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RE: Hive Tightening of the Belt? Only Upvoting Powerup Accounts?

in LeoFinance4 months ago

"...anyone that agrees with the idea that we should not reward accounts that sell must also believe that our users are overpaid..."

THOSE users are overpaid. That's not all users.

"Amazon doesn't pay their employees less when they sell Amazon stock."

Apples and Oranges. Money isn't stonks, and Hive tokens are money. Also, there's the issue of scale. If the entire capitalization of Hive was sold in the form of Amazon stock, Amazon would hardly notice, so someone flinging boxes on conveyor belts is beneath their notice. A lot of companies do reward key employees with stocks and options, however, and they do restrict such things in a variety of ways, most often locking them down for a period of time. If the principals of Amazon were selling as much Amazon stock as whales on Hive are selling Hive tokens, that would be headline news, probably sparking criminal investigations by the SEC. There are lots of rules regarding sales of stonks by noteworthy persons. Nancy Pelosi comes to mind. So does Warren Buffet, selling high today, unlike folks selling Hive presently. If Buffet was selling a buttload of Berkshire Hathaway assets during a bear market, he wouldn't be Warren Buffet anymore, and a lot of folks that invest in Berkshire Hathaway wouldn't anymore - which is basically what @slobberchops is doing by reconsidering his voting strategy.

"...proposals do not have a downvote mechanic..."

That's because DV's are taxes, and the folks that govern Hive and therefore the DHF don't want it taxed. That's why there's no DV on witness voting either.

"Time is a flat circle."

Maybe you mean history?

"I just hope that one day soon we're able to collectively come to a resolution that doesn't involve punishing people for being poor..."

That's unlikely in a plutocracy. Code is infinitely mutable, however, and Hive doesn't have to be a plutocracy.

Thanks!