Every paid out reward devalues your stake.

This is like saying that every cup of water someone else drinks devalues the water you drink.

Every payout reduces the pool, (just like when you run the shower, it "decreases" the municipal water supply) but it does not reduce the value of the pool.

If people want water (steem), it increases the value of water (steem).

The more people want steem, the greater its value becomes.

If they are going towards plagiarism, I can't imagine the value going up soon.

https://steempeak.com/@shadesofblack

This is just one of many examples people thought a legitimate group is on Steem, but turned out they weren't.

Do you think the group was happy to be on Steem then? Fuck no. Steem is just some shady den of thieves to the outside world.

That's a perfect example. The OWNERS filed a COMPLAINT.

If they have a legal claim, they should pursue a legal settlement.

Youtube is also riddled with copyright infringement, but they don't do anything about it unless a legitimate copyright holder files a complaint.

If you want to enforce "attribution", then the cheetahbot already does that in a polite manner.

That's pointless. Whaleshares did exactly that, even got rid of flags, guess where their token went? Worth almost nothing. People stop creating when they realize posts are just placeholders for votes; hence "account preservation posts".

If I post on Whaleshares, does that keep people from downvoting me?

Wait, this? https://steemit.com/whaleshares/@jphenderson/what-is-whaleshares THIS FAILED BECAUSE IT'S TOO COMPLICATED.

If you think many of us here have not been observing how different forks of Steem played out, you are sadly mistaken.

That's great! At what point do you think steemit will be competitive with youtube or facebook or reddit? Shouldn't we just copy their general features +steem payouts?