Its Sunday and now finally I got time to respond. For those who don't know about me, let me tell you that I have a full-time job, and I don't have the privilege of working 5 days. Its 6 workinjobsob and I work for 14-16 hours a day in the office and there is also no way I can work from home; hence I just can't respond immediately to anything if it requires more detail. I am part of the PCI DSS compliant process (you can google for more details), so I don't have access to my phone when I am at work, and I keep the phone in my locker. I check phone notifications when I go for a break and obviously, that break is not too long (it's just 15 minutes). After covid life has been difficult and to fulfil my commitments, I have a job. I follow a very hectic schedule so this delay in this response is understood hope working people can understand my situation and what I am trying to say.
I request you to read it completely before making any conclusions and also Please go through the below posts to know what I have done on the chain. I was so passionate about this platform and some projects so I started onboarding more people. I was recognised for my efforts in all the projects I worked on. I don't why anonyi did not talk about it. Maybe he missed finding it or maybe he did not want to mention it deliberately, but I am not sure. I worked as a mentor for projects and onboarded more than 50 people. I was helping them to learn and understand this chain and wanted them to stay active
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Now talking about the accusation by @anonyi I will try to answer as much as I can but if in case something is missed, then please let me know because I have only Sunday time to spend on this. I don't have 100 hours like him (anonyi) so please understand my situation. It may take some time, but I assure you that I will respond as soon as I can. I have many things to do on Sunday because I just get only one day to do this but its ok and I am spending this time here on response.
@alokkumar121 joined Steemit on 22nd June 2018 and posted his first post a few days later. He went on to introduce himself a couple of weeks after that. Here is his intro post if someone is curious.
Correct and I was so new that I did not know if I should have introduced myself through the first post but later, I did when I got to know about it through someone. I was working in Singapore at that time. You can check this in my intro post also.
Some add-on I was working there on S-Pass with no dependent pass so I could not keep my family there with me. I worked in Singapore from 2015 until covid and my project was winded off due to the pandemic, so I came back to India
He would share posts on a variety of things, ranging from photography posts to crypto news.
It was a learning phase for me and I was posting whatever I wanted.
He later discovered Actifit and started writing Actifit reports in late November 2018.
Agree that I got to know about actfit in Nov 2018 and I liked this a lot and hence started using this app.
This is an important part of this story. He becomes an Actifit moderator in only a month or so.
Wrong. I joined ACTIFIT discord on 9th Feb when I posted a review for the actifit app, and I did this after blindtest asked me to do this.
Meet @reeta0119, she joined on 12th March 2019 and published her introduction post on the same day.
She also joined steemit like many other people and there was no different arrangement from my end.
She would post only Actifit reports for a couple of months. Most of these 'reports' would be just a couple of sentences with an activity counter so you can get AFIT tokens and their upvotes
I find Actifit an app that is superbly easy to use so I recommend everyone to start with it and try learning so they can learn gradually. Everyone uses the phone so they can install the app and it keeps on counting the score. We just need to publish the report and its also easy because there is no need to write a long post. Its not a content creation app so if you write more its good but if you don't write much then also you can publish.
her husband being an actifit moderator and curator (also, with how Actifit worked), she would always be guaranteed an upvote from Actifit. That's still fine in my books.
Wrong again check below-
Actifit doesn't have a curator position because the voting is completely automated by BOT. I don't know the current system but till the time I was part of the team, it was completely automated. I applied for moderator after seeing the message that they are looking for mods. The founder invited me to chat in DM and he shortlisted me. No one can influence the voting system in actifit so please get your facts corrected As a mod, my responsibility was to engage with users and help them learn and understand the app.
Now, a 'friend' of @alokkumar121 joins Steemit on 25th May 2019 (a couple of months after Reeta). This friend is @mukund123 and shared his introduction post a few later.
Already said above and shared links hence he also joined like many other people I referred. I could not figure out what was wrong with bringing people, so make me understand if I was missing something.
One of the best methods to prove if the account is just run by one individual is to analyse their writing style, Markdown syntax and HTML tags
If I am helping people learn something, then it's obvious that I will share the same thing that I am aware of. No matter if it's a right or wrong way of doing this.
