The Exclusion List and Why I am SOOOO Triggered by it. Plus the non-apology, apology.
If you've missed the latest Steem Drama:
I don't get angry often, but this situation angered me. Cussing Ahead.
THE LIST
A random and not so perfect Steemian takes it upon herself to create a very inclusive, Exclusion List. She publishes the list with no explanation and her criteria is so bad the list includes people like @timcliff, and hundreds of other positive contributors to the economy. She makes some assumptions using what in my opinion is faulty logic and then makes a non-apologetic apology and is surprised it created conflict.
Here's the link to the non-apologetic apology
She seems to think that because she was going to offer a way to get off the list. (Except she didn't) That makes it okay for her to publish a list of people presumed guilty and allow them to spend their own time and effort to get off the list, which even by her own account was unfair.
"But some queries were also unfair as people were added to the list if their keys were stolen and SP powered down elsewhere or funds transferred to an exchange."
She makes the assumption that she's doing the community some type of service by publishing the list, if she wanted to use it for her own use, I would have no complaints. The fact that this list could hurt innocent people and create monetary damages seem to not be a part of her reasoning at all.
To me this was okay, because the tighter the list the better, and I was going to implement a way to apply to be removed from the list and classify accounts based on Persona, Brand, Community, Charity and so forth.
Remember she is creating an Exclusion List and publishing it, without explanation of her criteria, until the apology. This puts innocent people in the position to find out they are on the list in the first place and then have to defend themselves. If you are okay with this thinking I find that deeply troubling.
Complete bullshit. Once again, everyone has the right and ability to use their own stake to influence the site! Many of the people on the site seem to need to make jobs for themselves by attacking other people.
The apology reads more like a justification with zero regret and lacking the words, I'm Sorry, and displays a lack of understanding of how her actions could have caused real damages, and she labels the justified angry reaction as drama.
I fully acknowledge her freedom to publish her list, and I have the freedom to react!
I've put you on a list of control freaks who make up their own self created ways to feel important and like you have Authority.