Is Blacklisting A "Thing?"

Just a quick post: how do you know if you've been blacklisted?

(Image created using an AI art generator on Night Cafe)

This picture though 😂 I tried so many versions of "A confused woman," but AI just wasn't getting it! Several sentences and AI models later, I just went with this one: "Woman confused by computer screen."

Made a food post in one of the groups last week. They were really butthurt that I sourced the recipe that I used and "tried using it as my own," despite sourcing it and never claiming so? They were also upset about using AI-generated images, even though I was not trying to depict it/the food as my own; it was a picture of children eating ice cream. They tried downvoting it to oblivion and "Read our community rules," but I was not reprimanded, so to speak.

So I posted another recipe a few days later, all of my own work and photos. I received notifications for the post, as well as a decent payout; no complaints there 👍 However, since that post took off, the only interactions I've been receiving on future posts have only been from followers. Not even bots!

I have posted 2 more recipes in the group since. I received a normal amount of interactions for the first post, not unusual at all, and again I'm not complaining.

For my second post: 4 interactions, all of which were from followers (which, by the way, thank you so much guys 🙏). So I'm obviously just curious to know if blacklisting is a thing. I really hate the "passive-aggressive" way Hive is set up. I have had disagreements with a few groups, we both said "see ya," but the groups are still available and I can still post in them! 😅

And full offense -- can controlling dumbasses stop ruining everything? 😭 "No AI-images! No GrApHiC descriptions! Only post in English!" -- it's a fucking cryptocurrency site. Holy shit, no plagiarism and that's it, please find purpose elsewhere and shut the f🥴ck uuup 😭😭