Use of ** ** for a horizontal line. Most of us already know that you can do a horizontal line on your post by either using < hr > (HTML formatting tag) or by using one of the ---, *** or ___ (Markdown formatting)
I am still not familiar with markdown, and I don't know how I learned the practice to insert lines in a post but because it worked for me, so I have been using it. I told the same to everyone who asked for this. As I said I am still not very comfortable with markdown so you will hardly see any markdown on my posts even after when I have been here for more than 5 years. Is not knowing markdown a crime? I think content is the key no matter how I do. If people like it, then they will follow else they can unfollow me if they don't like the way I present. Markdown formatting is not my thing, and I have no interest in learning it. Are you marking me a criminal for doing this? Is this a requirement to be on hive?
Similar Thumbnails and Interests in similar communities
Earlier I was using the images from open internet and mentioning the source also but later I got to know that this is not good practice because not all images are copyright-free. I started using canva to create my own and this way it may not be great but at least its mine hence there would never fall in the issue of copyright ever. You can check my posts that I started using canva much later and now you will hardly see my posts with images from the open internet. I asked other people also to do the same, but I am not sure if they followed it completely or not.
Talking about similar communities- I can get you a list of users posting in similar communities. I don't know how many total communities there on hive are but very few communities are active with a good user base. Are saying that people cannot figure this out other than you? You check my account again since the beginning and you will notice the change. I know a lot of people posting in just one community so I don't think that it's a valid reason. If you need a list of users sharing the same community interest, I can give you a list of such users by preparing it manually as I don't know how to fetch this through some API or something.
Can you notice the similarities? A background colour, with a few icons in the middle and a title on top (or bottom of it). He did the bare minimum to make them unique like changing background colors
I never checked this before but after checking it for some time in both images below, I could not see the same color. I like the background in black colour but I can't see the black background in the other one. Am I missing something here?
I again inserted the separate line here by using *** because I think its required but according to you, it's not standard. If its not standard then
Now, look at this weird . thanks part which all of them use and the use of lowercase words after a full stop.
It's a classic example of cherry picking and with this type of cherry picking you cannot conclude. I spent some time on her comments and found out something that you did not talk about here. Again note that it may not be as fancy as you did but still, I try the best way possible to share as much as I can. If this is not enough, then let me know, I will share more-
I have taken some comments before the date you published this post and here is my finding which is completely different to what you said.
- She mostly used Thank you word instead of just thanks
- She mostly mentions people in comments, but I don't remember if I do unless its necessary
I can give more examples for this if required hence let me know if you want more.
And how are @alokkumar121 and @mukund123 connected? They are 'friends'.
He is my cousin's brother, and I have already shared the links above that I posted in 2019 so it's not a secret. By looking at this photo anyone can say that both are different individuals. His account is his own and let me share more about his account-
From July to now when we are sitting in mid-November, he posted 4 times.
- He posts once a month.
- In 3 posts he talked about Ethereum and it's because his knowledge of crypto is very limited.
- His last inleo thread was posted 4 months ago and it was also about Ethereum
- His last comment was 5 months back
He is not an active user on the chain and I think that the above information is good enough to prove this.
How are you this formal with your friend/brother? No way I am talking in a foreign language to my brother and thanking him for anything.
Is there any policy defined by HW to follow when I interact with people? I think that it's a decentralized world so I can choose whatever way I like. Again, is this a crime? What are you trying to prove @anonyi ? I simply say that it's not my account and as far as I know, the content is also not plagiarised. I tried to check more and see if he did content recycling but could not find that either hence would like to know what is the problem here? You just tried to add anything irrelevant which does not make sense.
Even more hysterical is how he talks to his wife or how he talks about her to someone else. Let me show you examples of both.
Again wrong- How I talk with anyone is completely my decision/choice and I don't think anyone can make me criminal for doing this. I have never seen anyone accusing someone of how he or she talks. At the hive, I don't know if there is any guide to follow for conversation but if there is something then please share, and I would be happy to go through it.
