My own personal preferences regarding downvotes aside, I feel that if someone wants to power up and get involved in reward distribution (downvotes included), that does not warrant being muted.  @lucylin has been receiving the most votes from you.  What is a 400 POB-power downvote going to do to a post with 150 POB rewards?  Drop it by 1 POB.  

You can "protect" people in the tribe that you support by being the LARGEST WHALE.  Not by unilaterally removing people that you disagree with.

Am I next to be removed?

The value of the token has plummetted since this fiasco.  Is it because of all of the drama.  Maybe, and maybe it is partially my fault.  Is it because people are losing trust in the platform.  Maybe, and maybe that is on you . 

If you want to get this ship back in the right direction, there should be some standards set that warrant a mute from you.  There should be governance rules set in place and some form of stake weighted voting.  I didn't agree with how @azircon went about things but I do agree with him that distribution is not 100% fair.  His downvotes were the equivalent to a mosquito bite on a Lion.  Annoying at best.  

I would rather be on a platform where I might be a little bit annoyed rather than one where someone rules with absolute unilateral power.



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Good noon . 


I am commenting this to nominate my curation account for POB ( @amr008.pob ) for delegation . 


I want to mention 2 things here - 

1. How  am I trying to contribute to the community directly 
2. How  am I trying to contribute to the community indirectly 


### Directly 


1. Many of us here know that I run an engagement project which upvotes 50 top engagers ranked based on their quality of comments . 

2. The curation account takes delegation from many users and uses the delegation to curate the top engagers everyday . At the end of the week ( Sunday ) the delegators get their dividends . 


How does this help the community ?

I believe that it provides an incentive to engage more . We all know about the network effect . The more you communicate with others , the better your network will be and the better it is for the community . 

My project only counts those comments which are made from the POB frontend so whoever hops on to the frontend and comments only they are rewarded . This will increase the traffic to the site and help in SEO ranking . 


Right from early days of Hive , commenting aren't rewarded much , it is due to the dust concept of Hive . The LEO community were pioneers in changing this and I am happy that many other tribes including POB followed the linear rewards which made it possible for engagers to earn more . 


I believe comments are as important as posts so if we need to keep bringing the traffic and improve the communications within the community then rewarding comments is necessary . 

Also I would like to point out that I haven't received any delegation from top 10 members in the richlist ( apart from you initially ) so at the end of the week when I send back the POB dividends we are distributing POB to a large number of people , this helps in POB distribution to many wallet and goes against the concept of concentration of wealth . 

Currently there are 55 delegators to the @amr008.pob project so , 

1. Every single day 50 top engagers gets POB ( significant amount ) . 
2. Every week 55 unique users gets POB because of their delegation to the project . 

If you check these 55 users , many of them ( not all ) have very small holdings so I feel like we are helping them increase their POB holdings too through the project . 

If you decide to delegate to me , our first agreement terms will hold good in which you will get back 50% of the rewards and the remaining 50% gets distributed to other delegators ( you can change the percentage to 25/75 or 0/100 or 75/25 if you wish this time ) . 


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## Indirectly 

This isn't a direct contribution to the POB but I have built the app https://hivelayers-stats.herokuapp.com which provides various details about tribes ( like earnings , engagement etc ) including POB . 

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If anyone has any queries regarding the project , I will be more than happy to respond to them here . 
If anyone has benefited from this project , then you can comment here so that this proposal has more weight to it . 

I would like to thank you for this initiative and no matter what , I will try to use my skills and continue to contribute to the community . 

Thank you .



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Everything will get well soon someday



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> I was appalled to see that the attack was completely unwarranted.

I'm probably among Lucy's staunchest supporters, I encountered him very early on, I find him to be highly entertaining, it's why I vote up on his posts.

However, the other side of this is that he was pulling down top 20% rewards while bashing the very people that support the price he is selling at, a very impolitic thing to do, iyam.

