I think this type of behavior will break steemit. This has been my fear since I joined steemit and could see the bot, large accounts, and popularity patterns to their logical end. I don't have any solutions except maybe voting power shouldn't be weighted on size of the account. People who have large accounts may or may not be wise regarding how to exercise their power. I think maybe voting should be weighted on ones reputation, something you can't buy but must earn. Good post @stellabelle.
Edit, I've been painting all day and my language skills go out the door...blah, blah, blah lolol
You are right...people are too into the quick return and the fast money.
It takes time to develop a platform such as this. We are at the early stages of a very long transition away from the siloed internet to one where people freely enjoy the rewards of their efforts/contributions. Perhaps I take too much of a "philosophical" view on this but I am firm in this believe. We are starting the process of a radical shift.
Mindsets like the one pointed out in the post are the only thing that can derail it. Is this any different than how Zuckerberg views the world...he is out to get for him (although I will say he does at least bring some long term view to the table unlike the poster this article refers to).
In the end, we are the only ones who can botch this thing up.
People like me that are afraid to speak up because they will be ignored by whales should speak up. Maybe join healthy groups that bring a bit of protection from the whales. I spoke about this in the past and most of my rewards disappeared.
Yes that is a legitimate concern. They have the ability go gang up and really take away someone's reputation for which it will take them a long time to get it back.
It is one of the flaws in the system where the power is not even remotely distributed in a equitable manner.
I've been through the flag wars, I'm talking about being on a whales voting bot list and then being dumped when I question the systems integrety. This system seems to be designed for investors not content creators so they can skim the cream off the top...
Ah the proverbial bit the hand that fed you idea.
Yes that really sucks what happened to you. It seems that this system is tilte din the way you describe. The good content is a secondary consideration. Too many times I witnessed a good night post get $100.
Oh, I know, but this is the way the world works. I came here thinking that maybe we could change that....you know, the starlets and stars that suck the cock of the producer to get the a part in a production and then reap the rewards and don't say a word about the horrible behavior of the people in power and the system because they cashed in...but I was wrong. I'm not upset, I just remembered there is no solution to Samsara. Plus I made a bit of money before I fell out of favor. But I want to protect my investment and a wonderful idea that works for many people here, plus Steemit's big accounts are trashing Steemit's integrity and future and we need to stop it.
Solution wil be SMT's and split up to smaller communities with more fair token distribution and rules adjusted in accordance with lessons learned from failure of steemit.
@bescouted, I've read about this, I need to read some more before I can make any logical comments. I will do a search and pull up more articles explaining the system. Thanks for the heads-up!
That you should do. As it is the backbone of the whole steem blockchain strategy. Steemit being just a test platform that nobody is taking seriously i believe. We will be doing our SMT as a photography community and we have already a platform running on steem blockchain. Take a look if you are interested www.bescouted.com
I have been reading the post put out by Steem.inc about the SMT and to tell you the truth I don't know how this will benefit an ordinary person like me. That's why I didn't follow up and read the white paper. I guess I should and read posts written by smart people who can speak to me at my level of understanding.
It is true I create art and sell a piece occasionally but my product worth is declining in today's markets. No one owns a home to hang a painting unless they can wear it or use it for digital decoration!
I'm checking your group out right now nice looking landing page!
Take a look inside :) The simplest landing i could think of and took me 5 minutes to make lol
So you are into arts and painting. So imagine someone creates a page, with similar rewards just for painters and artists, where you would share your thoughts and exchange with like minded people in an inbuilt forum. A professional social community.
You will get a token of that group lets say Painting Coin which will be distributing rewards similar to steemit. So that community grows, you collect the tokens, you unlock certain features maybe, and there would be an inbuilt internal marketplace where you can sell your art or buy supplies by using that SmartMediaToken. it's just a simple example, how SMT could be used to infuse communities.
Or you will be visiting different websites like BeScouted and leaving your comments and curating content there when you feel you want to watch some photography art or get inspiration. For that you will get BeScouted SMT which you will be able to hire a photographer for one of your events through our casting system. And Steem will be a token that would provide you bandwidth, the more Steem you hold the more interactions you will be able to make, the more tokens you will be able to earn on different platforms.
Does it give at least an approximate understanding?
Ahhh, I have thought about this as have several other painterly people, you are a empathetic smart person that understand my level of communication....good job <3
You are welcome ;) We do not want to be like the rest who do not care, do we :) ?
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