First off, I love Steem and am super excited about it. My suggestion would be to try and figure out how to get rid of all the ways that people automate stuff, use spam, and game the system to make money.
As an aside, I would like to mention that I find the conflation in this post of the Steem blockchain, which is SUPPOSED to be decentralized, and Steemit, which is a private company, quite disturbing. I wish "Team Steemit" would speak to this in some way. Ultimately, the Steem block chain is supposed to be decentralized, right? Then why does "Team Steemit" simply declare what is going to happen with it (SMTs are Coming!!)? Shouldn't the delegated witnesses and the stake holders have a say? Isn't that how a DPOS blockchain is supposed to work? Maybe I just don't understand these things. Is it just because the founders have a majority (or close) or all the Steem? I don't mean to push anoyone's buttons or make trouble, but it is a very strange elephant in the room.
Anyone (including Steemit) is able to develop changes to the Steem blockchain code. Once it is developed, it is up to the witnesses to decide whether it is adopted. Right now Steemit is largely defining the development path for the blockchain, as their developers are doing a vast majority of the development. It would be great to see more changes from community developers being proposed, developed, and accepted by the witness.
As far as SMTs, there has been a lot of conversation about them with the top level witnesses, and although there hasn’t been any official decisions made as far as whether to accept or reject the proposal, the general consensus seems to be that the idea is supported.
Thank you!!!
SMTs we, steemit, are going to bring to production candidate status, meaning we are going to develop the technology regardless of whether it's implemented in Steem, and the changes (SMTs) will either be adopted or rejected - all through Steem's governance processes.
Thanks for the clarification ned!! I really do appreciate it