I'd think that somebody buying pob, or hive, for an immediate emotional payday is a good thing.
Drama sells the papers, and we have an over abundance of papers to sell, atm.

So, let the bulls but heads, it's just what bulls do.

If people want to support this side over that side, hive is on sale, eh?

Free speech platforms don't mute people.
People who actually support free speech vote things that chap their hides, or they only support speech they find agreeable and need to stop lying themselves, and others.
Imo.

Righy, tooting my own horn even though it feels really weird haha!
I’ve been active on POB for over a month now and have made POB a priority in my life. I love the community, the people and the open mindedness. It truly feels like I have found my home on the blockchain. And that is also the reason why I make sure to bring a positive contribution to this space by helping out the community when needed and started [POB Question Of The Week](https://www.proofofbrain.io/hive-150329/@ashleykalila/5mqqfw-pob-question-of-the-week-2) as a way for everyone to get to know each other better and to encourage people to really be a part of POB.
I believe in this place and it’s future and that is the reason I stake every POB that I have gotten (except for the first two POB QOTW, I distributed the rewards to all who commented).
I check new, hot and trending every day and curate posts that are well written, interesting and bring something to the table. As well as participating in downvoting if someone has plagiarized. 
Thinking up new ways to make this place better (like the pob twitter channel on the Discord) is something I like doing and I just genuinely really really enjoy being here!
🧠



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Anyone here remembers Bitconnect?

They took BTC and gave the investors Bitconnect token. The whole thing was a massive pyramid scheme. And obviously it collapsed. Several Bitconnect shills were right here on steem/hive....Trevon James, Craig Grant...they continue to shill during the last bull market. Several people, including multiple hive witnesses and large stakeholders (later myself included), stopped their shill plan on hive at least. They tried several times by the way, we stopped them each time, thereby protecting small investors. You know the tool we used then? Downvote. As this is really the only tool that was and is available to us.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitconnect

### Giving a 1st layer token, and taking a 2nd layer token is a REALLY bad idea from an investing point of view. All the small stakeholders, please learn from crypto history.



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I hope that everyone will give you at least one full up vote per day to help rebuild your reputation. I know as long as he keeps down voting that it will be impossible to regain your Reputation number on hive. I was a long time follower of Lucylin, and to be honest the attack and the stated for all to see that one man thinks he can play god on Hive and play it successfully just because he can., is despicable in my opinion.  He could not leave it at and on hive but then tried to bribe you to sell him some POB, I am glad you refused, yet you were still polite enough to suggest someone he could buy POB from. 

At this juncture I am wondering how long I will remain on the hive block chain, it has become nothing more than another tyrannical social media outlet. I hope you continue with your project and I wish you luck in the recovery of your Hive Reputation. I think you did the right thing, muting is one way to avoid a hostile takeover.



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The abuse of downvotes is legit dumb. Should be a better way to combat spam than by having a free downvote because the majority of the time I've seen it abused simply because you don't agree with someone. It's highly demotivating and really makes you not to be part of the platform when you see that kind of crap going on. What's even more sad is it comes from some of the top figureheads of the platform. Like lets grow the F up people and start freakin building something already.

@scholaris.pob does a great job in interacting with folks. He has always leaned toward the witty and gracious side in all my interactions. I think he would be a phenomenal person to give a delegation.

I probably don't come on here often enough for a delegation to make too much difference. I post a couple times a week if I can and usually stick around to check the newest of posts so that I can give a vote to something new. I figure this gives them the best chance of standing out-but I try not to upvote crap posts. If I don't think it is valuable for the community, I just don't vote on it and move on to the next until I find something worthy of a vote...and I often leave a comment, because I think it is nice as an author to get feedback. I know I like it. After all, I enjoy the upvotes on my posts, but it's the engagement I look forward to the most because it shows that my thoughts are truly worth someone else's time. I'm here instead of SteemIt...I hope that means something.



