The Chicken Machine🐔: ~Revisited!~
"Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything."
- George Lois -
I had a pleasant surprise yesterday.
Steemian @ausbitbank alerted me to the fact that one of my older Steemit articles had just shown up on Hacker News. You can find the Hacker News submission here.
I wrote the article a couple of years ago. It is, of course, still on Steemit. You can see it here:
"How I Made A Chicken Play Tic-Tac-Toe🐔 - A True Story"
It's a pretty cool story in its own right, and I am grateful that a few more people have now had a chance to read it.
BTW, if you aren't already familiar with @ausbitbank's SteemVis "ViewSource" utility, I can't recommend it enough. It is one of my "go-to" Steemit tools.
)A Chicken? Seriously? ~ Image courtesy of Idella Maeland
In that Hacker News thread,
contributor Simon_says began a discussion of Steemit as follows:
"I can't believe steemit is still a thing."
Well, that took me off guard, and as I continued to read it became clear to me that the author was laboring under some severe misunderstandings of the value of Steemit and what it is all about.
)Don't Stop The Carnival... ~ Image courtesy of Tim Gouw
What was he confused about?
I'll let him tell you in his own words.
"1) When I looked at it closely a couple years ago, all of the stories and all of the discussion were about proselytizing steemit. I would love to see a non-censorious version of reddit, but that place is so boring and self-referential. I took a brief look just now and my complaints are just as valid today. It's not a healthy ecosystem if everyone is just there for the money."
"2) The business model seems nuts. I could never figure out how value was created or where the money came from other than suckers buying in, and there's going to be a limited supply of those. It just seems like a ponzi scheme with more steps. (Note, I don't necessarily feel this way about all cryptocurrencies; steemit's business model is just particularly nonsensical.)"
Can you see what I mean?
Hacker News contributor Simon_says had to be missing some rather important facts about Steemit. Maybe he was only checking the trending page? Or listening to FUD about Steemit from others on the web?
I responded in strong defense of Steemit:
- A quick glance at the Steemit "front page" today (https://steempeak.com/) pretty strongly counters this assertion. Lots of art, photos, travel, music, etc.
Not at all what I would classify as "self-referential."
Perhaps you were only looking at the "Trending" page?
It's far better to see Steemit raw. Steempeak is a nice interface.
- To understand the business model for any functional currency (STEEM, BTS, Bitcoin, etc.) you need to understand that the true source of wealth is not something external.
Wealth derives from the human soul. Jesus said "What would a man give in exchange for his soul?" Much later, R. Buckminster Fuller observed that wealth is our ability to "live into the future" and it is entirely based on the application of human thought/ingenuity to raw material resources.
Steemit (as any other viable, useful currency) is a "wealth magnet" that transfers existing human capital out of corrupt, inflationary fiat currencies (e.g. $USD) because it is a superior store of value and medium of exchange.
One of STEEM's greatest claims to fame is that it is a (reasonably) stable currency that is free to use and frictionless. Built on a Graphene blockchain, STEEM enables any holder to transfer wealth anywhere in the world, in a matter seconds, with no fees, no hoops to jump through, no questions asked. What other financial instruments can claim as much? And STEEM is tradable on major exchanges, decentralized and otherwise.
Furthermore, as a social media platform, Steemit provides a potentially perpetual free internet archive for content creators. You don't have to secure a domain name; you don't have to pay perpetual fees to maintain your work. The fact that the blockchain not only holds your content, but is the basis for a financial ecosystem, makes its self-perpetuation far more likely than your "average" public site (think Geocities, etc.).
BTW, I am the author of the Chicken article and I would be happy to address any specific questions about the machine and how I created it. Furthermore, you can see an example of what I mean by the archival nature of Steemit by visiting my Steemit Library:
https://steemit.com/a/@creatr/b
That my Chicken Machine article is still around two years after I wrote it, at no expense to me, is testimony to the value of the platform in my eyes.
I hope this helps explain the present and ongoing value of Steemit. It most assuredly may not be trivially dismissed as a nonsensical "Ponzi scheme" that "suckers" buy into."
Where does this FUD come from?
