As I was saying to @thecryptofiend earlier; It is not often that I commit to something, but when I do, I make sure to follow it through. This will happen.
The only thing yet to be ascertained is whether there will be reistance. I feel that there are plenty who stand to lose from the creation of this guild, but I just hope that they are able to remember why they got into curating in the first place and see this is a good thing and get on board with it too.
It will benefit them a lot more if it results in a better steemit, with more users, and a much higher value of their holdings.
It falls on us to ensure that we create is indisputably better. If it is, then no one will have any excuse to continue doing something that is worse under the pretense of achieving the same goal.
Thank you guys @son-of-satire and @stellabelle. I have never been wrong with my first impression on you. You are all kindhearted people that I always appreciate. In more than a month of staying here, I have been reading some of steemian's discussions be it good or bad. As a newbie, I have encountered the problem that you have discussed but I didn't regret joining in this community. I just thought of the things that I have learned from this platform as a lesson. Hoping and praying that those in a position will see and understand your good intentions for this community. Inspite of that, I did post my work in twitter and facebook to promote steemit. I know there are many kindhearted people out here in steemit who can lead by example.
I just remember @hopehuggs, maybe she can help you in poetry category. She used to have a competition but had stopped for weeks for personal reason but she promised to come back.
Thanks for the message. I too believe that Steemit is predominately composed of kindhearted and generous people. I have seen. I do not even feel that all of those who are currently abusing the system are necessarily bad people. They are merely exploiting a vulnerability that is there to be exploited.
It is not my intent to declare was against any and all who are treating the system in a way that I disagree with. I simply want to show everyone that there is a better option, and should we as a community decide to choose it, the benefits will be for all in the community, rather than a mere few.
I do not know of @hopehuggs, but anyone who wants to help and feels they have the passion and the expertise in any particular subject to do so, is more than welcome to offer a little of their time towards assisting us, and in turn, themselves.
well, that's the idea down the road. These guilds attempt to add some balance to an imbalanced situation. I think there could be a time when they are not even necessary.
That's my point, There is no need for guilds. It all starts with us. If we allow these guilds to form then they will form. I keep hearing that it creates competition and it's good. When we have something like money involved, the agnostic behavior tends to jump out of some people. It does not require to fight fire with fire. We need to fight fire with water.
Good point, I can't say I fully agree with you tho, people are bound to look for groups or communities, security trust equity and so on are on the board after all.
But you are bringing legitimate concerns just as @freebornangel
Yes @j3dy we can always choose to not follow the sheep herd. We are naturally drawn to groups but we have intelligence that evolved past that. Otherwise we're just doing the same thing we're doing in the real world with fiat. The banks are the guilds in the real world. Whales colluding as a guild are the banks on steemit.
That is pretty much the point of this post. I have seen it done wrong and now I want it to do right.
it won't be easy, but it's worth a shot.
As I was saying to @thecryptofiend earlier; It is not often that I commit to something, but when I do, I make sure to follow it through. This will happen.
The only thing yet to be ascertained is whether there will be reistance. I feel that there are plenty who stand to lose from the creation of this guild, but I just hope that they are able to remember why they got into curating in the first place and see this is a good thing and get on board with it too.
It will benefit them a lot more if it results in a better steemit, with more users, and a much higher value of their holdings.
It falls on us to ensure that we create is indisputably better. If it is, then no one will have any excuse to continue doing something that is worse under the pretense of achieving the same goal.
Thank you guys @son-of-satire and @stellabelle. I have never been wrong with my first impression on you. You are all kindhearted people that I always appreciate. In more than a month of staying here, I have been reading some of steemian's discussions be it good or bad. As a newbie, I have encountered the problem that you have discussed but I didn't regret joining in this community. I just thought of the things that I have learned from this platform as a lesson. Hoping and praying that those in a position will see and understand your good intentions for this community. Inspite of that, I did post my work in twitter and facebook to promote steemit. I know there are many kindhearted people out here in steemit who can lead by example.
I just remember @hopehuggs, maybe she can help you in poetry category. She used to have a competition but had stopped for weeks for personal reason but she promised to come back.
Thanks for the message. I too believe that Steemit is predominately composed of kindhearted and generous people. I have seen. I do not even feel that all of those who are currently abusing the system are necessarily bad people. They are merely exploiting a vulnerability that is there to be exploited.
It is not my intent to declare was against any and all who are treating the system in a way that I disagree with. I simply want to show everyone that there is a better option, and should we as a community decide to choose it, the benefits will be for all in the community, rather than a mere few.
I do not know of @hopehuggs, but anyone who wants to help and feels they have the passion and the expertise in any particular subject to do so, is more than welcome to offer a little of their time towards assisting us, and in turn, themselves.
well, that's the idea down the road. These guilds attempt to add some balance to an imbalanced situation. I think there could be a time when they are not even necessary.
That's my point, There is no need for guilds. It all starts with us. If we allow these guilds to form then they will form. I keep hearing that it creates competition and it's good. When we have something like money involved, the agnostic behavior tends to jump out of some people. It does not require to fight fire with fire. We need to fight fire with water.
Good point, I can't say I fully agree with you tho, people are bound to look for groups or communities, security trust equity and so on are on the board after all.
But you are bringing legitimate concerns just as @freebornangel
Yes @j3dy we can always choose to not follow the sheep herd. We are naturally drawn to groups but we have intelligence that evolved past that. Otherwise we're just doing the same thing we're doing in the real world with fiat. The banks are the guilds in the real world. Whales colluding as a guild are the banks on steemit.