on steemit? how so? people are providing content and others are upvoting it if they find it of value, is that the same as someone on the street asking for a donation? I don't think so. Those people on the street aren't providing anything in exchange. Sometimes they wash your windshield or open your door, but then i'd say that's more like paying them for a job than it is panhandling. On the other hand if someone posts to steemit and says "need help please donate" then that is a similar scenario.
I see what you mean. Maybe it's because I am an ABSOLUTE novice to Steemit, and so far I've seen tech-heavy analysis or marketing and really silly blogging. One is opaque to me (my fault for being ignorant) and the other is just trite. I rationally see the value in the platform as meaningful and a legitimate marketplace of content and ideas, but the valid social Darwinism here feels like it could be overshadowed by uselessness. I hate to see such a good idea devalued by a flood of people posting pictures of a plant they saw one time or their food. I guess I need to get further into the mechanism behind it all and watch the attrition if the useless posts.
on steemit? how so? people are providing content and others are upvoting it if they find it of value, is that the same as someone on the street asking for a donation? I don't think so. Those people on the street aren't providing anything in exchange. Sometimes they wash your windshield or open your door, but then i'd say that's more like paying them for a job than it is panhandling. On the other hand if someone posts to steemit and says "need help please donate" then that is a similar scenario.
I see what you mean. Maybe it's because I am an ABSOLUTE novice to Steemit, and so far I've seen tech-heavy analysis or marketing and really silly blogging. One is opaque to me (my fault for being ignorant) and the other is just trite. I rationally see the value in the platform as meaningful and a legitimate marketplace of content and ideas, but the valid social Darwinism here feels like it could be overshadowed by uselessness. I hate to see such a good idea devalued by a flood of people posting pictures of a plant they saw one time or their food. I guess I need to get further into the mechanism behind it all and watch the attrition if the useless posts.