RE: My Steemit Psychology: The Freedom to Give & Magical Imaginary Money
Very interesting topic and discussion.. On one extreme is what I call "Warcraft gold" - the in-game gold or currency that we spend without thinking. While I usually use it to buy in-game items, I can use it to buy a monthly subscription and save $15 a month. So it's 99% in-game and not real currency.
Steemit currency and Bitcoin are in the middle. I accumulate, and occasionally spend on real world items. It won't pay my electricity bill, but has the potential to pay for clothes and travel in the future.
I think there will be sharp rises and drops in crypto value. I'm less idealistic - I love real world currency, the "system" has been good to me, and who knows where this will all lead.
This stuff reminds me of the BBS era - the beginnings of something bigger. Like the Bob Dylan lyric, "You know something's happening, but you don't know what it is.."
Yes! Exactly! I've managed to avoid LoL and WoW so I can continue having, you know, a life. But I did take interest in Second Life a while back. They had an ingame currency too that my friends were earning quite a bit of by building and designing stuff. I liked that. But yes, Steem is that thing that's happening. A shift in rewards for content creators that I, as a tech journalist, find absolutely exhilarating. I am a techslut. Innovation turns me on. Especially when it shifts our perceptions of things like money and value.
I saw Second Life via friends. WoW is a hobby, but music is my main hobby, so I'm a "light gamer".
I love gadgets too, have a bunch of tablets and music gear at home and in my car. It helps a lot in my career, as I can connect with R&D and Product, which helps me to market their stuff better.
Me too - I was and still am skeptical - but it is too interesting to pass on.
We should totally meet for coffee. :)
Yes, nice to meet another writer! Israeli is such a good place for a tech writer to be. Do you freelance or work at a company?
Freelancing from home at Kfar Saba, the source of magical coffee. Talk to me on Discord / Facebook and we'll schedule some mutual coffee consumption. :)