That's very true. However, if Steem becomes as mainstream as Facebook, Instagram, etc., then we may very well have friends and family groups upvoting each other consistantly, no matter what the quality.
That could be interesting to see how it plays out. Will the family and friends regulate each other when cousin Billy's constantly spamming? They might only vote anything decent they post or they could end up ignoring them. Or, they could get upset when the flaggers come in because they think it's spam or low quality.
It's sobering thought. A like on Facebook costs you nothing to humour that annoying friend who wants to post pictures of their lunch and tell you they went to the gym this morning. Here it costs VP, RCs and potentially your reputation. Could we even transition into being that kind of social media?
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If it does that, it won't be a bad thing at that point at all as there will likely be more spread anyway. The problem is when it is very narrow.
It is because of this that if/when Facebook etc go to paid models like steem, it is going to tear their current form apart. Will people still feel at home there?