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RE: People forget the steem roots -- and I'm not kidding. Steem $3.50/steem is easily done again
Downvotes have got to be used more liberally. People don't downvote at all, thats how the rent-seekers get so prevalent.
See a shit content that you think got paid too much (because vote bots), downvote.. But really speaking If i were to do it i can hope to never see a payout for the next 2 months.
That's because downvoting was never intended for us to use but for @ned and whales to use, as we couldn't effect anything with our downvote to actually make a difference or keep garbage in check. About a year into the Steem experience there was a whale experiment where whales self sacrificed the rewards and downvoted any and all whale upvote, mostly in efforts to give us a chance at rewarding content since at the time the most requested fix was to correct the voting curve yet stinc kept pushing it into the future, and since then we've not had anything that matched the whale experiment in terms of giving small accounts a chance at curating.
That's where I disagree. Sure, a 500SP minnows 100% downvote don't look like much. Not so if it's 1000 minnows. Every little action counts, expecially if coordinated. This reminds me of a project called @spaminator, not sure if the spelling is right.
But then for me to say that shows that I'm idealistic. Maybe you are right. But I'm not one to lay low and not do anything if I can do anything about it.
I didn't say not do anything, there's all kinds of actions one can take yet to think that one persons malice or greed can be stopped by 1000 people is certainly only an idealistic sentiment, yet one cannot argue with reality or that the abuses are taking place because those with more than enough resources aren't keeping it in check.
that's a very pessimistic view. nevertheless there's truth in it. I try not to dwell too much on it though, we do what we can do in our small little capacity.
It's not pessimistic to point out the reality and even less very pessimistic, and my "view", if it's a matter of perspective at all, it states plainly the lack of action on Ned's part and consequently there's nothing commendable or excusable for sitting on one's hands when they're at that level of influence and importance. Our top stemian is haijin, I blame one person for that and it's not the donkey.
I don't want to point fingers in any direction. But I can neither agree nor disagree with you.
I sometimes think a total rebranding "Antshare/NEO" style is neccesary if we wanna Steem going anywhere. Along with all the structural change that comes with.