Today I Was Dismayed to See a Post Slandering Someone I Have Huge Respect For.

The post was attacking @GoldSeek (Peter Spina). Here is the article SCAM UPDATE - GoldSneak Revealed!!. The post attacks Peter because not too long ago Peter called the Coeval token (Monkey Capital) a scam after people lost their shirts.

Now I am not here to judge Monkey Capital because frankly I just won't buy their tokens or any token affiliated with the team behind it. This is how free markets work. Once burned, twice shy. Our community is small and word travels fast.

Peter should have not gone after Monkey Capital either. We see the shit storm it has created. I know his intentions were good but now we have drama playing out.

Slander is Never a Good Idea.

Now I know there is a huge temptation to attack others online when you have such a powerful tool like Steemit at your disposal. We have seen Steemit be used in the ugliest ways going back to the flag wars of 2016. It is so sad to see people attacking each other on this platform especially when it slanders a person.

Steemit is unlike other social media channels. Here we are writing on the Steem blockchain and everything we put here is immutable after 7 days.

Imagine you write a piece about someone slandering them. Then two weeks later you realize your statements were false. What are you going to do? On a traditional website you can delete the post but not on Steemit. Your slanderous words are immutable and forever published on the Steem Blockchain. Imagine for a second how damaging that can be to your reputation. Apologizing won't won't help if the words can't be taken back.

@MinnowSupport Upvoting Content Slandering Someone.

I have nothing against the @MinnowSupport team. I am just asking that they pay close attention to the content they are upvoting. Having simple guidelines would go a long way. For example, if a post is being used to slander another user the best thing to do would be to not upvote it. Using such a wonderful community tool like this to attack another user can do no good.

Final Thoughts.

Just don't slander other users. It really is as simple as that. If people are found to be doing something unjust the world will find out. We don't have to use the Steem Blockchain in this way. It will never lead to anything good in the end.