RE: 7 Ideas to turn this crashing Steemocracy into a rising Steemtopia
I feel like almost all of steemit's issues stem from a very very poor initial distribution, the centralization is truly unacceptable, and as far as I see it is 100% the reason why people don't stay/call steemit a scam/or are now leaving.
It needs to change, even if the whales gave up 20% (or just the steemit corp account) the amount of change that would create around here would be phenomallh beneficial.
I also wanna be very clear I love steemit, I understand money and the creation of very well and steemit in my opinion is a cut above the rest, it is truly exceptional. The only thing I hate (and I think it may just be the sole factor that could make or break steemit) is the centralization.
Edit I want to add as well, I see steemit getting better, the rewards and steem power are changing and I think the system itself will work, really well in fact. But only once the power equals out a bit, it's just really slow getting there, it's a little worrisome for the short term but like everyone else believes, the long term potential is huge.
Second Edit I sit pondering these things, I don't understand why steemit is so centralized but it doesn't seem like the founders or most whales want it to fail from what I've seen. It seems like they're putting in a lot of effort supporting various projects wanting steemit to succeed. I truly don't know.
I agree with you. Some things are not really fixable though. Every attempt to do so would likely 'solve' one problem by introducing one or more worse problems. Possibly time and markets will solve it (already things are vastly better than they were 3-4 months ago), or perhaps this will just end up being an experiment in teaching people "How NOT to Launch a Crypto Currency Legally while Raising Funds".
The relationship between Steem trading volume and Steem prices is a complex one which, when understood properly, can lead to many insights into the Steemit soul itself.
With a top heavy SP pre-mine this was always destined to happen anyways. People initially join Steemit to EARN $'s too - not to BUY them - as we may first think.
But time will tell @smooth. I hope you are right and that this is fixable. OK, my mini-rant is over for today - I have a 5000th celebratory post to write. I shall leave thee in peace to improve things around here! Best of luck getting this SP whale pre-mine sorted out! I still believe 1-5% of all SP MUST be retained by founder whales to help us market Steemit out of this mess with new users! Hopefully we can all power this marketing process ourselves too!
See and that's exactly why I added the edits, I love steemit, truly do I didn't want it to sound like I flipped my script up like a few people have, and all the games coming out now are wicked. You're exactly right things have been getting significantly better as of late, even the rewards have evened out quite nicely over the people they are going to.
We have tons of posts getting 1-100$ now and that in itself is exciting. I hate being the one talking about this stuff because overall steemit has been extremely enjoyable, and I'm making money here and there plus when I put effort in it's usually a good time. The conversations have been excellent the topics have been good (could use more but for what is here the quality is quite high), the connections made have been great and reached beyond steemit for myself. It's been great.
Just like you said, now by trying to fix one thing another problem will appear, its not practical to say give up some steem power, but Its also not practical to have everything so centralized either.
Always a pleasure talking to you, literally hit the nail on the head with what you said. Overtime things will get better that's mathematically proven, I think it comes down to can steemit last and grow long enough to even out the poverty gap and become huge... that I do not know. Either way I'll be here till she dies or I'll be here for much longer (assuming she thrives, here's hoping).