I agree with you, but I think you overlooked something here.
Character is like a tree and reputation is like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. - Abraham Lincoln
And what a race for easy money was in these few weeks. And still is. With bots, tricks for what to post, when to post, how to write, tags, images, H1, subjects, trends....everything.
That's my concern: we are building a reputation, we want a good community, good content, but we run for these tricks for easy money. Isn't these approaches a little opposed ?
Don't think I don't agree with you. You're right. Buuuuut ....money race ...
I suppose we'll take a step back, calm down, understand the situation and do the right thing: create VALUE or try to create value
Of course, building a community takes time. In the end, time will tell. :)
Very nice quote from Abraham Lincoln @fishborne . I must say that even through everything that happened in the past few weeks, things are already taking shape! Every week the content which makes the the trending pages are changing and diversifying. I know there is still a lot of excellent content that fall through the cracks. Unfortunately I don't think any of us knows the answer of how to solve this problem immediately, but in the long term. When Minnows however turn into Dolphins and Dolphins turn into Whales, we will have a more diversified voting audience, with a much wider reach and spread of reward. You are right, in the end, only time will tell.
We are both on the same wavelenght. Speaking my mind got me a -5 reputation. This reputation system is Orwellian.
You have to like all the crap they're feeding you or STFU.
If they keep this system going they'll be creating more crap than value.
Time will tell.
This is the childhood of a revolutionary platform.
Patience and understanding is required from all of us. We'll see where will be going ...
Enjoy (even with your -5). :(
Cheers
It's more revolutionary than most people think. They think it's about making your own money and making transactions. But it's more Orwellian, making people get in line with the "consensus" . And I'll go a step further, it's also helping to create AI. And when AI becomes self conscience, I don't know if the human race will be useful to it.
You wrote it yourself "childhood", a living being that still has to become aware.
(Twilight Zone stuff)
Wow. I need some time to reflect on this.