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RE: Society: Bots and Technology Don't Build Communities... PEOPLE Do!
Honestly, as a creative person with little IRL creative network/community in my current location, steemit and particularly its comments section have been such an exciting discovery for me. I have been constantly surprised and astounded by the level of engagement, respect, openness, creativity, and just "humanity" in the comments on steemit. It is such a different environment compared to what I am used to with conventional social media and internet forums. IMO steemit seems to engender a really healthy combination of community AND "competition", because its foundation incentivizes positive growth in what you AND others create and contribute. A truly symbiotic platform. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it...
Well, this may help you wrap your head around it, some of it is BS! That’s not to say most of it is, I think people generally want to be civil and respectful but get pulled into polarized debates and angered by trolls, and monetization, while it does increase the amount of brown nosing, it also manages to curb a lot of the trolling and baiting, which is very nice for those of us who just want to SHARE rather than convince.