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RE: Suggestions on how we could improve Steem: Topic:Blacklists, blacklisting
And yes, people could research people's accounts to find out info, but why not just fully disclose what you are doing in the first place?
Yeah, claiming the blockchain itself "transparent" is an appeal to ignorance (appeal to complexity).
Most people don't have the tools and or the expertise to identify "problematic" behavior patterns purely "from looking at the blockchain".
It places an artificially high-bar for "oversight", especially when critics can simply be "blacklisted".
Yet, this is the mentality: It's all right there. I'm not hiding anything. Anyone can look. It's not my fault if they don't. Then they deserve it.
A sucker is born every minute.
Since it is cumbersome and time consuming and labor intensive to look very few do.
And, I am willing to bet people bank on that.
Well stated.