Putting my skin in the game
Here's some skin that belongs to me. It's about 32 years old, 50% Y-Chromosomes, and prone to sunburns. And now it's firmly "in" the proverbial "game":
As anyone who's played poker before knows, there's a world of difference between playing cards for chips, and playing cards for money. Without any skin in the game, a poker table is quickly cannibalized by "all-in trolls" - players with nothing to lose by acting recklessly, and everything to gain by hitting it big if they can strike a nerve. They also have the unfortunately side-effect of making the game utterly unplayable.
I'm not on Facebook, I don't tweet, and I'm so out-of-the-loop on these things I couldn't even think of a third network ecosystem thing for this list (Instagram is owned by Facebook, isn't it? Does that count?). I'm not on any of those networks because they don't resemble the real world I've come to know. They're all bombastic sensationalist super engines overflowing with trolls.
Will Steemit be different? Does forcing users to put their skin in the game elevate the level of discourse? Can we all be civil with one another?
Honestly, I don't know. I know where my skin stands in all of this. But I'm still fuzzy on the game. Steem, Steem Power, Steem Dollars? Some of the value of a game surely comes from the rules being simple, and the outcomes being complex (think poker). Frankly, I find Steemit a little bamboozling, but I'm here with an open mind.
So that's me in a nutshell; just another epidermis who likes thinking out loud. But isn't that what these platforms are for? Our collective musings?
I guess I'll find out.
Bet's to you, internet.
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The whole thing is definitely a little bit confusing -- as is the entire cryptocurrency realm right now. It's hard to understand where any of these 'rewards' come from (especially given that there are no ads). I'm still a bit skeptical about things, but will know more once a couple reward payouts happen.
I imagine that this is what it's like to have a very small slice of stock in a company... that... doesn't sell anything... but is valued against a digital cryptocoin that we've all said is worth something? Yikes.....
Glad I'm not the only one who's confused.
Interestingly, I think my poker analogy has meaning beyond my original intent. So far, my first impression here is "whoa. More bots than I expected", which is definitely my impression of the online poker scene as well.
Is it just me, or are we in the "Wild-Wild-WestWorld" over here?
There's definitely a shitload of bots on here. Not certain if I have the patience to figure out how to use them, or if I should just continue doing a bit of writing / blog posting and ignore that side of things. At the end of the day, I was excited about this platform because I've been meaning to find an excuse to write down my thoughts a bit more anyways -- but I'm not excited about paying bots for retweets.
welcome to the steem blockchain!
Thanks. Reading some of your posts now. Exciting to see some interest in mesh networking.
At the risk of treating Crypto-Currency as some kind of techno-utopian magic wand, do you think there's a place for Crypto-Currency to help incentivize the creation and maintenance of mesh networks?
It is not impossible and I am sure it will be tried whether it is needed or not lol. Everything in crypto right now it seems.
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