Blurt is a wasteland for those who have burned bridges, misrepresented and abused the Hive ecosystem; nothing more. Let them all congregate together over there and suck each other further down into the abyss they created for themselves.
It is so interesting to read your opinion on this! I have been invited to join blurt a few times in the past few weeks but, it just seems like a lame copy of HIVE. So it is nice to read that those who flock there are those who haven't really been adding to the positive vibes on this platform. Thanks for weighing in!
Lame is a good way to describe it, quite apt indeed.
Many of those there talk about censorship and say that a downvote is censorship, which it is not, and that's why they don't like Hive. Usually though, it's because they were raping the reward pool in various ways and we're finally caught out and downvoted (by the community) into oblivion. And...oblivion is Blurt.
I'm going to write a post about censorship soon, I've not done one yet and that's in eight years of being on Hive. The time is now...well, soon.
Yeah that is the vibe I got from the people who reached out to me personally wanting me to join them in leaving Hive & migrating to Blurt ~ that they were dissatisfied by their rewards here on Hive and that they perceived the downvote at the source of their low rewards.
Of course gaining a bit of income from sharing on Hive is a big motivator for consistently contributing to this platform but it is definitely not the only reason to be here. Also, I think people who don't have a lot of votes or positive interactions on their posts may want to consider if the real reason is that people just aren't that interested in their content.
I am following you now and eagerly await your post about censorship!!
For sure gaining some reward is a big motivator, but doing it in underhanded ways isn't the way to do it. I punish that when I see it. People should be focused on enjoyment, presenting the best they can and applying passion, personality and effort. Those are the things I reward.
I saw you followed, welcome, I'll get to that post in the next week or so.
A downvote is just choosing to distribute to everyone else on the chain, instead of that one person, by returning those rewards to the reward pool. :)
It is all about perspective.