Funny how he never mentions that part.

@wingz:

@runridefly:

Well, Dian has spoken -- that link takes you right to her comment -- just give it several seconds to load.- it takes a long time, presumably because of the sheer amount of comments.  It is at the end of my comments/overview here for you.  

The balanced thing to do, since everyone has an opinion --- is for the whales to Upvote this at full power, to move Dian's reply to the top of the comments, to find more easily for everyone, since the post is from her, and about her but I am not holding out much hope for that.-- those big votes would also pay her directly, and that is our focus as well here, right???


You might want to consider sending this to some people who have voted and commented on this, and the related whales who have downvoted or removed support from this -- because Dian's opinion matters the most here and this behaviour in the post has grieved her further.

She is very nice.  

The TLDR version in brief:  

- Is that she still needs funds, as I tried to tell everyone on this thread and provided proof.  

- That the attacks on me and flags have made her sad and during the time when she needed to focus on her family, which is true, and she considers me a brother, (which makes me smile!)

- That she has no problem with the 50/50 format and her getting the liquid rewards and me keeping the steem power at all because I have helped her a lot, and it is her way of thanking me, and that Steemit is a give and take community (about halfway thru her reply)  and again, similar statements right at the end of her post.  

- That she has been offline due to her area in her nation having issues.

- That she wishes the flags be removed and the post supported, and names the whales in doing so.

- That she appreciates all I have done for her over the weeks and knows my heart is right and I have supported her for a long time.  That she knows I view Steemit as community and family and work hard to help out.

-- I have drafted this overview for the benefit of the commenters on the post and am sending this pasted to several people who flagged or downvoted the post, since I know 90% of you / them will miss her reply because it is buried at the bottom of the posts, and so nothing is missed or misinterpreted if everyone gets the same message.  


Dian has spoken.  Now you have to decide how you are going to handle this.   I will not be replying to comments on this, it has turned nasty by a handful of people, where the vast majority of voters and commenters had no issue with this --- nor did Dian and that should carry weight -- her words.  

She has always been my focus here -- and her opinion should be heard and matter more than anyone's here.  

I will say it again for emphasis -- The balanced thing to do, since everyone has an opinion --- is for the whales to Upvote this at full power, to move Dian's reply to the top of the comments, to find more easily for everyone, since the post is from her, and about her but I am not holding out much hope for that.-- those big votes would also pay her directly, and that is our focus as well here, right???

Dian's reply to this thread, directly here in this thread -- but here is the direct link since there is close to 400 comments now.  

https://steemit.com/steemit/@barrydutton/this-is-a-pay-it-forward-post-to-help-our-friend-dianargenti-here-her-father-passed-away-and-she-needs-funds-to-complete-the#@dianargenti/re-barrydutton-this-is-a-pay-it-forward-post-to-help-our-friend-dianargenti-here-her-father-passed-away-and-she-needs-funds-to-complete-the-20170814t184403899z

No mic has ever been dropped as hard.

I discussed some things, about me ---- because my comments represent a BODY of Work here, not just an isolated incident.   

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#### YOU and 3-4 others made this post about ME.   You started it.  You manufactured the dark narrative.  You and 3-4 others now have caused this post to be downvoted  by several whales affecting the payout to Dian while wasting resources (time, which is finite) --- tying up some of us who prefer to spend out time  helping people and Steemit - the community.

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I also said that earlier, on how a small faction of people made this about me, so I will repeat it, like i took the time to do 12-14 hours ago.   

*I am struggling with some life issues --- yet I make time daily to try and help people on here, not just focus on myself.*


But since you continue to make this about me......

- Proof is my post about Dian here where I took the time to raise the issue and level of awareness and I am glad to do it!!

- and  my overall body of work with my blogs and comments and engagement on my posts.

Look at the body of work, not 3-4 people here leading people astray with a false narrative.  

Ultimately, it is Dian who is paying the price for what you are choosing to do here.


You guys have focused on me.  I say it again.   Not the true spirit in which I wrote this post.  

- You DON'T know my heart.   You DON'T  know me.

#### None of  the small handful of you here turning this into a witchhunt :

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- vote on my posts. 
- interact with me  on my blog
- interact with me on other blogs

Thus you don't know me and cannot speak to my character.   

My numbers and stats (posts, blogs) prove I am very active here.   

I am ~11th here out of ~305,000 accounts in posts meaning I am easy to find here, easy to interact with, because I post and comments a lot.   

It means I am easier to find and interact with here than roughly 99% of other Steemians -- so you have to work at NOT seeing my comments, interacting with me, and thus -- getting to know me.  

Most of you here who are critical of me have done an excellent job at 

- avoiding my comments online
- manufacturing the dark agenda here today
- not bothering to get to know me but cherry pick your spots to take a shot at someone busy and trying to help people here.
-  Don't read my blog or comments that are EVERY DAY POSITIVE and community focused.  

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You just cannot - if you are making a balanced argument.  (full of spin and misdirection and manufactured narratives, yes, a handful of you here are excellent at that!)

#### My struggles and numbers I quoted on my life/blog since YOU GUYS made this about me matter because :

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- You started talking about me

- You took the focus off Dian 

- My numbers = my interaction and body of work on Steemit and I did not buy my way in here -- I typed the comments, I work at engagement on my posts, and I am very busy on here -- the numbers in part PROVE that.

