The GUI doesn't stop people like Bernie. The GUI is just Steemit. There are dozens of different ways the steem blockchain is interfaced with and growing. So the GUI just will stop new people with low power or new people who spend a lot of money for power and don't know what they are doing.
It won't do anything to stop/deter the powerful that are already here. Those that come and try to censor others we can counter pretty easily with our up votes. That is not so easy when the person(s) doing it are some of the most powerful accounts out there. The GUI also doesn't do anything to stop bots and when I was down voted it was by over 100 different accounts all at the same time.
I talked with @neoxian abouit this a little. I understand that the Steemit interface is different from Steem the blockchain. chainBB and busy are alternatives to Steemit to access Steem.
I think Steemit as a GUI needs an update. Sure I could just learn HTML coding and write my own web application, but why does it seem like there is not much interest to actually enhance the things that already exist.
To create dozens of 3rd party apps to access and manage Steemit feels like the opposite of what I see as perfection: It is not perfect if you have nothing left to add but when their is nothing left to substract.
I want to present my content in a better manner. We Users need more tools for that. We could skip all this Curating bs (no hate for curators, many do a great job) if the Users could present their content. Even on my youtube channel I can make and name playlists and such. Do we even evr talk about what Steemit should look like after its beta or this this another well-kept secret?
It needs an update for a lot of reasons. I don't disagree with that. I simply am indicating a GUI update won't actually fix the problem I am talking about in the post here.
These things I agree about. I don't know what Steemit Inc. Plans are. They are pretty tight lipped on most things until right before they come out. Some things you don't even hear about until they are just there, but those are always minor changes as far as I've seen.
Oh and I dont want the GUI to FORCE people to behave properly on Steemit but to make good behavior (etiquette) easier to understand and more enticing to follow.
hey dadd.. I mean Deva, Did you see the current drama with @elfspice
https://steemit.com/steemit/@benjojo/ned-are-we-on-the-verge-of-a-steemtrain-wreck-steemit-inc-please-address-these-concerns
Like Bernie said before, the idea of controlling the opinions/discourse on Steemit via downvotes is nothing he invented.
censored postby @elfspice https://steemit.com/steemit/@elfspice/vindication-so-stinc-who-was-lying-i-am-incompetent-at-systems-administration-am-i
FUD is an invention by msn if you ask me. Both the practice and blaming people for said practice.
I saw the elfspice post and was intending to find out more myself, but I hadn't seen the benjojo post. I actually hadn't heard of any problems until that elfspice post.
And I think it is a problem that we dont hear from these problems ;)