It Is Now Official!!! There is now a limit of $500 maximum reward per post until further notice!!!
The Trending Page! Oh how we all long to be there! Home to the best and most thought provoking articles ever produced by mere mortals, the most extravagant works of art and most articulate, funny and philosophically insightful members of our small community! That is where all the action happens and where we all strive to have our name in lights. These are the celebrity pages of our small 'community',
We all know of course that we have an equal opportunity on steemit, not like the big, bad, real world outside that we all bitch about and hope to be free of in the not too distant future thanks to our new saviour! The place where we all came for the money but stayed for the community. The place where we were supposed to put into practice the lessons we had learned from the mistakes we had made in our real world societies. The place where we are all supposed to look after each other and help each other out rather than focusing on fame, fortune and self.
There are I'm sure some regulars on the 'Hot' and 'Trending ' pages who are very, very good at what they do and who produce quality posts but there are clearly also some there who are celebrity steemers making (TAKING) rewards from the pot that their efforts do not deserve. This is completely unacceptable on a platform that is supposed to place an emphasis on both community and quality of work. Each post, in my opinion should be judged on merit and rewarded accordingly based on added value to the platform. We don't want every post to be about cats or it is no different from any other platform out there. We are supposed to stand for something different, something more, something for everyone.
If you are reading this and becoming offended because you think I am talking about you then I would suggest that you are probably right!
Perhaps I am mistaken and this was not the intended purpose of steemit after all. Perhaps the initial intention was to make a few people rich by convincing lots of other people that they could also become rich if they just did the same. :) If this was the initial intention then things seem to be going to plan around here.
If If not, then I would like to suggest that we get back to being the community we want to be where everyone has a fair chance at being seen, heard and rewarded for their efforts. I would like to propose that at least for a trial period, the maximum payout of posts should be set at $500. This would enable more of the rewards to be spread out among other members and would hopefully increase interest among users who are trying hard but not getting noticed and would reduce the need that some seem to have to 'network' with the bigger users just to get a foothold on the platform.
99% of all users on steemit currently earn well below $500 per post so if this were put to a fair vote with each user having one single vote I would suggest that it would be overwhelmingly in favour of the temporary cap.
The vast, vast majority of users on the site are referred to as minnows and I am part of that group. What I would like to say to my fellow minnows is that we are the ones who hold all of the power on this platform just as we do in the real world. It is up to us to decide what steemit becomes and not those who would seem to have all of the power as things stand. Steemit needs us more than we need steemit and please believe me when I say that this platform COULD hold the key to improving all of our lives immensely but only if we are willing to stand together and make sure that it is not abused by the few for their own purposes and to our detriment.
If you think that a temporary posting reward limit of $500 would be a good idea in order to see what difference it would make to the distribution of rewards then please consider giving this post a resteem or if you would like to explain to me why this is not a good idea then please do so in the comments. Also, if you have any other ideas about how to make the platform a fairer and more attractive place to invest time and energy then I invite you to leave your suggetions in the comments section also.
Thank you for your time and I hope evreyone is having a pleasant day!