A user got suspicious of @alokkumar121 and @reeta0119 account and had an argument on the chain. Here is one of their conversation
That user is @wlffreitas and I don't know how you are connected with him. I am not sure if you are wlffreitas or someone else but that is not my area of interest. Bringing family members at the hive is not a crime and there are so many. If you need a list of such users, then comment and I can share that also. I often reeta0119 to go through many things in crypto that I am part of. She does it for some and does not for some and its completely her choice. For example, she plays splinterlands games currently, but I do play some other games also. We are one family, but it does not mean she will follow a completely different path or the same as I do. I am involved with so many crypto coins other than Hive, but she is not hence it's not a crime. If some topics are similar on hive posts, then also it's not a crime. There have been hundreds of times when I asked to write on the same topics, but she did only a few. She gives it time to read and understand first before writing. What is the problem if sometimes the topics are common and most of the time its splinterlands which is a leading game and millions of people are part of the game?
Are you doing moral policing @anonyi or going to teach me how I should talk? Let me tell you that she is very active on Facebook/Insta, but I am not. I don't stalk her anywhere, be it web2 or web3 because she is mature enough to handle things. I am happy to teach people, but I don't like working for them. If something is good for her, she can enjoy and if its bad, then she needs to deal with it. After all, she is a mature individual and she must know how to deal with problems.
Also are you saying that if she is getting DV then I should come forward and request people to stop it? Really?? I have never done it, and I would never do it because it's against my ethics. She was getting DV and she told me about it, but I did nothing in this case, and you can dig deeper on the chain to find something related to this. Since it seems you are too good at data, you must be able to find out if there is something I did
You mentioned about @wlffreitas and I will come to this part also later in this post, hence please have some patience and trust me you like it what I am going to share about him.
Anyway, just three days after this conversation, @reeta0119 shared her 'first' 3speak video (she claims in the intro of the video). Very convenient.
We are in a decentralized world at the hive, and this is what makes it a great place. One can decide to use any app when they like. She decided to use this when she wanted, and I am not able to understand what is wrong with this? Are you saying that she should have asked someone wlffreitas or someone first before doing this? Anyway, you got it wrong again here and let me tell you why and OfCourse with details as well.
You said that it's her first 3speak video which is not the case. Check her 3speak profile and you will see that she published her first 3speak video 4 years back.
https://3speak.tv/user/reeta0119
This video title is First Ever on 3Speak Shorts which you missed reading. Last year 3speak launched its shorts feature and she published her first ever shorts video and not a long-form video. This short video got a very good response from the community with almost 100 views and good engagement. It was not at all her introduction post/video, and I suggest you check it again.
Let's analyze this video in more detail. Look at her hand carefully around 0:13 seconds.
You need to analyse it correctly again and you will see that 2 videos are connected after editing. The first video is recorded in a room and the second is a river video. Both videos are not recorded in the same place and probably not on the same date. Read the video post description again below-
[I am sharing my first-ever video on 3speak shorts and hope you like it. I recently visited yamuna river and recorded a video that I am sharing here)
Link here
I am not sure what are you trying to prove with this video hence please be more specific and elaborate.
Now, tell me. Are they the same hand? Why she felt the need to upload her first 3speak video right after that conversation?
Not sure what do you mean by the same hand so please be specific with your question? For her first 3speak video, I already replied that it's not her first video in 3speak. Even if you watch the entire video, then you will see that it's not an INTRODUCTION. Try to spend more time on video before passing the judgement, please.
This is a classic case of a husband recording his wife to gain a few extra bucks. Such a cheap act to earn money. Not only the wife, but he also used his kids too
Really ?? check her 3speak channel again and you will see that the child video was published 4 years back with a photo on thumbnail.
There are some splinterlands art contest posts where you can see a small child’s hand drawing the artwork.
The kid doesn't have an account so sometimes he might have created the artwork which I don't think is wrong because I am sure that she would have mentioned how the drawings are created.
Now, what do you think about how many times @reeta0119 said 'Alok' (the name of her husband) on this blockchain? Well, she said it 6 years ago in her intro post and NEVER again!
