May 30 Days Writing Challenge - Day Seven: Name 3 Things That Must Be Done Immediately To Make Steemit.com A Better Experience

I have been participating in this challenge by @dragosroua for the past few days and although there is no major prize like 1000 SBD that I often see some big names do its aim is to promote discussion and has made me think about what I do in Steemit and his latest is a question on what I would do to make Steemit better.

We see it every day, people complain that the system is broken, that people are reward pool raping, that people are not supporting minnows and it's harder and harder to grow stronger as opposed to a year ago. Hell! I have written about my complaints a number of times as well but aside from complaining what have we truly done?

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How could a minnow like me change things in an organization and platform as big as Steem? I don't have the megavests to move my preferred witnesses to the top spot, I don't have the ear of Steem Inc or @ned that he would heed my words, I have no whales backing me but what I have is myself and wanting to make a change.

Mahatma Gandhi fought racial segregation and liberty. He used a pacifist form of resistance to get his message across with discussions and sit-ins, combined with fasting.

Do I see myself as a Gandhi? I don't think so but it shows how one man's idea can form a movement by getting people involved. Steemit gave me a platform to voice out my concerns and ideas, I will be able to discuss and get people to listen, I may not turn everyone to my thinking but some people will see it my way and it can be the start of the change that we want to be.

So what are the 3 things that I think Steemit needs to become better?

Hivemind and Communities

Ever since this was announced I have wanted it to be deployed as soon as possible. I am a community-minded person and this is something that is lacking in Steemit, Sure most people would group themselves by nation, race, likes and beliefs all being run in Discord or Facebook groups to put it all together but Steemit should have that in place.

One of the things that makes Reddit work well even if to the uninitiated it looks like chaos is the fact that Reddit has Subreddits that cater to people who find like-minded people to interact, comment, discuss and yes troll.

I know Steem is only 2 years old but we have to learn from the best and integrate it into our platform.

Steem Moderators

Before I get crucified by the freedom fighters and anti-censorship people in the platform hear me out again. Reddit has Moderators and I was, in fact, a moderator in a subreddit group (yes I am such a nerd)

Having a moderator does not mean that I can silence anyone on a whim as there should be a reason and if I abuse my moderator permissions I can be called out to be removed and have someone else who has the good of the community.

I like how the subcommunities of Curie works that they have curators that go through specific tags like gaming, art, photography and reward content creators that give a smaller community vote. I have received those and it helps keep me motivated to write.

You also have SteemSTEM and Steemiteducation doing the same thing.

Community Delegations

Talking about SteemSTEM and Steemiteducation I have to wonder why these kinds of community-focused endeavors are not supported by Steem Inc. instead they would delegate to someone like

(I used the website by @ura-soul http://steemocean.com/voter/sweetsssj to show voter behavior)

I am not knocking off her achievements and being one of the pioneers of the platform and she and her travel blogs could have been seen by other people and made them look at Steemit and saw the dollar amount value under her post and said they wanted a piece of that pie.

She said it herself that she invited her family and upvote them. It is apparent with 65 accounts that she voted for from April 24 - May 1, 2018.

I am a minnow but I vote for more accounts that she does. She has the 2nd largest vote value in the platform and she got delegation from Steem Inc. Let me just let that sink in.

Okay, there is another person that Steem Inc gave delegation to.

Over a thousand different accounts upvoted for. Created the Steemgigs.org condenser and actively commenting, community building and dream making with Steemians. See the difference.

Steem Inc needs to be more careful who they entrust their delegations to. She may be a nice person but she is not what the Steem Community needs now. We need community builders and leaders who will make the platform better.

If we are to move to the next phase we need to be a social media platform that has engaged people, create content not necessarily exceptional Curie level standards but posts that have meaning to us and to other people.

Build connections, create relationships and make Steemit a place where we put our thoughts, dreams, plans, stories, reflections, art, music and philosophies in place. Create a place of truths and knowledge. One of that has use to the world.

That is how we make Steemit better for everyone.

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