I think the scot-Tribes are a good start. Sometimes looking at the big picture we need to step back and just enjoy one or two of the smaller things. Investors need a place to play and to get stuff off their mind, Developers need a place to just kick and relax, Businessmen need a place to meet and groom new up and coming partners, or a place to find new associates, a hob nob place, and consumers, (like me), have found a place to do just that, consume.
I have one consistent thing, and that is my inconsistency. I find all kinds of things on steem to take pleasure or derive entertainment from. Some of them are redfish, some of them are minnows and a few of them are dolphins,
I don't care what a person does with their steem they earn, buy, bribe, or so called steal from the reward pool, its theirs how ever they got it. They can do with it what they want, some save it, some sell it, some try living on it. if people want to keep steem alive and get it to thrive, advertising is one way to do it.
Not everyone is an investor, not everyone wants to invest in steem, that does not mean they suck, as one investor has stated. If people want steem to die, that post is a good starting point, drive the non-investors away, and then there will be no one to consume the shit content that the investors are peddling to make a buck. I would rather see post about "Grandma's New Walker" than one more post by an investor about a piece of crap coin that I am not interested in. That is what is good about the scot-Tribes, more content for consumers and non-investor types like myself. (Consumer reports are needed on the quality of various walkers, I'm getting old)
There have been a few to many Finger Pointing post lately about the price and viability of steem. I am sure I will be one of the last ones to leave, and will have to flip a coin to see who goes all the way back in to turn off the forgotten light.
Hey, @bashadow.
Can't disagree with any of what you've said. We're definitely heading down the same road on this one. Everyone just needs to get along, because we're all needed in one way or another.
There are some actions on STEEM that does not help it, but in the final analysis, I don't think the majority of us are participating in any one of those things to cause damage. But the incessant perception that it is an issue will do more damage than the actual thing itself.
So, somewhere between harping on everything and cheering on everything is probably the place to be. STEEM needs to get its act together, but it still an amazing place filled with a lot of good things and people. I'm kind of glad I've had an opportunity to be around when its still lightly used compared to how many have signed up and how many more we're hoping will.
You and me then. We can go back and turn out that light together, if something better finally comes along. My problem is, if this doesn't work out, I'm not sure better shows up, because blockchain governance, from EOS to Libra, seems to be heading towards some form of centralization. And maybe that's what people want, but getting beyond a potentially safe environment on a social media site doesn't get us to a bootstrapped global digital economy, and transparency, and censorship proof, and free, and autonomous.