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RE: Unpopular Opinion: If @haejin Lied, I Understand
I agree. Dishonesty isn’t admirable. But maybe this whole charade sort of exposes Steemit for what it is:
It’s certainly not a platform for ”Rewarding the best content creators” as the idea was first introduced to us.
It’s more like an elaborate crypto mining tool for STEEM where the posts are a facade.
That’s how I’ve taken it.
Well I think you are on to something here @schattenjaeger. It becomes when we make things digital about who can crack the code to extract as much value as possible in a smooth low key way. The best content will not be what will be pushed to the top since in terms of marketing there is a small audience that want the best content, it's expensive to produce and ROI is better with other forms of content.
But isn't this something that happens in all life areas? Even in "real life" that people try to find a way to play the game of life better. Clearly most people can perform much better but they don't since they already live a pretty relaxed life. Clearly we can have a million more Mozart or Goethe people but the supply and demand for that is not so high. So I guess it becomes about how you push humans in a direction where they value high quality more. Is that even possible? We both see a dumbed down population because of Technology but also pockets that gather more intelligence and advance further in success way quicker than the herd.
The realisation first about humans and their taste can be pretty shocking. But is it not possible to find some level of middle ground where you actually slowly can increase the quality of content and how humans engage with each other? I think it's happening but in a more low key way in the background. Even if some posts are a facade we see lots of stuff being called out when it's extremely bad. This system clearly is an improvement of older systems where humans wasn't empowered by Tokens right? So slowly things are changing in some form of direction. Who knows how it will end!
You hit the nail on the head. Now I have to go reward a few more content creators with my nickels as I continue to live the dream.