Steem attractors and detractors

From pretty much now on, we are going to start seeing the first results of the changes the EIP have actually made and while people predicted that "nothing would change" or that it would be an "unmitigated disaster", I was wondering if that view still holds true. What are your intuitions telling you?

While the next week or two of results are also going to be affected by some of the longest downtime the Steem blockchain has experienced in the 3.5 years since the first block, I think that overall things are looking relatively good, even if earnings are going to be down for many users with the 50/50 change. I also think that there is a surprising amount of additional voting taking place because of that 50/50 change. And of course, the downvoting that has come with the hardfork bundle.

I am also interested to see some feedback on the performance of the convergent curve and how much it has affected payouts at various price points in practice and combined with the other factors in play.

What I have noticed is that on the users who have been active within the community consistently, they are getting some relatively high amounts of organic support and this seems quite healthy in my opinion. Those who have spent their time complaining about questioning the changes might have lost some, as might have those who decided to shitpost in protest.

There are always going to be consequences to actions and while they aren't always predictable, human nature can be somewhat predicted, especially when put under pressure. When under enough stress, it is very hard to maintain a high standard of behavior as both the mind and the body are affected by the emotions and will create unexpected movement and reaction to events. I think everyone recognizes that when they are having a bad day, even the small things are triggers to set off an overreaction.

A lot of people here seem to have a lot of bad days on Steem and tend to overreact to Steem events. Of course, it isn't always Steem that creates the conditions as real-life circumstances are the major player that influences our behavior. This is not necessarily events in life, it could be a lack of events that are the catalyst and then looks for drama to "feel alive".

I think that this is at least part of the drama-laden and outrage-filled digital social spaces where people are living such curated and self-absorbed digital lives that they lose connection with what is actually important in life, with what is real. So much time is spent in digital spaces with unseen faces that there is an increase in the loss of human and this works in both directions to create the kindling to catch the spark.

On one hand there is the dehumanization of the unseen person on the opposite side of the internet, and on the other there is the the feeling of being dehumanized and therefore irrelevant in the world. This has a ramping up effect as it influences for less human consideration in order to increase the feeling of relevance and personal power and, it is a race to the bottom for community through aggression and polarization.

In my opinion, the digital world we have created through our own actions is one that drives people apart rather than connects them and rather than seeing people as people, it seems each as a leveragable resource. What ends up happening is that there is a points game in play where instead of community, it is about competition at any cost and the accumulation of points is the goal, no matter how useless or harmful the process becomes.

The interesting thing is that those who partake in this the most are the ones who are the largest of the attention seekers and often the ones who are the most unhinged emotionally. Again, this is pretty logical as those who do have emotional control, have the choice to pick their battles and evaluate and recognize when winning gains nothing - they just walk away or, engage to a point and then move on about their day.

It is those who can't let go who are compelled to behave and react to every event emotionally as the act of not being able to let go means that whenever they are reminded, they relive the events afresh.

I think that on Steem there are plenty of people who have built a habit of negativity and therefore behave and react with predictable uniformity to events. This becomes a self-imposed spiral as while they want a different result, their actions and reactions cause the consequence of the outcomes they receive.

Sure, there is a great deal of randomization and chance in play here, but process and behavior has its affects too. When it comes to consistency and stability of support, there are some people who behave in a way that attracts, some that detracts from another's experience and therefore deflects support and while laying blame on others might make one feel better - it likely exacerbates the issue further.

Everyone can do as they please on Steem, but the level and type of attention it attracts or drives away is a consequence of behavior. Negative and positive people attract like minds and usually, the two groups don't want to spend time together as they both think the other is wrong.

I wonder what the numbers will say.

Taraz
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