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i just know you shouldnt suck the big mans dick



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I'd like to nominate @da-prince, @sugandhaseth, @mineopoly, and @magnacarta for a 500 POB delegation each for their efforts in POB Talk. I feel like the delegation will help provide the opportunity to learn about responsible voting which can be exercised on the platform and in POB Talk.

My hopes would be that extra votes could be given to members in POB Talk that share meaningful and valuable comments to further improve the platform (either through ideas/suggestions, help, or knowledge). The interaction that happens on POB Talk is also transferable to other areas of the platform, so having people to encourage high quality engagement (quality over quantity) on a personal basis is important. 

I see the accounts shared as stewards of POB Talk. I've followed along and I see great quality comments and genuine engagement from these accounts regularly.

Past 15 days.

>@da-prince     107	comments  879.7% vote percentage
>@sugandhaseth	132	comments 227.14% vote percentage
>@mineopoly	19 comments	356.82% vote percentage
>@magnacarta	23 comments	95.74% vote percentage (doesn't reflect the quality of comments shared)

<sub>data from @amr008's [post](https://www.proofofbrain.io/hive-150329/@amr008/dear-pob-users-i-assure-you-that-no-matter-where-you-engage-on-pob-you-are-being-rewarded-heavily). The comment to vote weight spread indicates quality comments.</sub>



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When there is power and money involved, conflicts come. This type of drama makes people scared off, because that tires the fights, those things are not healthy for the platform. Out today a coin that is on the ground in price if people would be fighting to get a piece of that cake.

Small fish like us, who are just taking a few steps piling up, want to grow together with the platform. Help others to grow also through information or healing.

I have too little Hive power to be able to request a delegation. But I know that contributing with my commitment my power will continue to grow through my stacking, today I have 800 POBPOWER, I know that every day I will make it grow. Despite being my only income today I have been stacking.

Thank you, we needed a post from your account for many of you who are here, let's move on.



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Money is also free speech since it’s also information! While I don’t care too much about the conflict I think changing the delegation rules even with good intensions is going to annoy a lot of people who weren’t involved like myself 

Breaking the social contract with token holders isn’t always easy to repair 

I'm in, for Merit Based Delegations. 

After thinking a long time after the drama and all what happened and knowing that I fight plagiarism in POB, you may see that in spam abuse. I decided to comeback creating and powering up all my earnings here. 

First of all as the founder of @dcooperation, I'm planing to create collaborations in POB community and I have many ideas about that. Already started by one collaboration that you may see it here : [The first POB collaboration with DCooperation !](https://www.proofofbrain.io/hive-150329/@clixmoney/the-first-pob-collaboration-with-dcooperation). 

Secondly, I'll keep fighting plagiarism and reporting it. 

Thirdly, I support quality content in POB. I'm finding so much good content here and I want to support as much of it as I can. Now my upvote is low and they will not even feel that. My upvote in hive is $0.5 and it will be nice for them to see a good upvote in POB as well.



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OMG so what if we flag you just gonna mute us? This POB is turning out to be just as bad as any other tribe. I downvoted you because you make too much, that is all. I downvote some of the grossly overpobbed posts, and then i turn around and upvote the poor smaller posts that get neglected. I can see it now you are gonna mute me next, oh well. This system is messed up, you make downvotes, and stake, then you penalize us for using them. Weak! Flagged!!!!!!!



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Infighting like this can destroy a platform. Having arguments through articles and comments isn't going to solve anything.

I'm not invested in POB (except for some time) but if I was I would be furious.



