This was the post I first thought about writing, then didn't. Thank you for doing it. I liked how things seemed to be in the present even though they were five years into the future. For a minute, I was thinking, "Wait a minute. Did I miss this?!" :)
I think I need to get a little more creative with my responses. It usually takes a while for me to come up with something, since thinking on the fly isn't my best ability. We'll see.
I really hope we get there. With more work and outreach, maybe we can.
To be honest I was going to write a dark, desolate tale of bots, no engagements and just plain mining of SBD and Steem.
But it bummed me out and I wanted it to reflect my hopes and dreams instead. .
I think that the League of Engagement is very important, communities and people are important.
We will be the difference.
A dystopian theme is definitely a reality, and where it would all seem to be going right now. Did you see the steemiblog's update on a few of the things they've done, and intend to do? Nothing about HF 20, directly, but they did talk about the small changes they've made to condenser and faucet. Plus a few other things. In one of the comments by Tim Cliff, he seemed to think that communities would take care of some things plaguing the platform. I hope he's right. If we're not going to figure it out ourselves, then the only way for it to happen is through code.
The Engagement League will be the leaders of tomorrow, if we all do our part.
Yes it is but one of the many possible realities of Steemit.
Yeah I did read some of the things on the condenser and faucet and of course more on SMT lol
Hopefully Tim is right in his assessment and coding it can help but end of the day it is the behaviour of people that will make things happen.
Well, and that's why I'm not been as keen as many others that code be used to solve the problem. Human nature isn't going to be solved by code. We have to change. We're the change agents. It's helpful to have tools and incentives, but ultimately, it's going to be what's in each and everyone's heart that's going to make or break Steemit, or any other platform for that matter. So, I agree with you wholeheartedly that it is the people.
Unfortunately, I feel like there are plenty of devs running around thinking they can control people's behaviors through game theory. Which, I suppose, works to varying degrees, but not-so-much when real life is involved, like finances.