You could consider that people have their own various reasons to want to be in the contest, such as publicity on the site, and don't feel "exploited" at all.
It's still very much people being profited off of and exploited no matter how you slice or perceive it, yay capitilism. I get the advertising and marketing side of it, absolutely..
But at the end of the day I still feel it's petty bullshit cooked up with the sole intention of attracting whale votes using others sex appeal.
Life is give and take. The way I see it, if both parties of a "transaction" get what they want out of it, without stepping on the (human) rights of others, it's an all out win.
Whether or not a third party perceives some exploitation in the deal, well, that's for them to exhaust over. The world keeps spinning, regardless.
You have your own perspectives on morality. They differ from others. If someone in the community came to you directly and said, "@klye, please help me. I'm being abused by this community you're a part of. Please raise some awareness to help me and stop this abuse." then your argument would be valid one.
Did that happen?
Did you instead take it upon yourself to define what is right and what is wrong for everyone else, regardless of their own personal consent? Isn't that a bit "juvenile"? The people involved here are adults. Let's let them be.
If I'm wrong for raising my concerns, the point of this platform is lost on me.
I'm wrong for pointing out the community was duped into voting on the attractiveness of an underage girl..? whut?
I'm wrong for trying to minimize potential hurt in people when their self esteem gets trashed because people are making fun of them because of some stupid ass cash grab game..? really?
While no one directly came out and was like "oh no, I am hurt" it was there. I saw it. And I'm CERTAINLY not the only person on this platform that is fucking sick of seeing steemsports on the front page.
My opinion is my opinion. Clearly some disagree with it. That's fine. I'm not here to teach anyone anything they already shouldn't know.. :/
If you're upset about steemsports, write a post about steemsports. Ask the community to stop voting for their posts. If you persuade people with reason and logic, problem solved. If not, you are over ruled by SP weighted majority decision. You have no recourse other than to get over it, leave, restate your case again, or become your own whale and flag the posts you think are abusive to the community.
What I take issue with here is you're accusing others of moral failure instead of giving them the benefit of the doubt. Instead of asking questions (privately or publicly) you make very strongly worded accusations. Instead, "Hey this could be bad from my point of view. What do you think?" might've worked better. I don't think you're wrong for posting your opinion or raising concerns. I just don't agree with the accusations and the (IMO) juvenile approach you took. Adults talk things through and ask questions in a respectful manner. Kids throw tantrums, name call, and accuse without evidence.
(For the record, I don't vote on steemsports posts)
There might be honorable ways to argue that steemsports doesn't deserve so much of the rewards pool. But the fact is you're drawing morality into it, and your argument that there's something morally relevant about these beauty pageants doesn't hold with most people.
If something isn't your cup of tea and the whales disagree, you kind of have to just live with that until they change their mind, you can't accuse people of moral wrongdoing because you don't like something.
@kyle since we are talking about morality, I don't think people should be cursing like you do, but I don't make a huge deal about it. I don't down vote you for it. I just don't follow you, read your post or upvote you because of it. Nothing againts you I just don't like cursing.
You're the second person to comment today on my language..!
It's something I'm working on. Being a tradesmen in my younger years did a number on what my active vocabulary is.. Generally I use expletives to get a point across.. Sometimes I've got more than one point in a paragraph.. So it ends up looking like what you try to avoid reading in my posts I guess.
My apologies if my sharp tongue has upset you. Wasn't my intention.
It's a matter of they are using you for profit in short..
Perhaps I'm a little less inclined to watch people get hurt by losing these types of games. :/
"Using" people who give their consent to it.
You could consider that people have their own various reasons to want to be in the contest, such as publicity on the site, and don't feel "exploited" at all.
It's still very much people being profited off of and exploited no matter how you slice or perceive it, yay capitilism. I get the advertising and marketing side of it, absolutely..
But at the end of the day I still feel it's petty bullshit cooked up with the sole intention of attracting whale votes using others sex appeal.
Welcome to humanity, klye!
Life is give and take. The way I see it, if both parties of a "transaction" get what they want out of it, without stepping on the (human) rights of others, it's an all out win.
Whether or not a third party perceives some exploitation in the deal, well, that's for them to exhaust over. The world keeps spinning, regardless.
You have your own perspectives on morality. They differ from others. If someone in the community came to you directly and said, "@klye, please help me. I'm being abused by this community you're a part of. Please raise some awareness to help me and stop this abuse." then your argument would be valid one.
Did that happen?
Did you instead take it upon yourself to define what is right and what is wrong for everyone else, regardless of their own personal consent? Isn't that a bit "juvenile"? The people involved here are adults. Let's let them be.
If I'm wrong for raising my concerns, the point of this platform is lost on me.
I'm wrong for pointing out the community was duped into voting on the attractiveness of an underage girl..? whut?
I'm wrong for trying to minimize potential hurt in people when their self esteem gets trashed because people are making fun of them because of some stupid ass cash grab game..? really?
While no one directly came out and was like "oh no, I am hurt" it was there. I saw it. And I'm CERTAINLY not the only person on this platform that is fucking sick of seeing steemsports on the front page.
My opinion is my opinion. Clearly some disagree with it. That's fine. I'm not here to teach anyone anything they already shouldn't know.. :/
If you're upset about steemsports, write a post about steemsports. Ask the community to stop voting for their posts. If you persuade people with reason and logic, problem solved. If not, you are over ruled by SP weighted majority decision. You have no recourse other than to get over it, leave, restate your case again, or become your own whale and flag the posts you think are abusive to the community.
What I take issue with here is you're accusing others of moral failure instead of giving them the benefit of the doubt. Instead of asking questions (privately or publicly) you make very strongly worded accusations. Instead, "Hey this could be bad from my point of view. What do you think?" might've worked better. I don't think you're wrong for posting your opinion or raising concerns. I just don't agree with the accusations and the (IMO) juvenile approach you took. Adults talk things through and ask questions in a respectful manner. Kids throw tantrums, name call, and accuse without evidence.
(For the record, I don't vote on steemsports posts)
There might be honorable ways to argue that steemsports doesn't deserve so much of the rewards pool. But the fact is you're drawing morality into it, and your argument that there's something morally relevant about these beauty pageants doesn't hold with most people.
If something isn't your cup of tea and the whales disagree, you kind of have to just live with that until they change their mind, you can't accuse people of moral wrongdoing because you don't like something.
@kyle since we are talking about morality, I don't think people should be cursing like you do, but I don't make a huge deal about it. I don't down vote you for it. I just don't follow you, read your post or upvote you because of it. Nothing againts you I just don't like cursing.
You're the second person to comment today on my language..!
It's something I'm working on. Being a tradesmen in my younger years did a number on what my active vocabulary is.. Generally I use expletives to get a point across.. Sometimes I've got more than one point in a paragraph.. So it ends up looking like what you try to avoid reading in my posts I guess.
My apologies if my sharp tongue has upset you. Wasn't my intention.