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RE: No. You do not own Steemit, Inc.
I have to disagree. I've invested a lot in this platform. While I'm not the largest stakeholder, I do think that my opinion should matter. It's completely reasonable to have expectations from the leadership of the platform.
if you held shares in microsoft would you be calling them to let them know what you think they should be doing all the time?
It's a valid point of view. You can have expectations, and you probably should - but I guess my point is that they don't actually have to listen. I'm not saying they shouldn't listen to what the community has to say (obviously, there is a benefit to them doing that), but they don't have to. At the end of the day, it is entirely their choice as to what they decide to do with their company.
Well, they can do whatever they want. They have free will, after all. But that's a philosophical argument. It's not a very meaningful statement. I don't think it's very constructive to make a post like this, either. This just isn't a good response to the totally legitimate frustrations that many of us are feeling and expressing.
Part of why I wrote this is that this is more than just a philosophical argument.
For example, many have made the argument that Steemit employees should not be cashing out large amounts of STEEM. While we may believe that is a good suggestion, Steemit, Inc. may disagree. They may feel that generating enough cash to fund their company for the next two years regardless of the price is what is best for their company.
Then people might say, well then they should explain what they are doing with the money. Again, they might feel that disclosing their financial information is not in the best interest of their company.
The point of the post is that they can do whatever they want. It is their company.
All of these things are valid concerns and suggestions from the community, but at the end of the day, that is all they are.
What's the actual point of saying that, though? Everybody who is pissed off and disappointed at the actions of the leadership of the platform already knows that they can and will do whatever they want. In fact, that's why some of us are pissed off. This is not a revelation. You're just kicking people when they're down.
That really isn't my intention, I can assure you of that.
For argument sake, is it possible that the problem was that people believed from the beginning that they were entitled a 'say' in how Steemit ran their business?
To some extent I wrote this article because I think that there are people that legitimately believe that.
Investing in the platform and being a part of the community does not give us a voice at the Steemit, Inc. executive table. Despite the SP investment part, we are closer to Steemit's customers than we are it's shareholders.
Again, I am not saying that the community should not have opinions, wants, and suggestions. I'm also not saying Steemit should ignore the community. It is important for a company to listen to its customers.
If people look at it with the right perspective though, then they shouldn't really get upset when Steemit doesn't do what we suggest. If they are at least listening and taking what we have to say into consideration, then they are already doing more than they are required to do.