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RE: Reports from the Witnesses 2016-11-20
There are only about 3 on that list that I have interacted with since I started steemit over 3 months ago. Very few of them interact with the community.
There are only about 3 on that list that I have interacted with since I started steemit over 3 months ago. Very few of them interact with the community.
There are definitely some "ghost" witnesses, but a lot of them really do do a lot for the community. If you haven't already, I suggest that you at least read some of the reports and see what they are up to :) The ones here are at least taking the time to write reports to the community, which I think is a really good thing!
For the community or for themselves? Yes there are that do a lot for the community but let's, say we make the witness payout to $0, how many of them do you think will still being doing a lot for the community?
To expect people to do things for free is a little unreasonable. The idea behind Steem is to pay people for their contributions for the community. I think most people that are here are to some extent participating because they hope to profit from the success of the project in the long-term.
Then I wouldn't say they are doing it for the community, they happen to do things for themselves that is benefiting the community.
Even this report, I wrote it 'for the community'. I also did it because I figured there was a decent chance I could earn SP from it. It is a little bit from column A, a little bit from column B. True altruism these days is rare. I'd say a mutually beneficial goal where both the community and individual benefits is a win :)