- I spend my time here trying to build and not tear down.  

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### 3-4 of you guys made this about me, I say again.  

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You guys.  Not me.   

A handful of you guys have manufactured a narrative and a  problem, where there WAS NONE --- and most of the comments reflect peace about my post --- not the same 3-4 people making comments and spinning things and turning this into a witch hunt.  

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## You are removing your support for Dian when you DV this or remove a vote. That is the reality.

#### I hope everyone goes and donates directly to her, like many have done!!!  That is awesome!!!   That is why I put her donation addresses in my post..... and coached her in her post to do it also..... but I keep repeating that too, which you also conveniently leave out.  

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Read my blog and look at my comments, instead of 2-4 people here inciting problems -- some of whom just don't like me.

*Not a handful of comments. Look at the body of work.*

Unbalanced statements from a handful of people like this manufacturing a problem, do not help Dian, Steemit, or the community here.

If I had put up a post saying 

"Please go to Dian's blog and support her" 

- people would have said there  was  no value in the post and you know it.   People would have said, it is a begging post.     

Look at some of the comments here in this post saying it --- and that is on a post from a person who is well established here!    

But go ahead, ignore those facts too, like everything else.  

And if I had done a post that way ---  it would have received no votes and would have seemed spammy.  And I think you know that too.  So again  with nearly everything you say - and some others here --- you are reaching using misleading statements and manufacturing a problem where there was none.  

The effort was better spent by myself making a post and using my stake in the platform, to make the effort and time, to draw up a decent post with the story to it, and try and help her thru a sincere post which it is.

Just because 3-5 of you claim I am  insincere, does not make it true.   

Further proof of this, is the number of votes this post has received and if you remove the same 3-4 people commenting over and over here on how bad I am ---- that removes ~30? comments ---- meaning the REST OF THE 295 COMMENTS ARE POSITIVE towards my post  here.  

The community has no issues with me --- one whale does and always has and there is proof of that on the blockchain.   Lots of comments and DV's on my posts and even on a post to welcome Itsmee.BossLady to the platform - where she was getting the rewards....... and the post was DV'd to basically 0 with 7 of their accts, on a $100 post 2  mths ago.  

- Record of Negative Bias like I said, is easy to find here.  

Then 3-4 others have  chimed in and piled on ----- not the community...... 3-5 of you period.  

#### This was never about a reward for me, like  you and 3-4 others here have MANUFACTURED about me.

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## What I did was follow the precedent that has been set in the community --- that 50/50 posts have  some or all the liquid rewards go to the person or cause the post is about or the one in need.  It was honestly that simple.

That's all this is about, period, full stop, I never considered anything but that, since that is the precedent.

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3-4 people here, who manufacture a witch hunt, or problems, do not = the community voice or opinion and they do not represent the condition of my heart or intentions to help someone.

You are the one also who has made leading  statements time after time, with you words and spin.

#### You outright lied:

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 in this post saying I never even resteemed Dian's post --- which is that since you can see it right in my feed from about 12 or 13  days ago --- yet you go and cherry pick posts, for things that suit your narrative to paint me as the bad guy and stir up dissent.

Further proof of THAT spin is picking a few comments that suit your *case* against me in SOME of the comments between Dian and myself.   

Convenient for you and a handful of others here manufacturing this dark agenda rather than finding the good in this, that likely 1000 other  people have found here.   

You make it look like your research is SO exhaustive and I am SO bad.    

Hardly.  

#### You conveniently missed this post by Dian the last few days on her page.....
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 where she thanks the community and me, by name, and is very grateful. 

####  In that post she also clearly states in the REPLIES that there is a $$ shortfall.    

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Yet the witchhunt continues, so did you intentionally leave this out on your manufactured agenda here causing bad feelings?????  With your exhaustive research skills, to *protect* the community????  Or Dian?    


https://steemit.com/thank-you/@dianargenti/my-deepest-and-sincerely-thanks-to-everyone

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How much time  and positive  energy here, is being wasted again which we cannot get back, cannot help others with, and which we cannot get back while a small handful of people try to force their opinions and solutions on something that was not broken until they said it waas????

I am  glad you answered the call on this, when I asked who else is up next  to help.

It is a little late in some cases especially since you already (lied?  misdirected?    wilfully ignored)  my resteeming of Dian's post ~12 days ago, wondering if you will claim I did not resteem this now today?

I also think the smart thing to do, now you are jumping on the bandwagon to help finally --- would have been wait  3-4 days until  my post dies down, so people don't see another "begging" post in the newsfeed, like you alluded mine was --- as did others.

You have wilfully - misdirected enough people with your attacks of words,  it is about time you did something productive to help Dian.   

You and others tried to force me into doing something that is not needed, and you have been a mean spirit  willfully cherrypicking words,  posts and twisting them.

Your post  to "help" her seems more about making you look good, to clean your hands, after the dirt here you have spread about me, time and again.

I think you are a bully and a trouble  maker, nothing about you seems like  a  reasonable, balanced person to me, nor is there any social justice in it.  

I am heading to Resteem your post now, hope you actually see  this  one.