Your thoughts aren't quite unlike my own! I'm not powering down per se, but that is also in part because my SP isn't that high yet.
And I do wish that the devs would indeed pay attention to fixing some of the issues. The current flag wars are bad, but I've seen them over and over in the past as well. And honestly, to me I don't really care one bit... the reward pool is being unfairly 'raped' daily by so many high level posters who, honestly, don't deserve that relative to what they put out. So when a bunch of them get into a fight... eh... whatever, that money was going to go to their kind anyway..
And it needs to be fixed, it should've been fixed and it's not healthy for long term sustainability.
On the other hand, I've been thinking that for the better part of a year and have been continuously proven wrong, and Steemit is doing better than ever despite me thinking this is unsustainable when I joined (I thought this due to exactly the same ridiculousy high earnings for crap posts).
Powering down is a step too far for me yet. I am still building my blog on Steemit, and need every bit of upvote power for my readers! But I do take out most of my SBD earnings to diversify. I feel this is the responsible thing to do. When in doubt, just do both and go 50/50. Works pretty well in crypto!
On the other hand, I've been thinking that for the better part of a year and have been continuously proven wrong, and Steemit is doing better than ever despite me thinking this is unsustainable when I joined (I thought this due to exactly the same ridiculousy high earnings for crap posts).
Do you mean "doing better" as in price? That could just be a bull market. It's hard not to lose $ in crypto if you invest in known brands that have a working product. I think it's dangerous to equate price with health of the platform.
So when a bunch of them get into a fight... eh... whatever, that money was going to go to their kind anyway..
I have sort of the same feeling, but I think we are all owners of steemit in a way and if we see something unfair or something that hurts the platform I think it should be called out.
I want Steemit to succeed but I also want to know issues are being heard and addressed. I don't see that.
Regardless, I'll work on a platform that gives me what I need. Right now, Steemit is the place and heck...if you are here and providing great content i'll be here to upvote and follow :)
Thanks again for flagging.
Yes, I mean better in price but also I think it grew in userbase.
And yes calling out abuse is fine, but it's a problem that this is the only power we have. Downvoting isn't even an option unless you have your own whales defending you. There really is nothing we can do except ask them nicely to stop..
I agree it would be very good to finally hear more from the devs. SMT's are nice but maybe some extra developers need to be found if there is not enough people to fix the existing issues as well.
But yes I agree, despite the issues, as long as Steemit keeps working, I'll keep steemin' !!
And thanks to you too!
Yeah, after i wrote it I thought that Steem can increase in price just from growth. I agree with all of your points. We continue as usual and watch the market closely :)