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RE: I am No.t a NUMBER!

in #powerhousecreatives5 years ago

Well yes, it is just a number... but it is also one metric for seeing how "respected" an account is on STEEM (and by that, I don't mean that it is a judgement on the quality/quantity or any moral judgement either...).

However, like all metrics, they are useless if taken by themselves... and out of context and all of that...

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but it is also one metric for seeing how "respected" an account is on STEEM

Hmmm, sorry but I don't agree with that one bit. It may have been intended for that purpose, but it has failed miserably! It is in NO way an indication of anything other than what money can buy you now, precisely as @niallon11 pointed out in his comment.

It SHOULD be representative of that, but it isn't. As it currently stands and functions (or doesn't function rather) - it serves no positive purpose other than delivering false perceptions.

It is only a first impression... And like real life first impressions, it can still be right or wrong and needs to be back up by substance afterwards. By respected (I did use the quote on purpose), I meant how the account had been voted upon by other accounts. It serves that purpose well, but it carries no indication on how or why the votes were delivered. That sort of thing is next to impossible to deliver in a single metric... In the same way that a credit rating doesn't necessarily determine the worth of a person!

I hear what you are saying and I understand the angle from which you are looking at it - it's a bit of a double edged sword really lol