Is Hive a bubble? [EN/ES]

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This thought usually comes to mind when I compare Hive with other web2 social networks.

Although I'm aware that algorithms direct most of the content that appears in social media feeds, I believe that despite this, in that aspect traditional social networks are better than Hive, because on them we're not expected to be politically correct like on Hive, and we have more freedom to express our ideas and feelings.

On Hive, on the contrary, people almost tiptoe around so as not to anger someone who could potentially destroy your reputation with a few downvotes.

Another aspect that bothers me about Hive is that it seems like everyone lives in a bubble where everything is perfect. Nobody talks about uncomfortable realities, and I'm more afraid that it's due to the fear of losing votes, that is money, than because they actually see the world as perfect.

The good thing about Hive compared to traditional social networks is that there are few haters. Sometimes it's very frustrating to encounter unjustified hate, and that's something I haven't seen on Hive, except in the downvote campaigns that apparently tend to occur when someone breaks the rules of someone powerful.

Which brings me to another thing I don't like about Hive, and that is that your vote is worth less than the vote of Whales, and that often a single downvote cancels out hundreds of upvotes. That is, a single person erases with one elbow everyone else's votes, just for having a fatter wallet.

On the other hand, on web2 social networks, it's harder to be canceled, since many negative reports and reasons that justify that report are needed.

I suppose that because both red fish and whales obtain rewards on this blockchain, we prefer to pretend we don't see the bad things that might happen on Hive.

I want to clarify that I'm not against sanctioning those who break the rules or commit abuses to obtain benefits, but if we want this platform to be truly free of censorship, we'll have to look for other mechanisms, since the one currently used, that is the downvote, is a weapon that can be used even against innocent users, which is still a form of centralized abuse of power by having more money than others.

¿Es Hive una burbuja?

Este pensamiento me suele venir a la mente cuando comparo Hive con otras redes sociales de la web2.

Aunque soy consciente de que los algoritmos dirigen la mayor parte del contenido que aparece en los feeds de redes sociales, creo que apesar de ello, en ese aspecto las redes sociales tradicionales son mejores que Hive, porque en ellas no se espera que seamos políticamente correctos como en Hive, y tenemos más libertad de expresar nuestras ideas y sentimientos.

En Hive, por el contrario, la gente anda casi de puntillas para no hacer enfadar a alguien que potencialcialmente podría destruir tu reputación con unos cuantos votos negativos.

Otro aspecto que me molesta de Hive, es que pareciera que todos viven en una burbuja donde todo es perfecto. Nadie habla de realidades incómodas, y me da más miedo a que sea por el temor de perder votos, o sea dinero, a que sea porque realmente ve el mundo perfecto.

Lo bueno de Hive en comparación con redes sociales tradicionales es que hay pocos haters. A veces es muy frustrante encontrarse con el odio injustificado, y eso es algo que no he visto en Hive, salvo en las campañas de votos negativos que al parecer suelen ocurrir cuando alguien rompe las reglas de alguien poderoso.

Lo que me lleva a otra cosa que no me gusta de Hive, y es que tu voto vale menos que el voto de las Ballenas, y que muchas veces un solo voto negativo anula cientos de votos positivos. Es decir, una sola persona borra de un codazo los votos de todos los demás, sólo por tener la billetera más abultada.

En cambio en las redes sociales de la web2, es más difícil ser cancelado, ya que se necesitan muchos reportes negativos y motivos que justifiquen ese reporte.

Supongo que porque tanto peces rojos como ballenas obtenemos recompensas en esta blockchain, preferimos fingir que no vemos lo malo que pueda ocurrir en Hive.

Quiero aclarar que no estoy en contra de sancionar a quienes rompen las reglas o cometen abusos para obtener beneficios, pero si queremos que esta plataforma sea realmente libre de censura, habrá que buscar otros mecanismos, ya que el que se utiliza actualmente, es decir el voto negativo, es un arma que se puede utilizar aún contra usuarios inocentes, lo cual no deja de ser una forma de abuso de poder centralizada por tener más dinero que los demás.

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Fear of losing votes is a choice. You should think about author rewards as an icing on a cake - good to have, but ultimately the fact that you could express yourself and share with others is the most important part. That way you won't be self censoring for fear of being downvoted. There is the reputation issue, that when you are downvoted too much, your reputation might go down and your visibility will decrease, however reputation only goes down if the user downvoting you has higher reputation. You can also safeguard against it by making separate account for controversial topics - main account where you talk about butterflies and rainbows, and how you spent your vacation, and another account where you discuss whatever you fear might cause backlash.

Personally I don't like the fact that reputation is global - one value for whole system. It should be individual, everyone should be able to rate others within their social circle. However it is problematic on technical level - too much data to handle on a single server (tracking results of all interactions of each individual account with every other account). It would basically require being able to run your own Hive node (very easy now) as well as HAF/Hivemind (requires serious advancements in aggressive pruning to be feasible).

As for the "harder to be canceled on web2", I definitely disagree. First, web2 companies only care about money. Their algos have interest of advertisers in mind, not yours, so if they detect that you might be controversial in a bad way, you'll get shadow banned at the very least. Second, I've heard (as I don't have any web2 account myself) that currently social media gravitate towards TikTok model of engagement, where your interactions with real people, particularly people of your own choosing (friends and relatives), are seen as not engaging enough to be main part of what algos decide to show to you. It is no longer about connecting people of the same interests or wanting to discuss shared topics, it is now about you staring at the screen and swiping mindlessly through mass produced content interrupted with ads.

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Hello 👋 thanks a lot for your reply, I agree with you that social media around web2 is about money...but Hive is not so different...we all could have own our blog using blogger or buying a 5 dollars domain, but here we are, and we can't say that people aren't making big money with Hive. We won't never know if people just like Hive for the technology meanwhile there are interesting rewards.

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Es positivo ese ambiente sin haters la verdad, pero también es cierto que hay mucho postureo o apariencia, y todo es bonito. Te doy la razón pero si hay que elegir que sea la selva que son otras redes, con tanta negatividad, casi mejor así, pero claro, nada es perfecto. Feliz día amiga!
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Claro, postureo hay bastante también en casi todas las redes sociales, pero me gustaría que en Hive haya un poco más de realidad, muy pocas personas aprovechan la gran oportunidad de escribir sin censura (del Gobierno) o una autoridad central. Pero es cierto, es más relajado estar en Hive, pero cuando quiero saber un poco de lo que pasa en el mundo debo acudir a X (no será el lugar más acreditado pero a partir de allí ya puedes tener una pequeña idea de como va el mundo).

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Yo alguna vez sí he dicho cosas e incluso había una comunidad así más disidente pero es complicado porque la mayoría de gente es como en la realidad y se echan a degüello, aunque sin argumentos, con todo aquel que piense diferente a contracorriente. Así que sí, hay más libertad y menos censura, en teoría sólo porque no te bloquean, pero el comportamiento cerrado de los que repiten lo que le dice la tele se convierte en la verdadera censura de facto.
Y los que pensamos un poco fuera de la matrix hemos aprendido a callar cuando toca, a pasar, a seguir con lo nuestro y a cambiar de tema. Lamentablemente es así y no solo en Hive.
Hago igual, X es donde te puedes enterar de algo... pero a veces ya me cansa porque siempre está todo igual...
Feliz día amiga!

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Tal cual! Es totalmente cierto, así se diseñó todo, para que las cosas "cambien" pero sigan iguales!

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