RE: Been doing some thinking.... vol 2

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danielvehe in #hive • 17 days ago (edited)

HIVE, in a lot of ways, is the global town square where people come to express themselves and debate.

My last post was about debates on Hive. Actually, the lack of them. In our Spanish-speaking community, there is no debate; all the comments on posts are compliments. This is due more to the downvote than to being included in lists that stop you from voting.

In the Spanish-speaking community, there is not much voting power, but there are many curators of large projects. People are afraid of being disliked.

This dates back to 2017 when the #spanish tag was created and the only project that voted in Spanish banned topics related to politics, religion, and controversy.

17 days ago in #hive by danielvehe

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hurtlocker 17 days ago

I will admit that debating freely is not a universal concept. I did include the come to express themselves piece for that reason.

I can appreciate that in many countries debating openly can be dangerous.

This dates back to 2017 when the #spanish tag was created and the only project that voted in Spanish banned topics related to politics, religion, and controversy.

I am not surprised this goes back so far. It does seem like users who have been here the longest tend to have really strong opinions about downvotes where as newer users don't really understand what the big deal is. I have heard stories of "downvote wars" and those days seemed to have left its mark on a lot of people.

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