RE: What I Really Think of Steem - Truth Talk

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steemitqa in #freewrite • 5 years ago (edited)

It is about building something bigger in my opinion.. and the focus on rewards is one of the biggest flaws there is in my book.

BINGO!

Way too much focus on doing what one needs to get rewards, wanking the right people to be in the "in" club, only doing things or interacting with people if there is an upvote involved, not questioning specific people due to their public standing.. what kind of a fucked up world are we trying to build here?

You know... I'm going to get some heat for what I'm about to say here ,but what the hell this is Truth talk after all right!? I'm thinking we are kind of new territory when we involved other people from other countries (not isolating any one country) who alignment doesn't match what normal rational business practices ( this is just a cultural thing). You see many cultures don't know or care about long-term innovation/business as much as they do about getting rewarded for their actions and bettering their situation . So you get dev's from other countries who have misaligned goals and not really thinking past what they can get out of the system vs. what is best for the platform. I mean , I'll be fair there as many western country apps on this platform (I think) doing the same ,but it does lean heavy toward European/non-western countries who don't really care about what the potential is. We might be expecting to much general consensus from people who don't know any better, or don't care really what this blockchain do. I could be writing out my thoughts wrong so I might have to revise a million times but whatever. Good post though!

5 years ago in #freewrite by steemitqa

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justineh 5 years ago

It makes sense that when you mix a bunch of different people from different cultures or perhaps just different ways of doing things etc, into one group .. yeah. Things get tricky.. it is crazy to think everyone will agree on something like shared rewards. I think it is just tough, as it truly does affect everyone. So it's not just "oh some people are popular".. like elsewhere on the web.. as the reward is shared inflation.. not just some sort of outside advertisers. Makes it way different than anything we have seen I guess.

I think having communities will help this a bit.. as well as of course SMTs.. then it is not just everyone in one big bucket.

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oldtimer 5 years ago

As long as steem is a reward token nothing will change with communities. On the contrary; it'll get even worse.

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justineh 5 years ago

What if it’s just the utility token and SMTs are rewards?

Curious of your honest thoughts.. as quite frankly I have high hopes for what Steem could be, but if things don’t change in that regard, we won’t get far.

And if the main concern of those running projects on this platform is who can take as much of the inflation as possible, not really sure what the point is.. so in my head having STEEM as utility and SMTs as rewards at least means they can just shit on their own token, and not everyone else’s too.. but I’m not sure what that would look like for STEEM either.

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oldtimer 5 years ago

Steem as dapp blockchain and steem token only as a utility token is the only option. SMT for rewards.
I can easily see this thing working. We're early in the game. You're making mistake not to try to get as many steem as possible. In five years no one will know or care how you got yours. Buy, earn, spam or even steal.
You'll either have them or not.

Oldtimer, Justine, Acidio, Bernie or Ned. We'll all be dust when big boys join the party.
If that ever happens. I definitely count on that but you never know.
Right now I would bet on 60/40.

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justineh 5 years ago

Yes you’re right, and I’m completely aware I don’t play the game well. But quite frankly I don’t want to.. I’ll let the others fight over the inflation and wank each other...

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oldtimer 5 years ago

You said it. It's a game not fight.
I rather upvote shitpost of the person who I know that will power up the rewards than so-called famous censored and demonetized YT crybabies who don't invest a single penny in the platform and immediately cash out the rewards. You're free to call that wanking if you want.
That's my stand, right or wrong.

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