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<p>Collective
governments always bring with them complications and disagreements,
as do the spaces in which coexistence agreements are jointly
established. Steem is no exception and just as there are millions of
ways of looking at life, there are millions of ways of understanding
this platform. 
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<p>We also know that we all have our strengths and weaknesses. Part of the problem of living together is learning to live with that. We learn to accept people and try to influence in those things that we don't like or that seem wrong to us, but we can't force anyone.</p>
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<p>The Mexican
politician Benito Juarez, said in 1867 a phrase that has transcended
and that I like very much: "Peace Means Respect for the Rights
of Others". It is clear that this respect is the first step
towards a harmonious relationship and I think it is important to
highlight it today in our Steem platform.</p>
<p>Here are some
projects that have a very important role, but that on many occasions,
by not following Juarez's statement, harm the extraordinary work they
do. An example of this is some communities that must ensure that
"some" do not abuse with plagiarized content, with Spam,
with stolen images, with identity theft... On many occasions we see
how they do an extraordinary job of detecting plagiarism that is very
well disguised, very well hidden. They discover traps that are
surprising because of the level of research they must have done in
order to detect it. They detect very well hidden relationships that
encourage abuse with the reward pool, etc.</p>
<p>But in contrast to
this extraordinary work, we see how they fall equally into abuse,
mistreatment, rudeness (and they usually defend it). Likewise, as it
can happen to all of us, they fall into mistakes, but there is no
rectification possible. I insist, not always, but it happens a lot.</p>
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<p>As Uncle Ben said
(although there are earlier versions): With great power comes great
responsibility. That's one of the sensitive aspects of this subject.
Those aggressions become mechanisms to drive a lot of people away
from the platform and I mean valuable people, creative people.
Hostile actions that threaten the health of Steem and its crypto.</p>
<p>However, the
position in the face of this "failure" cannot be to take
the same attitude against those who practice it...  Our first duty is
to understand what is happening and to take an attitude towards the
situation, but to make respect prevail  and hope that our actions
contribute to improving our environment and not to harming it.</p>
<p>We are all well
aware of the negative impact that the voting wars have had in this
space and I believe that we should do everything possible to prevent
them from continuing or generating new ones.</p>
<p>It is also important
to see ALL sides of the coin, not to focus on just one. There is a
very questioned user, who has made countless contributions to the
development of the platform. His role has been important in Steem's
growth and, between mistakes and successes, he is still a very
important user today: @themarkymark.</p>
<p>He's one of the top
witnesses. Among many others, he also has my vote, for the
contribution he makes in different communities that help the growth
of all users and especially the minnows. I think that his content has
also been very useful for many new users (and not so new) and that
his contribution to the general community is important.</p>
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<p>He has also been one
of the promoters of the negative vote to punish abusers and is the
creator of the blacklist api in Steem, as well as being a promoter of
the communities that are in charge of the "cleaning". Yeah,
the same ones that sometimes commit abuse...</p>
<p>In this post I did
not come to judge whether his action is good or bad. He currently has
my vote as a witness for the reasons stated. However, if someone
makes me see that it is more what he does that is harmful, than what
he helps, then I will gladly take my vote away from him and give it
to someone else.</p>
<p>The curious thing is that among those who oppose him, because of her "malpractice", they are falling into practices that are just as bad as those they denounce. In recent days, a message arrived at my Wallet with a clear and direct threat, where they tell me that if I don't take away this witness' vote, they will start downvoting me.</p>
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<p>The paradox of this
is that the reason to fight him is because he usually gives downvote
to other authors (rightly or wrongly is another story).</p>
<p>Thanks to the
platform trolls, I'm currently getting about 20 downvotes on every
post I make (fortunately they don't have any SP, although it's still
unpleasant). Now, if I don't agree with my extortionist's orders, I'm
going to receive more negative votes, but now now with Steempower...
That is to say, if I don't obey and take my vote away from whoever
"he" says, I'll be punished...</p>
<blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>Well, this is a
platform to welcome new users! Come all that Steem is decentralized!
Here there is full freedom!</p>
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<h3>Please, what are we
doing?</h3>
<p>Facebook and the
centralized networks have all the bad things we all know, but I have
never been threatened by what I do there. For me there is no
comparison and the wonderful opportunities Steem offers are
unmatched. But if we take it upon ourselves to turn it into a hostile
platform, we'll be destroying it.</p>
<p>It is in the hands of all of us to maintain it as a creative platform of freedom, respect and support. This is the only way to keep it going.</p>
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