Obviously, we need to set people straight any time such baloney is propagated.
~FIN~
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I remember the original story. It's good to see others outside of steemit (and Steem) circulating it.
People sleep on Steem in my opinion. To me, it seems really simple to get into as a currency.
In order to accept Steem, all a business has to do is create an account. They won't have to register on an exchange, they won't have to purchase bitcoin or litecoin, or anything else. Once an account is created, all they have to do is advertise their merchandise right on the chain.
Of course, if they want to turn it into fiat, they'll probably have to sign up at an exchange, but who knows what options will become available to circumvent that requirement, in the future. I even seem to remember you (@creatr) offering cash for Steem at one time...or maybe it was the other way around. In any case a business might want to power up, at least in the beginning.
I'm still waiting for more businesses to get on board.
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Hi Moe,
Thanks for your spot-on comments!
Yes, Steem is a tool that is here, now, ready and raring to go. We need to be using it on a regular basis.
And yes, it would be great to have more options for converting between Steem and fiat. The banker/government cartel is doing all within its power to prevent that, but I still have high hopes of seeing it happen. And yes, I have exchanged Steem for fiat in the past on a one-to-one personal basis.
Others have been trying to promote the day-to-day use of Steem; for example, @matthewdavid.
Good to "see you around" again, Moe. Take care!
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A good post, my friend, and yes, I remember that article. As for the critique of steemit, I know that's common to outsiders. I recently tried on-boarding a writer friend and he had many of the same criticisms and more. He left severing all ties with steemit and allowed me to cash out his account which I thankfully did.
Steem has been depressed as have most cryptocurrencies and a lot of people are powering down and not posting. On a positive note, last time I checked SBD = $108 USD. Who knows, maybe if it keeps gaining in value people may start voting, posting and commenting again. I do every day - often twice a day - but I seem to be in the minority. Oh and btw, I hate that cynical self-serving 'keep on steeming' BS too, but I ignore it because every day I'm doing the stuff - not musing about it.
Thanks, John...
You did mean $1.08 for SBD, right? :D
I'm pretty sure I remember your writer friend. I tried to support him somewhat, but I'm pretty inconsistent...
We humans are generally just to stuck in our ways. We should be grabbing the opportunity to use crypto instead of state controlled currencies, but we are not. :(
Our bad.
yes, I agree. I know you tried to support my friend but Steemit isn't for everyone - much as that might be surprising for peeps like us, lol
...and yes, $1.08 - Lydon is still hoping for SBD= $50.00 USD , but I'm less optimistic. I'd settle for it hovering between $13.00/$15.00 USD as it did a while back - yeah, those were the days :)
Another great read which made me chuckle, and thanks for raising some great points in your reply to Simon. It’s been good too see the little rally in Steem price this month, it’s going to take a long while to recover to early 2018 prices.
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Thanks for reading and for your encouraging comments.
I'd love to see a price recovery! :)
But even without it, Steem has great utility as a currency.
Chickens are funny. Oh, a chicken machine? What a surprise. Very funny and interesting. How, how to train your dragon, ehhh, I mean chicken haha. Wow. Upvoted. Resteemed.
Thank you kindly! :)
I came over to say hi and see what you are up to. I miss seeing you around. Thanks much for defending Steemit!!
Hey there, old friend Old Guy! :)
Thank you so much for thinking of me. I miss being around.
I've been distracted and busy, scrambling looking for some paying work. Kind of off my usual game. Still have an endless list of articles to write, but flagging motivation.
I really do need to find some revenue, either product sales or consulting or some combo of both.
Seriously, Thank You for checking in! :) Have you migrated south yet?
Oh I totally understand. You know after you haven't seen a regular guy for a bit, I always feel compelled to drop a line and say they are missed. I am glad that it is not health anyways.
Oh I am working the plan on moving south everyday it seems. I just signed the papers to sell one property so I am tying up loose ends. It may take a year or too as everything takes longer to sell than one might think.
You know I am wishing you all the best and I will stop by and bug ya from time to time :)
Thanks a bunch.
I long to move south myself... Kinda have my eye on the Greater Magellanic Cloud... ;)
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