Is this a requirement to be on hive to share relationships? I see a lot of people who have not even shared their identity, and you are also one of them. Are you asking me to share all my relationships on Hive as if this is a requirement? Please understand that a lot of people on Hive don't share their identity and they want to stay anonymous hence asking this is irrelevant. I can choose to share or not to share and any individual on the chain is free to do so. If you still insist then You are certainly missing the main part of the chain where so many whales are anonymous, and I don't think that it's wrong. However, if there is any guideline that I missed to follow then please share with me and I will try to abide by it.
Is this normal? You would think that she is not making personal blogs but you are wrong. She makes a lot of personal blogs. A lot of blogs with her kids and her family but the only person missing from those posts is her husband, Alok.
Once again, are you asking me to be part of their blogs? Is this required? I don't like sharing more about personal life so I don't but she likes sharing personal kinds of stuff, so she does. I never asked her to do this and it's her choice where I don't want to intervene. A lot of people on Hive don't share personal stuff hence are you saying that its wrong ??
Also, @alokkumar121 mentioned his wife only 43 times (most of them are just tagging to participate in giveaways or something) out of 5000+ posts and 50,000+ comments he made. That is not normal, especially when both of them are so active and post in the same communities.
Yes, I do mention some people to participate in such giveaways or contests. But what is wrong with this?
Also, most of the photos that she shares on her account are taken by someone else, not from her phone. You can see in the next shot, that she shared this photo instead of the photo of the sunset that she took from her own mobile. Why would you do that?
Again Irrelevant point. As far as I am aware then any photo can be published provided its original. What is wrong if a photo clicked by someone else is published?
But even on the Hive blockchain they were blacklisted a couple of times by @hivewatchers for being part of such circle voting schemes.
Again, its half-baked information and you did cherry picking. Man, you must share the entire trail of conversation to have a clear picture.
ITS A LONG STORY but I will share complete details and not like what my guy @anonyi did hence please bring a cup of coffee if possible but read till the end
Now let me show you the clear picture which you did not do brother, anonyi -
Here is the complete conversation where @hivewatchers pulled me in without any evidence.
I indicated that I did not remove any delegation as I was wrongly pulled into this. I understand that sometimes mistakes can happen and even the HW team can commit the mistakes.
Though @hivewatchers did not say anything after this conversation and they just reacted with thumbs up, but it was taken differently. Let me show that as well and it will give you an even better picture of this.
You shared the snapshot below but again its half-baked information but don't worry, I will show you the complete picture. Man, I must tell you that cherry-picking or half-baked information is very bad but seems you have expertise on this.
An earlier incident, rima11, happened in September '23, and I thought it was closed, but it was not. At least how HW tried to pull me in again clearly shows this.
Just after a week I was blacklisted by HW without any notice/comment while I understand that they are supposed to notify the user before the blacklist. As per my understanding, HW must inform the users of unfair practices before putting them on the blacklist but in my case, seems they were in a hurry they missed following their SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) and I still understand that this can happen. We are humans and humans can commit mistakes
I notified them on 6 Oct'23 that I was getting DV. As per HW, I was part of Teacher of Steem/ School of Minnows" fraud scheme but I heard this name for the first time and I asked them for evidence but they could not provide it. I think that they blacklisted me based on assumptions or maybe that is why I questioned them last time. Not sure though. Its simple that HW must have proper evidence in place and there is NO ROOM for assumption.
- I asked for the reason, and they replied that it was something new for me.
- PH put in their auto vote, which is beyond my control, and HW asked me to remove myself, which I could do, but it took some time as I did message the owner and finally, he did. I can be removed only if the trail owner does it and its not in my control. I reiterate that I never joined the PH trail back after exit.
- They shared an old snapshot which was for PH (project hope). I would like to inform you that I had exited the PH trail when it was marked unfairly by HW, and I never joined it back. I don't know why they shared this irrelevant snapshot which was for a very old PH case, and I indicated this to them.
