RE: Thoughts On People Leaving Steem
The trust in Steem is really low at the moment, specially because the majority of the whales don't seem to care at all if this Network survives or not. They're all much more interested in leeching this platform dry... and they also allow new users to be abused on a daily basis by some of the whales, who act like they are Nelson Muntz.
Only when people stop voting some whales for witness, they will stop being jerks. But I don't have much faith on that happening. After all, one of the main bullies arounde here is one of the Top 3 Witnesses. That tells me this will forever be like a kindergarten, where bullying is perfectly acceptable.
This Network had a great potential. Unfortunately, the top devs and the top witnesses are squandering that opportunity in a shocking way. I see homeless people being more active and productive that the developers of SteemIt.
Personally, I am not investing another cent in here. I'd rather hold BTC.
Very well put. The platform used to support new comers to some degree in the past, but these days, it's almost impossible to grow organically. You either have to play dirty tricks to rank up or keep making efforts for way too long without any results, which eventually starts to feel like it's not worth it and maybe that's what makes people want to leave.
The witnesses and devs can surely work on this, but I guess like you said, that's not happening anytime soon.