Since I seem hell bent on putting off working on a few articles that I've begun researching and writing for SteemIt, I thought I would make a casual post about my early thoughts on SteemIt.
Of course it's an interesting community. There are tons of cool articles to read. I've already had a few nice conversations. And I got to see drama! Someone's quitting, because...what was the word she used? I dunno. Something about authoritarianism or aristocracy or some such. From what I gathered, it has to do with steem being controlled by the whales, with downvote armies thrown in. A Steem botnet...hmmh!
Should monetary investment have a direct correlation to power on the platform? On the one hand, it ensures that people invest in the application, but on the other, it means that the "rich" hold all the power. As a new user, I have no power. My upvotes mean next to nothing. I only have the power to rearrange the comments section. Oh the frustration, to read some horrible disgusting article, and want to down vote, but knowing you hold no power, and they hold so much. What is rewarded is not, as so many say, quality content, but currying favor with the powerful on the platform.
I've read more than a few articles where people mentioned wanting to save up enough Steem Power such that they could make money just by upvoting. Oh, but to be so privileged that one can be paid for simply patting a pleb on the head.
I don't know enough about the community to even have ideas about possible solutions, but it does seem like there might need to be some adjustment in how things work.
Also, the UI needs to be adjusted. The upvote is tiny. Perhaps that's to discourage upvoting. My addiction to liking posts shall not be quenched by your tiny buttons, web master!
I checked out chainbb today. That's cool. It seems like it's a lot easier to find interesting posts there. I hope I don't have to re-enable my toolbar so I can open it easily when I'm looking for something interesting to read. Also, the upvote button is larger. That's nice.
It may be an aristocrazy, but at least we can all have fun, and dance together.
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