RE: Steemfest - A skeptics' view - The dangers of GROUPTHINK etc
Thank you for this candid assessment.
In a sense, you echo what many are feeling and perhaps not saying. I came here as a content creator, hoping to find something alternative to the soup that is Farcebook and the echochamber that is Medium and places like it... a place to create a variety of freethinking social content.
Things here are not as "shiny" as one might think. Steemit doesn't really seem like it has the bones to become an "Anarcho-Facebook." What I keep coming back to is that it often feels like we have a SOCIAL site being run by developers... who are mostly interested in creating apps and add-ons. But it takes PEOPLE to build communities.
And yes, there are some great people here. They just need to make their voices more authentically heard. Fearlessly.
steemit is like a see-saw. Social sitting on one end, techdevs on the other.
Every so often a few get together and pull down on the social end to try to get a balance. But then a new app pops up, or another bit of tech appears and everything slides back to the other end.
And if that doesn't work they can just move the pivot point...
Well, I am not planning to go anywhere... and like @stellabelle and others, I believe there's something here worth fighting for, even if it's going to be a lot of work. I also expect there might be a little more interest in the social end of things now that all the Bitcoin uncertainty is over and people are starting to look at alt coins again. I hate to say it, but people feel better about their chances of making a difference if the underlying currency is doing well.
When the steem rises, the kettle's boiled.
Everyone should make a nice cup of tea, and just keep blogging.