RE: Gaming, Social Media, Incentivization and Feeling a Sense of Accomplishment
I think the whole of life is a game but whether I experience it as such is another matter. it depends on my mood. I'm more likely to experience the playfulness of the game when things are going my way and not at all likely to experience that when I'm feeling hard down by. Same with Steemit really.
If I stop and think about Steemit I don't think it will survive but I choose to ignore that since I enjoy the day to day interactions.
What keeps me coming back is the social aspects of the platform and, to a lesser extent because I don't believe it will happen, the chance that I might make some good money here.
I have met some really interesting people both virtually and in real life, as a result of being on Steemit and that's hugely valuable to me.
I want to give up when I focus on the inequality here and the sheer amount of crap that gets posted and rewarded and the seemingly endless spam accounts that get created.
However, there's always another fun/interesting conversation to be had and that keeps me going.
So far, Steemit has proven me wrong on a number of occasions.
For one, it has much greater resilience because we get paid in Steem, not in fiat... and the "lure" of being able to accumulate wealth/equity (SP) rather than just "make money" does drive a good number of people.
The second surprise is the degree to which "self-policing" (and community policing) happens here. Someone starts abusing the system, and immediately groups self-organize to counter that. Whether that is coincidence or genius in design, I am not sure. But it is working, so far.
Even in my introductory post, I shared my doubts that Steemit could sustain for any period of time, and that has (so far) proven wrong.
The fact that we self-organize into subcommunities of friends, according to our interests and objectives also speaks well of the future.
I love your positivity with it all @denmarkguy. I suppose it's a question of focus. Interesting to hear that you're surprised it lasted this long. At least I think that's what I think you're saying.
And you're right. There are a lot of positive initiatives going on to counteract the crap. Hopefully they will be successful! 😁