You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: What is Steemit?
I have thought a little more about what you say here. As I say above, its a game - a social experiment. And like the social experiment we live in, it involves humans which always complicates matters. You've only been invovled for a very short time. If you dont like the platform then perhaps leave. But if you like it in principle, it may be worth learning and researching how the game works. As I said at the end of the article though, perhaps money needs to be eliminated from our culture to sort out our problems. But so far, i am enjoying the game and although you are correct that most of the 'power' is concentrated at the top, for the most part most of the 'whales' are helping people on the platform.
@dannyshine, a very nice read, especially the comments from @rudyardcatling, As an advocate of steemit, and a person who wants it to be all the good it potentially can be, I hear all of these sentiments with a struggle and reluctantly agree that they are accurate, all be it negative sentiments. There are, however in my opinion, far more positives and potentials than negatives, as with any social experiment, you have to take the rough with the smooth. I am trying to influence positive behaviors on the platform from whales and minnows alike though several initiatives i support, these may or may not work. I think a long term view, only risk what you can afford to lose and seeing what mischief you can get up to on here in a way to enjoy the experience, is my advice. additionally i would like to say that it is not nice that a lot of steem is concentrated with whales, however, it does not matter how you look at it, they are the ones that took the risk and have given the steem price its present value. At our (humans) current level of wisdom, this is the best system we have come up with so far to reward risk takers and incentivize value creation. If there is another let me know, if you want to distribute steem to other members, that is exactly what is going on now with whales up voting minnows. if you want a new platform that does this from the start, good luck finding investors to support the value reward token's price. in all very interesting and thought provoking! STEEMON!