Wow - flattered. You really had to dig through my feed to find that one lol. (working on curbing my over resteeming habit now, and actually putting up content!)
You know, it's strange, I do feel some loyalty to Steemit. Not the company, but the people on here I've started interacting with. It's more about the sense of community I'm discovering on here - I never felt that on any other platform.
I do want it to succeed - and not simply because of the investment (I got in when Steem was between $.20- maybe $1.00, and only put in money that wasn't essential to my existence - seeing it go up is cool and all - but unless it suddenly turns into triple digits or something, I think more about what a post makes than what my account is worth) . I want to see others succeed as well .
I think all sites are designed with gamification in mind at this point - though we can all say we hate that aspect of basically everything - would we really be content on a platform without likes - or some kind of dopamine reward.
Though I've been an erratic Steemian - moving somewhere else would be starting from scratch - just as I'm getting comfy on here. Call it nesting or laziness or some combo lol - I want Steemit to succeed because I'm already here. There aren't enough hours in the day to explore other options at this point...that said - do you know of one ;-) I'll put visiting on my cyber bucket list!
Lol. I think you are likely picturing something different than what actually happened. I was just scrolling back to find your introduce me post but grew impatient and just clicked on a random post with your name on it.
I just went back and had a second look, and now I have decided to follow you. But, in truth, I rarely check my homefeed because it's full of shit. I will hopefully remember to check your blog manually on occasion.
As for this comment, I am going to have to cut it short and leave most of your words unmet with a response. I can't be bothered typing anymore at this time.
I am very forgetful, but I do intend to reply to this in greater detail tomorrow. Night night-
My comments are posts. Someday I'll get succinct down. Til then, not easily offended and glad you took the time to reply at all :-)
(today I had the most comments I've ever had - and totally get how long it can take and how much brain energy is required to respond thoughtfully to everyone!) Thanks for the follow and sweet dreams!
I am sure that I have more than a few essay length comments on the blockchain, though not so many in recent months.
I don't think dopamine rewards ought to come so easy. It isn't healthy. But, supposing there was no gamification of social media, I expect there would still be rather frequent dopamine hits. But the difference is, we would be getting them from genuine interactions with others in the community.
I feel that the way this site is set up, no dopamine hit can match that of a massive whalevote, and so any would-be genuine interactions with genuine people, become disingenuous pleasantries behind disingenuous personas that have been selected purely to increase the chances of getting that hit we really want- the whalevote or trending post.
You'll have to forgive me, I wasn't always so cynical, and I do still recognise great potential in this platform. I just became disillusioned of the likelihood of its realisation a while back.
Anyway, I wanted to ask you a potentially strange question. In the practice of tarot reading, could a subject's cards be read using only their name, or would one need to be in the immediate vicinity of a tarot reader, or capable of read them their self?