RE: Week 23 - Pay It Forward Curation Contest My Entry
I wish I could say I disagree ... alas, I don't. I don't know what possesses me to even try. I guess it's because I believe the "Original Idea" of Steemit is so utterly brilliant that it is worth trying anything in an attempt to save it.
It all comes down to ideology. The anarchists have a religious-like obsession with the "No Rulers, No Rules" mantra. So, instead of implementing a few simple Rules, and a manner for their enforcement (my proposals), they create ever more complex code in an attempt to "positively incentivize" people for "good behavior."
"Positive incentives" don't work on crooks. You need "negative incentives" as well. Hence, the expression, "the carrot or the stick." But ... no one can be told what they can or can't do because that would be blasphemy. There can be no Rules of Conduct. They're on a mission to teach humanity a lesson ... ban all governments. But there's a reason why anarchism has never once, in all of human history, ever been implemented: It doesn't work.
Incidentally, I wrote a Follow Up article as well:
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Yes I saw the problem in actions. I went to a whale's page saw him post just "1" In the subject line the post was only a few hours old and it was at over $40 dollars. So I posted that I was bummed a silly post could earn so much. He chimes in with "What are you some kind of dictator telling us how to use our voting power." It caught me off guard cause I never said how they had to vote only that I was sad a silly post could get that much money. We went back and forth a bit but I stopped cause I didn't want to have him go out and ruin my post that are pending payouts. Just the fact I have to do that shows part of the problem. I am not really free to challenge them cause they can down vote me out of this place.