There are some questions regarding this topic that we should all be thinking about.
How long will it take the value (positive or negative) of HF21 to materialize into actual market cap?
If HF21 doubles the value of coins in the long run, but your coin reward is reduced by 25%, is this a good trade-off?
How many new curators have been created due to HF21, and how many of them are looking for content like yours but simply haven't discovered it yet?
How long will blogging and vlogging even be the main function of Steem? How long until someone realizes there's a much more useful application to be built here that allows users to work for money?
How long until the Steem economy gets changed again and we all forget this ever even happened? For example: what if curation was optional on a sliding scale?
How many years does Steem need to complete a full market cycle and capture fundamental gains rather than just riding the wave of speculation? (IMO 4 years)
We should also realize there are a million other questions and scenarios we should be asking ourselves that will never even cross our minds.
I empathize with your plight but I think we all have a tendency to be impatient and over-exaggerate the present.
I find your points to be very logical and level headed.
I really don't want to start calling out large accounts by name that curate, but have never once given me a vote, because it is their right to not like me, or think my content is shit. If I tag them in a post, to bitch about their lack of support, I think it's safe to assume I am more likely to get their downvote.
As a curator myself, I do believe in that quality is subjective. I currently curate for eSteem, prior I curated for OCD, and Helpie.(no longer because I took on too much for myself and had to make adjustments where I saw necessary) (just listing these, because I think it's important to state what I have been taught, and how I view curation). I vote things all the time that I don't really care for, because of that subjectivity topic, but really.. The intrinsic value. What drives intrinsic value on a social network? Encouraging users to stay and create, not discouraging them. That is my opinion.
So these giant accounts have a responsibility to protect what they believe in, by being fair to the user base. If my content sucks, perhaps they could tell me what I can do to attract their support, and we know it's easier to spread out support to the community with large stake, because small votes are quite substantial with these million SP accounts.
Please excuse the fact that I am not addressing each one of your bullet points, but I simply find them to be so logical that I can't exactly pose any argument or different perspective to them. I think you are spot on, and people like me tend to get impatient.
But man.. almost two years here, and I think most of the curators have seen my screen name at one point or another, so I don't know what I am doing wrong, and maybe I should just get off the damn steem train. One can only be patient for so long....
What is more likely, is I will not go anywhere, because I am too addicted to steem. I wonder how funny they think this is, that it's affecting people in a negative way. idgaf anymore.
Thank you for your kind and logical response.
I have a much different view of Steem as a programmer. The things you can do with JavaScript here are amazing and defy all logic. It can then be imported with ease directly into
htmla web page.We can make peer to peer gambling dapps. We can prove ownership of assets created in video games. We can decentralize the production of big projects.
Today, we have none of these things and all anyone sees is blogging/vlogging, curation, reward curves, etc. These things we think are the foundation of Steem today will be totally eclipsed by much more exciting projects moving forward.
Hang in there. In five years you might find yourself to being the big dog while all the newcomers are foraging for scraps.
Why the
strikethrough? Futuremind knows a thing or two about hyper text markdown language 😛My Raspberry Pi is collecting a bit of dust, but I did write and host a simple html site on it once. Perhaps I should start learning programming. I'm quite a fan of Linux (Debian is my preferred) but I have always felt limited on Linux with no programming skills.
I've tried to build from the kernel up, and became quite tired of going through Ubuntu forums. Maybe I should take a more basic (building blocks) approach.
If I can't make shit blogging, perhaps a career choice change might be a good idea 😂
If Steem sees some gaming developments, I do think we would be headed in the right direction.
For example, what Enjin devs are creating seems quite amazing to me. That game 9 Lives Arena(trailer) makes me wish I could afford to build a gaming rig.
In the mean time, I could always start trying to learn programming and share my experience here.
You've motivated me quite a bit. I should talk to programmers more often 😏
Thanks again for your kind words and motivation.