Holy crap.
How did anyone get the idea of "fairness" out of what you wrote?
There is absolutely nothing in there that conveyed fairness, leveling of the playing field, or anything else of that nature.
Calling on others to embrace a new model, one that is starting to expand throughout the steem blockchain has nothing to do with fairness...
Basically, you are telling people to stop behaving like banksters.
'curious', 'right', 'fair'. Please excuse people like myself of limited and confused vocabulary to share our feelings with.
Of course we are going to be joining these words in our minds when our hearts sink as we try to connect with @stellabelle about this.
And the reason why my heart sinks?
Last week I delegated to someone I barely know, they needed nudging to the 500 SP mark in my eyes
I have delegations out to others (on a much lesser scale than FTG and SB of course)
I spend hours running stats to help people get the best out of their curation and delegation
I am unemployed and gift SBDs/Steem to people weekly
I'm sorry, I don't appreciate your choice of 'holy crap' words here as you may have gathered.
However, the 125,000 characters you wrote last week that I find across the blockchain during my travels I do like a lot.
I do apologize @abh12345 if what I wrote offended you in any way...it was not my intention not a personal attack on you.
I watched you from afar and know you do a lot on this site to push it forward. You are one of the names I first came across when I joined (and I dont think it was because you rank at the head of the list alphabetically). Following you in such a way, I can tell you there is nothing to be defensive about.
I would put your intentions for this place and your effort into it up there with anyone. Simply because you dont have the amounts to delegate like some others, so what....neither do I. We do what we can.
I post comments, you run stats. All is needed.
Again, I deeply regret for writing something that upset you...as I said it was not my intention.
Thank you. And I apologize for my over-reaction, that's what comes from writing with a bruised heart.
Its like, if people I respect here are feeling under-valued in any way, when we know they are providing so much to something that could be great, then that becomes me too.
I've written plenty of the gift economy, and have heard all of the news in the post above, what I haven't offered recently is an apology that i'm not doing enough, or any empathy towards users like SB who are on another level to most of us.
Thanks for the reply, it means a lot.
Everyone's contribution is needed on here. Collectively we can make this place great.
Each of us has individual talents, time, motivation, and experience we bring to the table. Our efforts on here come from intention, not worth. Each of us is worthy of all that takes place on here.
Yes users like SB and @fulltimegeek are on another level than most in terms of the financial generosity they provide....however, they are also in a position to that...
And I will tell you, I have known a number of wealthy people in my time and all of them say the easiest thing for them to do is to cut a check....finding the time to dedicate to worthy pursuits is more difficult.
Sometimes the only thing a person has to give to this site is a comment...and that is often enough.
I am from the sales/marketing background so I am use to efforts you can see. However, being on here taught me that many, including a number of whales who are not overt about it, have programming backgrounds and are doing a lot in terms of the development on this blockchain. That is something most do not see and the people do get recognized, but the jobs are getting done.
It is not me, or you, or her..it is us.
I wish more whales could talk like you guys...
yeah, exactly. I am asking people to also look at two different models objectively: freely Delegating SP and Vote Selling. Do the math. Look at the results that @paulag laid out. It's an obvious fact that my method works to improve the human happiness dial. The vote selling leaves people empty, just like addicts. It's the heroin of Planet Steem. Disconnected people resort to vote buying. Just like addicts.
It is very obvious your method worked from the data, but let me just remind you all of what is not in the data, and that is the personal enrichment in both giving and receiving.
Amen! Divine Feminine busting up patriarchal scarcity paradigms up in here.