RE: A question of/for the community on advertising rival platforms
There is an element of truth in your argument - I say this as an EOS supporter myself.
But I think there is more to it than just the the simplicity of ad-whoring here on Seemit. A lot of people involved in this project are veteran Steemians. That being said I think they are free to use the platform just like another noob who can pretty much promotes anything of theirs including porn and plagiarism without almost any consequence.
These vet. are basically showing off their project here on steemit - a completely legit thing to do. In fact I think it should be this way. Just because their project might come out to rival Steemit doesn't mean that they are still not in the same boat as Bitcoin or Etherium.
As for abandoning ship.......I am not really clear. I mean people were still on facebook when they were using twitter, right?
Yes they are. So, while they are developing their new platform to rival steem, they are telling their steemit followers to invest into Steem... oh, and they get paid for that. Isn't there some kind of ethical dilemma somewhere? I know there isn't because most people these days seem to not use the term ethics or integrity anymore as it requires commitment ;)
I think there is a difference between these. Money.
I think Steemit would survive for the long haul. The situation then would be that Steemit won't be the only shark in the ocean as competing parties come up with even more efficient ideas. Then Steemit would counter with upgrades of it's own.
So what happens when people start promoting Steemit on those platforms. Do we tell them to not to promote Steemit there because we won't be promoting them here. No matter how much we like Steemit, it would not always be the only fish in the water.
I think this debate had even far more reaching consequences. I think it would be more favorable for the platform as a whole to thrive with collaborations rather then duking it out alone in a world that is already been made hostile for platform like ours.
I agree but, I don't think that is what is going to happen considering well, here. People can't even come together on the simplest of community actions. What happens across platforms?
I think that has been the issue with any democratic process since..........ever. People would try to hijack it for their own gains. Then a countering force would try to establish a balance. There are no easy solutions I guess. The process is a time consuming one but it is the only one we have.