Medium suspended my account.
It happened yesterday night, a few hours after I posted a guide about how to sign up and how hive blockchain works.
I still do not know why I was suspended (more on that and my estimation at the end of this post)
It is the first time that I have been suspended (I don't count twitter/X, because I was experimenting) in any Web2 application (or anywhere at all). I kind of feel ashamed and I was hesitant about writing about this.
However, it is a brilliant opportunity to show the big differences between any Web2 platform versus Web3.
Ownership
In Web2, your account and content is owned by the platform. The platform is the one that has power over your own content. They can remove your content or they can ban you whenever they deem so. On the contrary, in web3 - you own your data and anything about your account. You will always be able to publish your content and own your data (which is public for ever on the blockchain)
Transparency
In Web2, it is not possible to have all the information that the platform is not willing to share. For example, in Medium, you cannot see who has read your post, and how your rewards were earned. In Web3 social platforms, everything is saved in the blockchain and you can retrieve all information you need.
Privacy
In Web2 platforms, you do not know how your information is used and cannot control it. In some cases you may need to perform a full KYC in order to use their services. For instance in Medium, a user needs to disclose all their personal information (including tax info). In Web3 platforms, you provide all the information you want.
Platforms
Web2 should integrate with other platforms to offer you to offer you other services i.e. wallet services, while web3 include the wallet in the app itself. For instance in hive, your wallet address is your username.
These are some of the most important differences that you need to keep in mind before you choose a platform to invest your time.
You may want to take a look at my post-guide to hive here
Let's go back to Medium for a short while. What does it mean to get suspended and is there a way to fix this?
I wrote my last post yesterday. It was a cross-post with my post in inleo, because I received a lot of questions about hive (especially when posting my monthly income reports).
Then I spent sometime reading a few posts and commenting.
I shut down my laptop late at night and in the morning, a friend of mine sent me a message saying that they could not see my account.
When I tried to log in, I saw this message:
When I see from another browser, I see that my account may be under investigation
I sent a message to appeal, but till now (more than 12 hours after), I have received no reply.
What I cannot do:
- I cannot post a post/comment
- I cannot see my past earnings
- I do not know if I will get my last month's earnings (Medium pays once a month)
- I can access my stories, but noone else can see them
- I cannot have any information about what rule I violated
- There was no warning
- There is no way of receiving a reply.
I may lose my account, and I invested serious time over the past months to grow it.
Why this may have happened?
- They did not like my post about hive
- Someone reported me
- I write too fast (really, I know touch-typing) so maybe it raised a flag of me being a bot?
Thanks so much for visiting and supporting!
As always, I will value your feedback on the above. Did I leave out anything?
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