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Hey @proofofbrainio, that mute was not required in my opinion. It's like adding fuel to fire. There should have been proper dialogue and discussion between the two parties. There are people  (including me) who feel that @lucylin got overrewarded so I don't see any problem here. That's proof of brain, right? You could have adjusted @azircon's downvotes if you think they are not justified.  You kept on supporting him even if he was exposed as a scammer by several Hive oldies which is totally okay. Maybe he's a changed person now, you see the good in Lucy and I am not judging him for his past choices. BUT that doesn't change the fact that he's being overrewarded constantly. For what? For creating controversies? For stating the obvious? For mocking other people with stupid, poorly edited, low-quality shit video? Which copied two copyright songs blatantly. Would you downvote this crap now that you know it's a clear-cut case of plagiarism? https://www.proofofbrain.io/hive-150329/@lucylin/ypffirmv

Is this the culture you want to promote here and do you think it's better than Hive? I don't think so and there are several people who don't feel the same. Technically tribes are centralized but in reality, the action of their stakeholders and the tribe owners matter. Many peeps on PoB crib about centralization, censorship, bullying etc., that is going on Hive. This is no different to me. To make this right, maybe ask for people's votes and I am sure many of your own POB friends will vote against your decision of muting @azircon. You can do anonymous voting! 

I don't think your actions stopped the drama. Not even a bit. It's only going to grow if you guys don't resolve this in peace by setting aside your emotions and egos. Find a concrete solution to all these problems by collaborating with each other and not doing the opposite. 

Do you know how many people you guys are pushing away because of this shitshow? I have said it before multiple times. This doesn't seem like a positive place anymore. I was so excited about this a few weeks ago. Seeing all this happening, it's disheartening and demotivating. I had so many crazy plans to execute but I am in a huge dilemma now. You seem like a reasonable guy and I really appreciate what you have built here. Like all the cool initiatives & contests that the community organizes and I log in to the platform for them.  Just don't want to see all of it getting ruined. I sincerely hope we make peace and focus on building rather than fighting.



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Regarding merit-based delegation. Go for @amr008. Delegate to his engagement project because it has been incentivizing others users to engage. As you mentioned, you are looking for people to comment more so this is the best way to go about it. 

One more suggestion, instead of delegating to single users, find a curation project on POB that could help with the distribution to a wider range of creators. I am planning to start such a project myself but it's in the planning phase right now. Once it's on, I might get in touch with you if you seem interested, until then, I hope you find something or someone else. I see other comments suggesting a lot of names that I wanted to mention so not tagging them again.



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Thank you for the shout @hranhuk, but just to correct I didn't create the discord, I just manage the mad house, trying to make everybody feel home (even @gospelninja for a while, until it was enough)

From my point of view many here were called already, but I got to say @scholaris.pob again for his awesome work in the tribe and all around, @amr008.pob also, amazing guy and really engaged, @calumam for all he did, does and (I hope) will do for this tribe, @battleaxe for all the help she gives me in keeping discord fun and neat, @failingfowards for maaaaaaaaany ideias for the tribe (sorry buddy, I'll do the polls from the pob-idea soon), @interpretation for his awesome analises and graphs, @marvinix for bringing many people here, being a stand up guy and also running a very successful contest (POB-Daily), @wiseagent because we always post EVERYTHING in 3 languages and always try to keep a positive and infortive view of things, and also @hranhuk, because his posts and ideias helped shape many things in here, mine included.

Now about me: I was on a leave from here because of some things in my life, so I was not posting so much (and now I'll try a little more) but am always around voting and commenting. Basically all my posts are from the POB front-end and also most of my UVs go to people that post from here. Since my day one I said I'll be here for the long run and I mean it. I gave 1.637 POB (total) to the winners of my Storytelling contest, and also 200 POB delegation from the same contest, when i hit 3k staked I gave 1k delegation to the winner of the contest, and also 250 to @nevies (he had a good point and explained to me on discord) and on his birthday I also gave him more 500 delegated (I wanted to give him only 250, but since it went that much I left it) and even when I lost my first delegation I didn't took it out.

