RE: Please Please Y'all .. Stop Fighting in the WarRoom
I enjoyed your point of view - it is well written and genuine. You mentioned a "whale" account that everyone is jealous of (SteemSports). I think people forget that there was a 2 year power down a couple of weeks ago - there was no way to distribute that SP - and to be fair - split between a few people (or not) - we are not talking a lot of money (in real world terms). Its an "unrealized" gain - they might never get the money out.. They worked for that SP. A lot of the larger accounts are witnesses or former miners - which seems to sit better with some people than good old fashioned ingenuity.
Cream always rises to the top and so does shit. An extra 5-10% of the reward pool to spread around would not "save Steemit". Each whale would continue their 20 votes - it would simply make their vote worth a little bit more. Tell ned to buy advertising instead of flying to stupid conferences if you want this platform to work.
We will see in time how effective the tail is at wagging the dog.
Hello - thanks for the feedback!
I have not investigated the activity of the individual members who support / work the project, but if they are not cashing out every dime they have made that is a very good thing indeed - it shows they are here for the long-run and that is all we can ask anyone to do .. remain invested in our common future.
There are many minnows who are not gaining anything from curation, and are not getting any traction for their posts - perhaps due to language barriers or the quality is just not there yet .. but they remain active and excited to be here because @steemsports provides - they see constant growth in their SP holdings and happily remain active as a result. The challenge to anyone who does not agree with what they are doing is to create something that achieves this for the minnows, without creating whatever issues they are worried about.
I entirely agree .. if there was more time spent bringing in new users, especially those who will purchase and powerup substantial amounts of STEEM, then such concerns would quickly evaporate I think.