RE: Yet Another Post Regarding Unfair Payouts, But This Is A Proposal, Not A Rant
Hmm, must admit you have a point when you say
Perceived unfairness, due to not understanding how things operate, and unrealistic expectations to just "make money" easily, lead to people trying to operate in a reality while having an unreal perception of what they are even doing.
But the fact remains that most were enticed with rewards, so the reality was suggested which made them get these "unreal perceptions" in the first place! And yet the rewards are there, and very welcome at that, but the real "reality" smacks a new-comer hard in the face and makes him leave.
It is a shame IMO that we have around 120 K + accounts but only 4k are active on any given day! Either the platform is not attractive enough or their expectations hit the wall of reality, but the low level of user retention is a concern for me, and should be for everyone.
And thank you for your elaborate comment which brought up questions which I had not considered earlier.
Haha, yeah. BUt that's my point. Looking at the rewards as a problem isn't the real problem, its people who don't understand how this works. People wouldn't come if there were no rewards. They think one thing, but then its another. When expectations don't match reality, conflict ensues. If you can't do anything, like learn, or change the system, then you tend to give up in hopelessness. Knowledge is the key to empowerment. Then we can change the system, like Steemit, and make things better. "Fairness" can only go so far. There is always inequality in what people work for to produce and get. Some people work less, yet expect to have more than they have, to have what others have, simply because other shave it. It's a bit of a deluded mindset.
Yup, it's bad. 4k... it's more like 1-2k MAX of real activity. I would say its less than 1k of constant users each day.
Image matters, and right now the image isn't good for Steemit. Busy will be able to help change that.
Let's get rid of the rewards, and let's see how attractive Steemt is then? LMAO.
Lol, we wouldn't be having this conversation then :)