Today I just started a new contest (you can check it out <a href="https://www.proofofbrain.io/hive-150329/@fireguardian/making-a-saying-1-multi-language-contest">here</a>) the has the goal of helping people from diff countries to interact and hopefully bring more people onboard. I'll also give 25 pob to each of the languages, to spread even more between everybody. And yes, I keep the <a href="https://discord.gg/wfvcY2uzWg">POB Discord</a> running clean and smooth, and soon I'll make it even better (I will try, I promise!)

And there you have it! Glad to have you back here mate!

Let's all keep posting and keep shining! And keep going on keep going!
# Together we are stronger!



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Keep up the fight. I'm not looking for a delegation myself obviously but think the 3 for 1 delegation is a great idea. I am going to keep upvoting good POB content as much as I can, and if my own account continues to be downvoted on Hive, the effect of that is to put more of my attention into POB.

So much for encouraging new tribes on the blockchain, I think we can all see the reality now.



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I think that only HIVE Blockchain Leader Team and Witnesses should use Downvote system.

A little value goes to peoples heads. Instead of being about the concept of a community token that rewards users, or using your best ideas, it devolves into a bunch of mud throwing and petty politics. This is exactly what I warned about over a month ago. Can we please learn from the mistakes that have been rehashed over and over on Hive, and try to work together instead?



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>Please reply to this post and show how you have been adding value to the platform and what you plan to continue to do to add value to the platform. I would also like to see people pointing out others that are adding value to the platform so that they can basically nominate someone to have a chance at receiving a delegation.

I'm honest in saying that it's always weird to write saying "good" for us to sell an image in exchange for something. But, as I believe in this tribe, I will try to express here what I have already been expressing in some posts of mine, such as:

[Roller Coaster of Emotions](https://www.proofofbrain.io/hive-150329/@hranhuk/roller-coaster-of-emotions)


The most recent where I leave the message so that people will continue to write, always, despite everything.


[POB Word of the Week ... My exotic way of writing](https://www.proofofbrain.io/hive-150329/@hranhuk/pob-word-of-the-week-my-exotic-way-of-writing)


In the contest post promoted by @calumam I left the main message that has always been: Engagement in the community.


[What is the real value of POB? 1 dollar, 2, 5, 10 or more?](https://www.proofofbrain.io/hive-150329/@hranhuk/what-is-the-real-value-of-pob-1-dollar-2-5-10-or-more)

I highlight the power that the POB has within HIVE if we know how to add the strengths we have.


[POB Good Vibes](https://www.proofofbrain.io/hive-150329/@hranhuk/pob-good-vibes)


This is when I suggest that we have a week of only positive posts by POB, to change the dark scenario that walked in our trending


[POB changing the lives of many people!](https://www.proofofbrain.io/hive-150329/@hranhuk/pob-changing-the-lives-of-many-people)


I highlight once again how POB has helped many people around the world and especially in this case a person I know.


[Stop complaining at POB](https://www.proofofbrain.io/hive-150329/@hranhuk/stop-complaining-at-pob)

Here, when I said that people complained a lot "earning a lot even with little"


Besides, I have encouraged the idea of ​​paying @leprechaun from the beginning to develop our front end, which I have always followed and trying to help in what I can, despite my knowledge being very basic. Also in your last update post I commented on some ideas and future visions.


We have power in our hands. We just need to know how to use it and I know that we have people capable of it here.

As for people, I highlight @fireguardian, who created the discord channel and also ran a successful engagement contest here. But I think he has more stake for his mentioned rules.

So I quote @aiuna who also recently started a contest in here and brings beautiful posts as well.

I would talk about @wiseagent as well, but in this case the stake value also goes beyond the proposed limit.



Finally, we have many people willing to make POB better and with the right intentions in the right hands and using common sense.

I hope that whoever receives it, knows how to use it correctly.


Thanks for the opportunity



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Such a terrible sight after going through the lucylin post. Sad the system is treading on similar path as the old platform- Steemit. People abusing power, flagging because of some personal vendetta. So pathetic.



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