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RE: Whales - Can the community buy out a portion of your influence?

in #steem8 years ago


I do not mind criticism levelled at me at all. I welcome it as it shows that someone is listening and that they care. The comments which I have made about the behaviour of whales would not be possible if the platform had a system of fairness. My comments are not personal. Naming names is not going to be fruitful and I have been targeted sufficiently by the powerful voters much to my detriment. I am just prepared to stand up and be counted and voice my opinion. There are a massive number who feel the same way but stay silent in fear of the repercussions.
I have done the analysis and it is not pretty. Where else can responsibility for performance lie but with the SP owners. I hope that you do not feel that my analysis and work with a positive attitude towards steemit encourages you to join that throng! That would be a shame.
Yesterday I sent Ned Scott a helicopter view of the platform which I refrained from editing in the name of openness. I also sent him my spreadsheet from mid-December showing the numbers. There are contributing observations to go alongside these. I am happy to send these to you as well. My sense of care towards steemit does not have a pride - it is real.
I am not some young discontented soul! I turn 54 in a few days time. I have run public companies, blah blah. I have also worked in Digital Media with a Sydney based agency. My concerns are sincere and I have no problem with anyone seeing my research, so long as I don't get shot as the messenger! I would welcome any discussion about valuations and why steem is valued as it is and how the ship can be turned. If anyone thinks that this can go live with metrics like over 100,000 times leverage, they are seriously barking mad. The media will dissect it and comparisons to Facebook and Google will pale.Hi there @transisto, thank you for commenting and it seems you had a change of heart mid-stream! I am grateful for the interaction.