The fact that you can game the system has gotten a lot of people in a mad dash to get all that they can. There are a lot of people who see the ship sinking because of it (I am one of them). Being able to socialize online and not get marketing profiles built around you like on facebook, and get paid something, is great in and of itself. There are holes in the system and it is being exploited.
If you are watching the boat sink, do you bail water out or fill a lifeboat with as much loot as you can and try to get out before it is too late. That is the steemit dilemma as of now.
It sure is. I just hope that all those steem pro's don't milk it dry and starve steem of its true potential by doing so.
There is a really healthy population of good steemians who care about it. I just don't know what it will take to make things right. As always, steemit is like a mini example of the world. There is mad corruption and shit could blow up tomorrow... but we need to savour the good things in front of us. Lol.
Great analogy. Steem was seemed like it was a lot more fair of a place last year. However, over time it has morphed into something a little more sinister and clandestine. In my opinion, it all started when dan left for eos.
I think you are on to something there... and I am also looking forward to the EOS version that is promised to come out.