40% of bitcoins in circulation are owned by 1,000 people, who all have the influence to “game” the system by manipulating the marketplace for their own personal gain. Facebook uses ALL of your content for their own personal gain. So, what’s your point?
Every single user on here has the right to game the system as much as they can to their abilities.
Or...
They have the right to produce quality content, gain a following, and change the world.
Steemit isn’t a zero sum game. This software has discovered a way to unlock the value of an honest social media platform and disperse that value to the people.
There are whales in every successful crypto that will become richer beyond their wildest dreams. But they only become that filthy rich when the system proves valuable to the masses.
My advice to everyone is to produce thoughtful, honest content, so that when steemit goes mainstream, you’ve got the following and the reputation to make REAL dough. And you don’t look like a person who was picking up pennies off the sidewalk back in the day when it was all-too-easy to do so.
Anyone who thinks it’s a problem that whales can game the system while ordinary steemit users ‘don’t make enough money’ is failing to comprehend the obvious truth that the entire world is currently using Facebook for free, while the Facebook whales (i.e. Zuckerburg & co.) make billions and have inifinite power and influence over the content.
How is steemit not a massive improvement over that?
"So, what’s your point?"
Sigh, you're going to make me do this?
"40% of bitcoins in circulation are owned by 1,000 people, who all have the influence to “game” the system by manipulating the marketplace for their own personal gain."
Can they affect distribution? No.
"Facebook uses ALL of your content for their own personal gain."
Yes, and they are one of the most soulless and evil corporations on the planet. Is this your barometer of success?
"Every single user on here has the right to game the system as much as they can to their abilities."
No, they don't; not in practice, at least. You have missed my point:
https://steemit.com/steem/@lexiconical/code-is-law-only-when-i-want-otherwise-it-s-abuse-the-shaming-syndicate-of-steemit-our-own-brand-of-sjws-and-social-repression
https://steemit.com/steem/@lexiconical/steemit-is-ruled-by-a-communist-party-flags-wars-look-worse-to-investors-than-the-rampant-abuse-they-claim-to-fight
The robber barons want to prevent you from doing what they can do, and they blocks changes that might allow this to be changed.
"How is steemit not a massive improvement over that?"
Getting raped and taken as slave wives was also a big improvement over being put to the sword when Genghis Khan came to town. Would you like to lobby for that as well?
You said I missed your point and you quoted me two of your articles. So I read both. You’re very smart. Well written. You make me smile with your talk of free markets, your nod to anarchism (steemit having “anarchist undertones”, love to hear it), and your understanding of the US financial system. You’re a truther. A resister. A freedom warrior, no doubt.
In my humble opinion, your fatal flaw right now is you’ve been stuck in the resistance for so long that you can’t recognize a free market, aka freedom, aka light at the end of the tunnel, when you see it.
You are in a free market right now. A real-life free market. I’m talking about the crypto space, and decentralized computing in general. The government can’t touch us. And if they do, via quantum computing, or what-have-you, we now have the wherewithal and enough people awake to adjust accordingly. Until the system falls, you and I and all our awake brothers and sisters will remain two steps ahead. If you have any doubts that this is true, you have not seen the bigger picture.
So you, as a free market proponent, should know what that means: we will win. But at the moment, things are messy, because it’s just the beginning.
The two posts you linked, plus this one here, are pointing out simple, and relatively mundane and temporary market inefficiencies. But you’re fighting it tooth and nail as if the poor people of steemit are being oppressed and taken advantage of. Dude, we’re making money to post on a website. Relax. Seriously, let’s take a breather here. You even compared this situation to the sword of genghis kahn and slavery.
Our relationship to governments are involuntary. There is a gun involved. They point guns at us, tell us what to do, and since the vast majority are submissive and obey in ignorance, you and I have to as well. Alas, we are oppressed, controlled, and manipulated at every turn in order to keep the masses from catching on to the fact that this is the true nature of our relationship with the government.
What’s my relationship with steemit? I post on it instead of Facebook, make money, and don’t get called a nazi. Yay!
You have legitimate concerns with the steemit platform. Shift your focus to that, and come up with solutions on how we can improve. Like the ‘selling your vote’ thing—that was a brilliant thought that lit a lightbulb on my head. Loved it.
But I want you to rest assured, in a decentralized environment, a free market, the few cannot oppress the many. The many will just leave and go to the next best thing. You of all people know that in a free market, your competition is not far behind you. Show me a better social platform than steemit right now and I’m powering down and moving my business over there ASAP. I have the freedom to do that because nobody is pointing a gun at me here. I’m just sitting here freely making money, talking to a bright individual like yourself. Let the whales jerk themselves off with thousand-dollar “placeholder” posts, while you and I have thoughtful discussions and get paid to do so.
The people are waking up. But in my opinion, you are being counterproductive and scaring them back to Facebook. But hey, to each his own.
If I were you, with all that Steem you got, and all that passion for Steemit being so flawed, I’d be promoting thoughtful improvements to the steemit platform.
Long term, the masses will demand the most efficient and honest social media platform on which discuss their ideas.
And let me tell you something: they’ll get it.
I love me some crypto/Steemit/Ron Paul. And despise dollars/Facebook/Big Brother. Keep fighting the good fight, gentlemen!
Ron Paul Nation! Stop the wars...all we need is love!!
Bravo @kevincox, well thought out post. It's indeed a massive improvement from GAFA - The original Sin of internet. A brillant article from Coindesk about how bad things are, and in my opinion has drastically improved.
I started out here with nothing, I am just happy I have SP worth $25 dollars at the moment, that's three times more in my native currency of PGK. So I am not complaining at all.
The fact that the masses haven't got on board the steem bandwagon, is all the more reason that makes me smile. As when the tides come, we will all be winners.
And off course, pressure from the masses will eventually resolve abuse over time. A fork will have become imminent by then. And we make more dough. :)
Very smart post @gsari when the dust settles, the abusers will prove themselves to be short-sighted and greedy. The true winners of steemit, if steemit becomes successful, will be the true content creators and curators. The masses will make sure this is the case, or they’ll simply move elsewhere. Either way, you and I will win.
No, it will be whoever made the post money, which far and away the abusers are winning. Where did these blind arguments come from?
Do you not understand that these 30 left clicks made more than 6 months of work on this platform?
Thanks @kevincox, you've motivated me to write a blog post, and speak my mind. Really dig your bold positive stance.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@gsari/are-we-seeing-a-spill-over-fait-mentiality-on-steemit
Yeah, if only he knew wtf he was talking about from being here more than 10 minutes and having 40 rep.
@gsari, looking forward to reading your blog in the future! Good luck with it and God bless you and yours this holiday season.
Thanx @toddlo, have great festive season with you and yours aswell.
@gsari what kinds of things do you think you'll be blogging about?
Check out my blog posts! I blog about anything interesting to share, most likely a different perspective off looking at things in general. Here are some recent posts.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@gsari/are-we-seeing-a-spill-over-fait-mentiality-on-steemit
https://steemit.com/steemit/@gsari/log-2-my-experience-investing-with-cryptocurrency
https://steemit.com/life/@gsari/expecting-your-reality-change
This platform is gonna be full of Charlie She....I mean....DONALD TRUMPS!!!! #maga
We are going to be so tired of winning! Drain the swamp!!
The D.C. swamp and the steemit bot swamp!