- Later HW acknowledged that I was not part of Rima or backscratcher trail. see below-
- They tried dragging me into something that I was never part of, and I kept on telling them to verify again and provide evidence which they never did.
- HW did not provide any evidence for my abuse and finally, they asked me to contact Piotr and get me removed from his auto-vote.
- They also added something new that I did not know, and it was about Kenny-crane who is a legit user on the chain. I again clarified my side to make things clear and some snapshots can get you a clear picture that I was not involved at all
I DM Piotr and when I was sure that auto votes are disabled then I asked HW to verify and remove me from the blacklist which they did but overall, in this case, I was not at fault because of some confusion, Hivewatcher dragged me into this which they also acknowledged later. It makes sense, and again I do understand this.
I agree with @hivewatchers statement that the high reputation has been acquired mostly by farming these trails and engaging in different schemes.
Really? If this is the case then you must revisit your agreement because HW could not prove it, and they are known to act only if they have enough evidence
Also, being part of Splinterlands curation team, @reeta0119 was almost upvoted the maximum percentage most of the time by @steemmonsters and they milked a lot from this project alone.
Check again and I did not curate her for the last 1 year or so but it's all on chain and you can verify by yourself. Also, Leo curation has many ways that include organic, threads, X, community and stake-based. No curator has the power to vote, and a curator can only recommend twice a week hence if you claim that regular Leo upvotes are given to her then no curator can do this. It's a baseless accusation that you have also done with actifit which is not possible. Even if 2 posts are curated in a week which is not regular but, in that way, only 8 posts can be curated in a month, and this is not an abuse of curation. Also, for your knowledge, at inleo the vote % is not decided by curators and they can only recommend the posts, and that recommendation is not a surety of leo vote.
Apart from the occasional circle jerking and suspicious trails, he has a weird 'curation policy' of his own
Just to let you know that most of my votes are automated so that VP is not at 100% and I think one can choose to vote for people he/she likes, and everyone does it. Again, it's not relevant because I have never seen any policy, I need to follow to choose people I want to vote for or not.
You got it wrong again @anonyi because anyone can say that on both lists, not all people are the same. Let me tell you something that you could not figure out. Reeta has been voting for most of the Indian users but in my case and there are a good number of users on my voting list and they are not on another list.
You will always find him upvoting the same bunch of people and never upvoting for newer or smaller accounts. How greedy a person can get?
At the beginning of this post, I already shared what I have done in the past to help new users and it's all on chain. Since you are good at data pulling hence, please do that and get your facts corrected. I go through a busy schedule and have no time to see who new has joined the hive, but I am sure that is not a crime. Anyone can vote for whoever they like with their stake as long as those people are not abusers, and I can bet you that the people I vote for are legit users on the chain. Prove me wrong and I am happy to make the change in the auto-vote list. Also, you can see that I don't vote for Reeta and she is not on my top 10 voters list.
@shriram19 is an important one that we need to look closely
He claims to be someone else and shared a selfie of a person. That's the only photo this account shared, multiple times on different occasions. Here is the introduction post of @shriram19
Surely. Let's look closer at this also. I don't know if he uploaded a selfie or snapshot, but I can assure you that his photo is real and not fake. Check his Facebook profile and this was created long back when even I did not join this platform.
https://www.facebook.com/shriram.awasthi.96
When you look at the post in its raw form, you will see the selfie is a screenshot. Why would someone upload a screenshot of a selfie? My guess is this was taken from a profile picture in web2 social media like Facebook or Instagram.
Again wrong- I must say that your guessing is also wrong the same way your assumptions and data findings are. I referred him and coached him to write an introduction post. Now how would I know if he uploaded a selfie or snapshot? I have shared his social media, and I hope that you will be able to check it.
There is another connection that connects all these accounts and that is transferring funds to one account.
@cryptoswap - its clearly mentioned that. I buy hive/hbd by P2P through this account and this is not for posting. Crypto trading is very difficult in India and buying USDT is even more difficult. As I have already mentioned I invest in other cryptos also hence this way I can get hive without going through Indian exchange. Just for your knowledge, most Indian exchanges don't provide crypto withdrawal. Many hive users sell me their hive/HBD and I pay through UPI or IMPS which are popular payment methods. If you need payment details, please comment and I am happy to share more details about such transactions.
