The well-known ProofOfBrain community contest called POB Word of the Week has reached its tenth edition. The creator and supporter of this contest, @calumam, who proposes a word every week to be the theme of the posts, apparently left this week the participants' freedom to choose their favorite word. I'm not sure I'm right, but that seems to be the case.
In order not to miss the meaning of the word, I turn to Oxford Dictionaries, because I like its short and clear definitions.
altruism
noun
-the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others:
Before I say why this was my choice I have to say a few words about myself.
Well, I'm an unlucky person. Not entirely, I was very lucky in this life apart from one aspect. The material one. Whenever I tried to earn some extra money (in addition to those hard-earned from daily work) something happens and even the safest businesses or investments became non-performing. I got into a lot of successful programs that soon after I started working or investing there they started to lose, or it was abolished or they were frauds. Every time I lost money. At first, I didn't think there was anything to do with me, because I'm not superstitious. Then, as the examples multiplied, I began to pay more attention. It was no longer a superstition, it was already a statistic.
The most recent example is Leo Finance. When I joined Leo Finance, Leo was worth almost $ 1 and my colleagues were already thinking about how they would spend the money when Leo was at least $ 10! Now Leo is worth $ 0.258! I feel guilty ... and I don't want the same thing to happen with ProofOfBrain!
This is where altruism comes in. I think I am an altruistic man, in fact, many tell me that I am altruistic and then I want to believe them and behave accordingly.
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That's why I decided to leave Proofofbrain. I don't want it to happen because of me, because of the bad luck I carry with me, that the POB value decreases as did the LEO value! There are so many great colleagues who are talented in this community. It would be unfair for them to be affected and for the POB road to the moon to be stopped by exactly one blue moon!
In fact, I now find three main reasons why I take this step.
- First of all, frustration. I don't know if I understand well how this community works but it doesn't seem right to me that someone who posts from the community site "proofofbrain.io" and who makes a special effort for this community to be less rewarded than others who add the string of tags and #proofofbrain. I don't think it's fair or beneficial for the community that a post that refers exclusively to another community (statistics about Leo Finance) should be better rewarded than a post made on proofofbrain.io. I am not referring now to the value of posting, I am referring to a principle and to what can be understood from this, that participation within the community is not encouraged.
There was a word in POB Word of the week, namely EGO. Well, my Ego can't understand why a post within the proofofbrain can be less rewarded than a post that doesn't refer to proofofbrain community, but to another community. In the example I give, with my post ... I'm not saying it's valuable and it deserves more, I'm just saying that I posted from the community to contribute to the diversity of topics addressed and site traffic. Because I didn't post from Hive, I started to lose votes and followers from there. For these reasons, I believe that methods should have been sought by those who lead the community so that those who post specifically for proofofbrain( that is, from within the community) to be better rewarded.
I will continue to use this tag in future posts (as everyone now) until the rules will change.
I don't trust those who put an avatar on bio. When I see a flower, a cat, a smile or a brain instead of a man's photo, I think the man behind the avatar is hiding something. Of course, many who use this method want to hide only the real age, sex, fear or are not satisfied with their own physiognomy. Of course, everyone is free to do as they please.
However, those who have formed a community that whales and other animals (I am referring to Leo Finance) must, in my opinion, inspire, first of all, confidence! Or you can't inspire confidence (no matter how honest you may be in reality) if no one knows if you're a man or a woman or maybe a child(?) in what part of the world do you live, what do you do and so on.I dislike misunderstandings, confrontations, and long debates about the future of POB and although it may look like a living community, eager for blood and development, I am afraid of a kind of anarchy. If the POB wants to revolutionize the Hive then the POB leaders should know that revolutions devour their leaders.
I made a mistake when I tried to integrate into Leo Finance, because I don't know how to do these crypto finances and I had to leave the boat.
I made a mistake when I tried to integrate into ProofOfBrain, because I found that I don't have a brain and this is very painful. Although it should not be, because if the brain is not then there is no pain. It is not like that?
It was for the money, for the opportunity to get more rewards. I don't want to be hypocritical to say that I accessed these communities because philosophy kicked me out of the house.
I initially thought of tagging some important characters from Proofofbrain, so that they can read (possibly) this post and can at least find an alarm signal or some useful idea. Eventually, I gave up. Few will read but I am glad I said what I think. Thank you!