Typically on a first post, we are supposed to introduce ourselves. Instead of introducing myself, I'm going to introduce you to a huge problem here on the Hive Blockchain. Who knows, you may already be familiar with this problem, but we need to address it as it's only getting worse by the day.
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So what is this problem? Short answer: [Hivewatchers](https://www.hivewatchers.com) - Don't forget to read their Abuse Guide & FAQ'S.
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Now for the long answer..
Hivewatchers claims to runs a service that finds and fights plagiarism. In reality, they harass current users, scare off new users, and they rape and abuse the reward pool. Instead of supporting content creators, they pretend to be doing a service to just take a stupid amount of reward pool. This is supposed to be a decentralized platform, but Hivewatchers just wants control. Hivewatchers attacks new users instead of offering assistance or educating the individual.
@romytokic is new to the platform and deserves a better experience than this. If we want to see Hive grow into what it has the potential to be, we MUST supply all new members with a better experience than this. @romytokic replied to Hivewatchers comment and got a response from a different account belonging to Hivewatchers. (How many accounts do you need for this scam anyway?) This would be a red flag to me, but @romytokic continued to attempt to work with Hivewatchers, but Hivewatchers ended up just ignoring the new person's question. No worries, at least Hivewatchers comments got their upvotes!
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Hivewatchers do NOT have any authority and it's bullshit that they are harassing new members and making them think that their little bullshit verification is a requirement. That is nothing more than taking advantage of the naive.
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Take a look at these next two screenshots. They are from two completely different accounts posting the same content. Isn't this exactly what Hivewatchers is supposed to be against?!
You can't make this shit up! haha
Check the links -
- [Post from the Steemcleaners account](https://peakd.com/hivewatchers/@steemcleaners/hivewatchers-report-for-17-march-new-website-hivewatchers-com)
- [Post from the Hivewatchers account](https://peakd.com/hivewatchers/@hivewatchers/hivewatchers-report-for-16-march-new-website-hivewatchers-com)
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The average content creator on Hive is not seeing anything close to the rewards that Hivewatchers is taking. Do your upcoming rewards look like this?
You can look for yourself [here](https://peakd.com/@hivewatchers/payout).
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So What is the plan with all this? This post at least gets the word out, but it's up to the community in regards to identifying if this is a problem or not. I'd like to continue to support this platform and assist those who need a bit of educating on the standards the community has for content. Let's bring back manual curation and support those who truly deserve it.
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I'd really like to power up this account and put some attention on the content that flows through the 'recent' feed. We need to quickly downvote spam, but the problem is nobody with a decent stake sits around and scans the 'recent' page. I'd like to do this, but I will need the communities assistance in powering up this account. This account is open to all deligations/donations/tips and will be used in the best interest of Hive. I'd like to start a [proposal](https://peakd.com/me/proposals) to bring this idea to life. If successful, this would be Huge for Hive for a few reasons. It would clean up the platform, make it more inviting, and we would see a proposal that isn't run by a Hive Witness to show that anyone can put in the effort to make Hive the future of online social platforms. If someone wants to donate 10 Hive to start the proposal, I can promise you that it will go towards good use.