"Curating great content should be rewarded. Just copying a page (from a news site or elsewhere) where someone else did the curation seems less valuable to me"
Echoing this as it has always been my position on this topic.
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Do you really think caps or bold are required here? It's just an opinion among many.
What should or should not be rewarded is open to perspective and @masteryoda has been here much longer than most everyone on the system, given its current exponential rise in new users. That, to me, deserves some respect. They were here before there was a photography channel. For us to come tell someone "You're doing it wrong!" when they defined what "it" is from the beginning could be seen as presumptuous. I hope, for my part, I've not done this but instead participated in some important discussions. To the extent I've judged others (instead of talking about ideas and existential risks for this platform), I apologize.
Obviously it is not required, but emphasis was desired and therefore I chose to highlight the quotation using the ## tag.
Are you arguing with yourself here? Because I simply quoted you directly and agreed with it.
I appreciate your feedback and I've made an edit to the comment which I think highlights the quotation but avoids the unnecessary bolding.
@jamtaylor Perfect! Thank you. I didn't intend to tone police you or anything, but since it was my content, I also didn't want it misrepresented. :)
No, I'm just disagreeing with the use of ##. In online forums, that can come across as yelling and there's quite a bit of emotion in this thread already. What I stated was my personal opinion, and I do appreciate that you agree with it. Having it highlighted so much with a headline setting makes me feel uneasy. If everyone did that, for example, this place would look like a ransom note and become unpleasant (IMO). I'm not arguing with myself, just trying to appreciate all sides of the discussion.
These early adopters aren't perfect. If they are doing something wrong or illegal or even just rubs someone the wrong way, there is no need to censor yourself and not let your opinions be known. It may affect how you are viewed later by those that don't like to be criticized, but we are all long time internet users and should be able to take reasonable criticism, and return comments back without getting our feelings hurt. All it takes is to come from a place of honesty and understanding. There is no need to hate anyone or think someone hates you just because they don't agree 100%.
Perhaps it's a sign of the times as evidenced by how much the conservatives and liberals are so divided, in the case of the United States. Unless someone agrees with everything you say, they are the enemy it seems. That kind of thing should be squashed from the start here on Steemit.com. Everyone, even your enemy, should be able to voice their opinion and all of us should stand behind those who have the unpopular opinion as to their right to say it.
Without being able to question the "superiors" this Steemit experiment is going to fail. Just because someone started something, doesn't mean they infallible now or when they started.