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in #steemit • 8 years ago

I hope you'll forgive my ignorance about this. But honestly, I don't understand what is going on. Is there anyway you could just simplify the issue for computer dummies like me?
I heard about Steemit from a Corbett Report video, and from the brief description he gave, I was left with the impression that this was a platform that couldn't be censored like youtube, facebook or twitter. From what I'm reading now, it seems like there are certain individuals whose up or down votes have more clout and that posts are all but hidden if some people want them to be. Or is it about the virtual money thing?
I'm sorry to be so archaic, but I really don't get it.

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    Ok well Corbett was probably giving an 'overview' of the principals of decentralized social media, so in that sense he's correct and incorrect.
    in principal yes it's all that - the idea i'm proposing is the thing Corbett was idealizing.

    Second :
    yes , basically people are using the 'Flag' button as a 'i disagree' button and there is no solution for that abuse apart from eliminating the option. (apart from a series of biometric identifiers) (which i have also designed a system around) (trust me it's not as bad as you think)

    The 'power' of the voting is not really relevant all of that stuff is an organization and design issue if things however can be hidden (like with people using the flag button) then that is a critical flaw.

    it's important to note the site (correctly) has no Down vote, this they all got correct it is the 'flag' button which in theory would be used for 'extreme' cases of spam etc that is being abused.

    For Dummies summary:

    • Corbett was talking about the system I'm proposing here. (ideally)
    • But he got it right in the sense that this platform has no 'central' controller. (no person that decides) no human 'decider'
    • The 'flag' button is the issue not the 'value' of votes, all of that can be fixed with intuitive design.
    • the 'value' of votes is largely irrelevant the true value of the 'digital money' of the site is in the economy aspect of the platform. (not related to voting) things like 'tipping' 'sharing' 'buying' 'selling' 'trading' etc.
    • The 'flag' button is a critical flaw because it CAN let people (when they collude or use multiple accounts) to censor other peoples information, most of that is done by 'Government' or the NSA or CIA contractors, also corporations (no real difference)

    hope that helped.

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    Thank you for that. Yes it did help.

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