He didn't feel valued enough, and that wasn't due to the two of them. His rewards were small, and if he was dependend on a single whale upvoting him full power, completely unproportional to all the other votes on the platform, he didn't have a big enough network in the first place.
Steemit only is a first use case for a blockchain offering social media functionality. It's an experiment more than anything else.
We're all testers here, and as such need to keep up with what's being tested at the moment. The experiment was widely explained and discussed.
And as it's still the experimental phase, yes, people leaving because of whatever they're unhappy with are acceptable collateral damage. It won't matter in a few years.
Not to me, @pharesim
I hope that my fear is unfounded. We could be just beta testing ourselves out of existence, while @dan @dantheman's future project accelerates on the learning curve at the expense of our collateral damage.
Imo, the people we need right now are not those that quit because of their personal rewards. If he were engaged in the community in a positive, productive way, he'd be aware of the benefits of the flags for all the small accounts.
Steemit needs users that are interested in social interactions, not in what they can earn. There's enough of those.
So, other than being in beta, what is the reason, other than money, that someone should be on @steemit?
Being a part of building a project with great potential. The rewards will come when you do that consistently.
When you come here hoping for big money for a few posts, you will be disappointed. Now, and in the future.
Of course it'd have been great if he stayed. But the experiment brings a lot more positive results by giving people's vote a worth, creating engagement. Getting upset about it is not in the best interest of Steem and the community. He didn't care, so I don't care about him.
Yes, @pharesim. Also see, Forget about making money on Steemit. For now.
A guaranteed method to kill the social @steemit is to value the tech, math, experiment over people.
The experiment values people! Their votes have impact now.
Can't make everyone happy, that's life. I prefer when those that care about the platform are the ones who's catered to, not those with pure self interest.