Everybody's life has something unique to it that can be shared with others. Everybody is capable of adding their own twist to what would otherwise be seen as being unoriginal and mundane.
I agree with you. Sadly, most people are here for the money and not for the ease of use apparently, self-expression and community thing. The same type of articles on the trending page, and people are buying it. Politics.
I really like this fearless article. Thanks for sharing!
My prediction:
If Steemit is to be a successful project a few years down the road, the ones that are only here for the money won't last. There will be more competition as the project gains mainstream awareness; that may draw some bandwagon jumpers, but could also draw some healthy competition from some better writers that are well educated, possess a vivid imagination and have something other than crypto to talk about. The sheer amount of better quality articles from those new users should drive away many of the third-world chancers that are just rewriting tabloid news articles in the hope of passing themselves off as journalists.
I agree, if there would be other projects like steemit where the real quality content writers would be rewarded, and not just the circle of jerks and their friends, sure a lot of people would go. Honestly, it is tiring to see fanboys and their articles just being recycled every day on the trending page. People run out of ideas these days.
Steemit's economy is third-world anyway, there are more minnows than the middle class, let's not forget the ruling elite that perpetuates poverty around here.
In the end, the quality content being rewarded is just becoming a myth.
I often wonder if we should just forget the idea of Steemit being a real economy for a moment and take a stand, bullying the third world plagiarism crew away from the service, like it was an old school style message board or forum.
We should let those barely literate, uneducated third world cunts know that their ‘work’ is a pile of shit and that nobody with a reading age of above ten appreciates it.
Regular users like ourselves may not have all that much effect upon the rewards that they receive from Steemit; but letting the useless cunts know that they are no longer deserving of our £2 a month Oxfam donations for clean water is a good start. Besides, if they can afford a computer, chances are that they can find a better way to survive than posting on Steemit.