Now let's talk about @wlffreitas the man behind all this drama and this part of the story is interesting
This post is already too long but I can't end it without talking about @wlffreitas which is an interesting fellow I got to know through SPL curation He was posting good content, and I was curating him regularly and even appreciated his work.
Check this post and there are many that I can share if required. I voted him over $10 vote knowing that he was taking all reward in liquid. Anyone can verify this.
@wlffreitas/os-elementais-escolha-o-seu-part-1-pteng
As a curator all participants are the same for me provided, they are following the contest rules, and I have voted for him dozens of times.
On Sep 24, 2022, as usual, I curated him, but he replied with abusive words, and I don't know why. I reported this to the curation team, and they decided to remove the vote. He later removed the comment but there was some discussion on the same thread that can also be checked. anonyi says blockchain remembers everything hence and its true. I am sure he will be able to find out the abusive words he used even after deleting. Man, @anonyi please help here.
Check this link for more about it-
@alokkumar121/re-wlffreitas-2022924t115028606z
Some incidents in sequence-
- His account wlffreitas was banned for SPL curation
- He used another account @kidbuu to participate in getting an SM vote but he was caught.
- The fun does not end here because he once again tried to cheat SPL curation. He used @wathefuckgoblin and participated in the SPL challenge but once again he was tracked.
Fun Fact-
- wlffreitas has been publishing posts to get liquid rewards through the reward.app and he was milking the reward through multiple accounts.
- He says he is not active on Hive because of me and he is active on steemit more. But his last post was published 24 days ago. If his account is abandoned, then how come this post is created?
- He has been a consistent farmer to milk reward and sending regularly to Binance
- He earned approx. 1800 HP through his main account and current holding is not even 100 HP. This is the classic example of farming and milking the reward. (some snapshots can be checked below for more details)
To @Hivewatchers
I have so much respect for you despite a few incidents where you have been biased, and its known on the chain. I strongly agree that you are needed in the hive to keep the abuse away but sadly you miss your ethics sometimes. If I am an abuser, then check my wallet and see HP. I have invested in Hive because I believe that its future is bright, and I have invested my 6 years in this chain. We at Hive struggle with a low user base but if you guys will try to keep people away who are committed then how we can expect Hive to grow? My content may not be the best but surely, it's not copied and plagiarized. I have no intention to hurt hive in any way and I will never do this. I am building HP because I believe that this is something that will be more valuable in future. I have not just invested my money in the hive but also invested my 6+ years. How many users do you know who have been on the chain for 6+ years and with a big stake like me? Most people come here for money, and they treat the hive like a money-making machine and start withdrawing from the time it's in their wallet.
I am replying to this post because you guys are involved and it's my responsibility to clear my side. I trust you people and it's your job to do thorough research and listen to the story of both sides before conclusion. Your words make a difference on the hive chain for anyone including me and it's my humble request to go through all aspects before passing judgment. I am ready for any verification or information that you need and if there is something that I have done wrong is purely unintentional. I would be more than happy to correct it.
To @anonyi (an unknown account)
I don't know who you are and I have no interest in knowing you. What identity do you have on the chain? If you know so much about Hive, why didn't you use the main account? I have been here on this chain with my real-life name, and I dare to go through any process. You mentioned that you spend 100 hours writing ~3500 words post, and then you can't expect an instant response. I spent the entire Sunday drafting this response. You tried sharing half-baked or incomplete information which is not the right way. I don't want to know the group of people involved behind this, but I have done nothing wrong, and I can prove this. You're asking for my identity but your identity is unknown and seems this account was created to do policing on the hive.
I tried answering as much as I could in a single post but if in case something is missed then kindly let me know and I will try to respond to that also. My response can be delayed because I am not full-time on Hive hence after my work (mon-sat) I check updates on Hive.
Tagging the same set of people tagged by @anonyi earlier and I am extremely sorry for this spam tag. If you did not like tagging then kindly accept my apology.
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