Because Steemit is stagnified with hyperpowerful bidbots
because no one wants to curate manually anymore
or comprehend the concept of a gift economy.
Oh yeah, and also Team Steemit seems to prefer not releasing the "dirty details" on things. But technically people could have known about it if they went to the #witness channel on Steem.chat. A lot of us watched the developments in real time on the day the patch was found.
A lot of the whales were never interested in curating or blogging actually. The sooner the changing of the guard happens the better. Actually if we were really smart we’d come up with a way that the whales can earn ROI AND we fix the problems of Steem at the same time. If the dApps all adopt the built in activity points reward system much like the way Partiko does, I think we’d see different outcomes. We need a system that rewards people who comment, as it is in the commenting on someone else’s post that makes us feel feel something. I see my own comments in a sea of bot auto comments and this is the dead feeling I experience, which was not here before. A mix of bot and human comments is one thing but when I’m the only human commenter in dozens of posts well then the reward mechanism has failed.
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I see the Steem bidbots system being fixed with implementation of something like @steem-ua where it’s essentially a fine tuneable whitelisting.
Also agree with the dapps as something like @actifit will be paying out SMT tokens which is huge encouragement for physical activity nevermind commenting, now toss in a @1up hivemind system onto your dapp with that token and I think it would be a pretty impressive outcome!
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There was a time before when I perceived an element of the Gift economy in Steem. I no longer have that impression. I’d love to discuss this at some time and get your thoughts on this article I wrote about it: https://steemit.com/gifteconomy/@stellabelle/the-reason-you-don-t-understand-steemit-it-s-like-a-gift-economy-not-a-commodity-economy Mind you, when I wrote this there were no bidbots and everyone looked down on the idea of someone selling their votes. This path of Steem has a lot in common with the Tale of the Warm Fuzzies, and what’s happening with everyone wanting an immediate ROI instead of bestowing their votes onto others. We have a cancerous version that was never intended by the engineer behind Steem.
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Stella, I'd love to dive into that tomorrow after I've gotten some shut-eye and my brain's working properly :-) It will be fun to trade perspectives, since you got to see the early days. I've experienced some beautiful instances of giving on this platform, too— like rays of sun through a monsoon.
Yes of course, take your time.
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See no one really shares where to search for this information, thank you for the details!
I know all to well about the downfall of curation to bidbots this is why I love what Stella in doing with her contest!
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It's a complex situation, I don't blame people because I know they are primarily motivated by greed and maximum profit. But, I also know they can choose to move towards a gift economy. You don't have to blame anyone to see that Steemit is rather stagnant at the moment. I find the bots boring more than anything. Btw, I responded to your comment. In the future make sure you tag me at @d-pend because I don't always see these under replies.
I do think I contradict myself constantly on Steemit, because I'm usually brainstorming out loud. To be honest, after all these months—I still feel like I only understand a tiny fraction of the dynamics of how Steemit works (especially when you consider the psychological aspect, which continually baffles me.) If you don't mind continuing the conversation tomorrow when I'm more well-rested, I'd be happy to :-) In the meantime, give me some food for thought from your perspective if you like because I'm curious what you think about it.
I suspect you’re dead on. The masses often ruin their own caves by polluting it. I think that has happened.
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We can’t really expect human nature to change?
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