RE: I Tried My Best and Have No Regrets

Well I can tell you I lost people I thought were friends over this too. I even told people my project would not be forever and it still wasn't enough.

One positive thing about this downvote project was I have been able to make new "friends," on chain, with people who care about abuse. Many of these people helped me cope throughout this process. To this day, people like yourself are reaching out to me. I do really appreciate it and it means a lot.

I did not appreciate the mental and physical drain fighting abuse has on people; but I did the project and now I have a new perspective.

I do not believe "abuse" on HIVE will ever end. I think this primarily because what we define as "abuse" is heavily influenced by stakeholders. The opinions of stakeholders and the amount of stake they have is constantly changing. So I think the definition for "abuse" will always change.

Losing some “friends” is indeed sad, but if those friends were only connected with you for their own interests, then it’s better not to keep them.

Making new friends, however, is truly a joyful experience, and I sincerely wish you meet many genuine new friends.

Because of the language barrier (I mainly speak Chinese), I don’t have many friends on Hive. But recently, with the help of translation tools, I’ve been trying to read some English posts and learn more about others. Through this, I’ve made many new friends and discovered just how wonderful and exciting the world can be.

Regarding abuse on Hive, I also believe it will never completely disappear. As long as there is profit to be made, some people will always try to exploit the system.

But don’t try to solve everything all at once — this is a long-term battle. So take a break when you need to, and don’t exhaust yourself.