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RE: Is Steemit’s Success and Democracy at Risk from Crab Mentality?

in #steemit-community • 8 years ago

Yes anger comes through online, but people miss humor.

I think it is a mindset and expectation thing from predetermined assumptions.

People just thought V was an ass, so they were not surprised to see his post that fit their confirmation bias.

They say sarcasm doesn't work well online, but I think it is a reader error...

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     8 years ago  

    I suppose my biggest critic would be, challenge him directly on the post, or DM him on chat. You would find out quite quickly your assumptions were wrong if you though he was being serious. Calling someone a name without knowing their intentions is wrong.

    Luckily they picked someone who (I imagine) has the thickest skin on this platform...

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     8 years ago (edited) 
    1. As long as flagging can offset payout, there will be a disincentive to disagree with popular thought.
    2. As long as people decide not to reward dissent there will be a disincentive to disagree with popular thought.
    3. "a number of trusted community leaders (with the ability to reallocate resources to..."
      You can't stop someone with sufficient SP hoards from flagging according to his wont, or to upvote trash. You can't affect anything, so this trust would be pointless.
    4. "Let's create a community [with freedom, freedom of speech etc etc]"
      I guess you can try to appeal to ideals - emotional manipulation is perhaps the only device available to small SP holders to affect Steem and SBD distribution.

    I'm not complaining btw, I just want to inject a little realism. This is not a free and fair society - at least not more so than other social media. And you are pretty powerless if your pockets aren't sufficiently deep. There will always be censorship as long as Steem is distributed by voting, and as long as vote value is directly proportional with SP holdings.

    More blockchain clients will perhaps faciliate the viewing of certain content, but at the end of the day masses will be concentrated in a minority of popular clients, so won't even have a significant effect.