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RE: Is Steemit the place to get "something for nothing?"
very well written, thank you. i agree it would be nice to find a way to control the over-valuation of weak posts for people who have the resources to dump money into steem and make ten dollars a day just by posting a photo of their lunch. this is the height of mediocrity. it's a lot of work to curie minnow posts, but dolphins need only one good friend to upvote and resteem them to bankroll their account with little input. the question is do we need this kind of pseudo-participation, and if not, how do we address it?
Haha height of mediocrity, indeed. What do you mean by pseudo-participation? I think I misunderstand your question... but I follow you up to there and I agree!
i spose i mean someone who only gets on to post a poor content post for the sole objective of increasing their own lot and does not contribute elsewhere. the in and out mentality.
Ahhh right. Well, I definitely feel like people should be able to use the platform any way they see fit, and some people are better at curating/responding while others lean towards investing a lot of time in their posts. But as you said some seem to put the least possible effort in and have a scarcity/hoarding mentality. That is too bad as they would benefit the platform more if they shared more freely...