were hurt. Yet, they are also unwilling to do it personally, so what they do is task it out to the mob and, there are always people willing to fight over anything. It is cowardly behavior, looking to use the masses as a human shield and divert the responsibility their way if something does happen.

They are inciting violence from strangers, as there is no other reason to publish personal details (even if they are available with a search online) and link to other platforms. It is done in the hope that someone reading will do something with that information and with the amount of crazies out there in the world today looking for a cause, the likelihood one will, keeps climbing.

I wish that on Hive, despite all of our various disagreements (that nearly always center around money), people would act with some level of humanity and compassion. Argue all you want, but don't put people in physical or social danger on purpose. And that is what doxxing is all about, deliberately publishing someone's private details in a public forum in the hope that someone will use that information to inflict some kind of pain.

There is no other reason to do it.

And therefore, regardless of what happens past that publishing, one thing is guaranteed, no matter about what they create, or how nice they are to some people - the person who doxes others, has proven themselves a disgusting human.

That is my opinion and how I see them.

Yet, they may see themselves as a victim - Like always.

What do you think about doxxing?

Taraz
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