RE: Top 12 Things I Didn't Know I Would Be Doing On Steemit
You sure do bring up a lot of points that I can relate to. I am sure many can. I am sure you are correct and I like everyone else will eventually be writing about it. I think at some point everyone has to look around and ask themselves why they are really here. I believe for many it aint the pennies.
I think one of the reasons you write so well is an ability to cover a lot of ground in one go. Anyone who truly wants to "engage" could easily start a whole conversation based around any single paragraph.
About that vote thing never even worry about that with me. most times I just enjoy to the typing back and forth. I pay my little 1/2 pennie like paying admission.
Steemit sure is a strange place with its own little conduct code. It would almost be sad if something better came along. I just now am starting to figure out this mess. Starting from scratch would be a pain in the patoot for sure.
Well, that's what I figure. The thing is, if I remember correctly, the only thing known to be potentially better is ONO, which I think launches shortly. It'll be on EOS, which is also supposed to have Steemit 2.0 in the works. Regardless, ONO will be two years behind STEEM when it drops, and whatever EOS might have in the works will be behind that. It will take a massive migration for either to become bigger than Steemit in less than a year to 18 months period of time. That's not likely to happen. More likely is some of us will go, others will follow, keeping one foot here while stepping into the other, and the rest of us will wait and see and work with what we know.
ONO is China-based, and even though it's decentralized now, that concerns me. China's track record since communism isn't that great when it comes to freedom. It's track record before communism is only slightly better when it comes to freedom. So, we'll see.
As far as anything EOS might put together—unless they come up with a cutting edge social media platform, and figure out how to reward people in a fair and consistent manner, they will run into the same situations as STEEM has. In order to do some of it, they will have to have it coded into place. In order to do some others, they will have to have a little more of an authoritarian mindset. We'll see how that goes, too.
re: conduct code
It would be nice to understand that conduct code. It's more of a do what you want but suffer the consequences (or not) kind of code. You never know what people you run into are going to think about anything. And by the time you get to know them, you and they both have both nuanced your thinking about any given topic at least once.
It's just not that easy of a place to get used to, because there's always something new popping up.
Well, I figure most people can relate to not expecting to do so many things on Steemit other than posting, commenting and curating. Something might be emphasized over others, with a few unique experiences, but we eventually will have a brush with all that can happen here.
I appreciate the assessment of my writing abilities. This one was a mash of different topics, which would hopefully encourage conversations on more than one. You could go on for days with this kind of post, commenting back and forth. However, the post needs to be seen, and I suffer from the same near invisibility the majority of us do. Some day, though. Some day. :)
Hi I agree about China's track record with freedoms. If you have had a look at their "Sesame System" that right there says it all.
Conduct code is a favorite topic for me. Probably because I have a fascination with psychology. Group psychology and how that translates to Steemit provides an endless supply of things to delve into. Cultural differences just add more to the mix. You seem to touch on such topics often. Think I will pop over and see what you are writing about today.
Well, today, I've been out and about, and managed to get my normal average of posts per week, plus one, in by yesterday.
I do tend to be on those kinds of topics, but not so much from the psychological standpoint but more from the "What the heck?!" frame of mind. :) Actually, I guess some of them aren't quite like that, but it's hard to avoid really. I know there are plenty of people who go on their merry way doing mostly what they want to do. I don't know that I envy them per se, but it would be nice to be able to ignore things more than I do. I used to go looking for things. Now, they come looking for me.
So do the middle class and the wealthy.
I suppose the different cultures do add something to it, but really, when you break it down, people are people, and while some environments and ways of thinking will be different, human nature still gets in the way.
If all you've ever known is poverty, do you only want that? Probably not. You seek for ways to better yourself and that of your family, particularly your children, so they will be better off than you were.
If suddenly your thrust into the role of great wealth, do we go about things as if we are still poor? That would be good to a degree—being thrifty and buying just what you need. Some do, but most do not. They don't know how to handle it. Not even those in the middle class range tend to do well when all of a sudden there's millions in the equation.
That's just one example of what can happen, but mostly it's folks who are trying to do something to better their financial future. It doesn't matter where you come from to have a desire to do that. That's probably a simplification, but often what we're looking at are the lowest common denominator, and the lowest common factor.