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RE: "Our Corrupt Sense of Fairness" or Steemit's Incessant Rule Changes?

in #philosophy8 years ago (edited)

What are "the early days"? Yes, I know there is a "beta" tag but that is someone's arbitrary decision and we are approaching six months in. That state can't continue indefinitely or it causes more harm than good.

I understand that not everyone was around, but from the very start (mining phase) we were told that very clearly that there would not be many or frequent changes. That was described as an advantage over Bitshares and also as a lesson that had been learned getting this wrong with Bitshares. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how well it was really learned.

@sean-king. I agree that catastrophic problems need to be addressed but many (arguably up to 100%) of the changes are not that. They are small tweaks that address various vocal complaints or theoretical or philosophical concerns that may or may not ever matter, and yes as @complexring (and @blocktrades likewise elsewhere) said they are being done without any sort of good scientific approach or method. Not infrequently these changes try to solve one problem by creating one or two more (the original 24->12 change being one simple example). The benefits of these changes need to be weighted against the costs of instability (including the costs of constantly proposing changes even if not adopted) and that balance is out of whack.

Spot on @tuck-fheman

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"Early days" is obviously subjective but it often takes startups 2-3 years to find product market fit and get things right.

Crypto projects should be thought of in the same context, imo. The changes must be reasonable of course but if done transparently and reasonably, experimentation is a good thing.

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