So basically, those who have more SP have more RC ? LOL...so much for empowering the poor, this sounds like another 'lets favour the rich' upgrade. Why don't they just simply ban poor people from Steem completely ?
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Or you can create good content and get SP organically through the platform, just like a lot of the top authors who had started out as 'poor' on steemit
low quantity but quality stuff is all that you need and some patience too xD
What nonsense. Steemit is a very different beast than it was 2 years ago when it was tiny by comparison. Search through figures for new members who joined this year and see how their rate of progress differs hugely to those who started earlier. 'Creating good content' does not earn much, it's just a buzzword. To make money on Steemit you need to invest money and upvote yourself and buy votes, simple.
As you told me there are 'top' authors who started out poor, could you give me some examples, and also start by defining 'poor' as you understand it please?
I support what @sqamemal says. I said it many times myself: Steemit is not a magic tool to make people rich. The only major improvement it does to the blogging industry is that it shortens the path to the money, by creating a token. But all the other stuff, like creating and maintaining an audience, promoting your post, being consistent, etc, still has to be done. And this was always a tedious, time consuming task. I blog for almost 10 years, and it took me 6 months since start to actually create a viral post. I started to make some money after 1-2 years. Now in Steemit you can make a few cents per article even if you are completely unknown.
There's obviously an "early adopter" advantage, but that's in every niche. I think it would be unfair to judge Steemit only through this lens.
I know it's not a magic tool to make people rich, although if you had a lot of money to start with, the model dictates that you could make a massive return, but it should be a fair society of equals, but it really isn't.
Anyway, apologies. Your informative post isn't the time or place for this discussion but I still see HF20 as favouring the whales, dolphins and witnesses financially...and hitting plankton and minnows unfairly hard......but that 'create good content' mantra really grinds.....
Steemit is not fair. Nor is life.
People say "life's not fair" as though it were the universal law of physics. There are things we can do to make it more fair. We can't dictate who gets hit by a tornado, but we can house and feed and clothe people. That society chooses not to is not a rule, it's just shitty.
It's true that life is often not fair, but there are pockets of fairness humans have created. Steemit could at least strive to be one.
What constitutes fair, exactly? In the context of Steemit, what is fair in your mind? Last I checked, the only barrier to entry is an internet connection. Otherwise, there is no opportunity that is barred from anyone here in any capacity. You are as free as me, or a brand new user, to engage in any of the activities that anyone else does on this blockchain.
Doesn't make it right though lol ;-)