RE: My first rant - WTF did you think you were getting into when you joined?
Did you really think this was some bastion of fairly rewarded high quality content? Let me pause to laugh.....
This is excellent.
Great rant post, spot on. Aside from people even knowing/realizing that before the rewards matrix leaned even more towards self circle of jerk the 1%, why would anybody even think that any money based is fair and doesn’t follow the principles of money talks and rewardingly those who have more exponentially better.
Also, the usual quality debate is tiresome. When I go to a bookstore I see 98% trash and if I search long enough and visit the furthest corners of the shelves I may actually find some quality too. Quality to me.
But one’s trash is the other’s quality. And while we may not like that, we have to respect that. And trash easygoing content just sells better because most people prefer not to think.
Ever since the internet started to go more mainstream it has been the floodgates of content. Which, of course, means that the more people joined, the more lower quality content was shared and popularized. Not merely statistically.
lol you know great points that I agree with, things like books and internet itself. How in the world was I not following you? ugh well I am now. Appreciate you taking the time.
I think there can be positive change on a platform here that some sort of "complaining" is needed to change but some things will never change and it just becomes tiresome to see focus on those.
A certain degree of “complaining” is needed. There are issues which need be raised and awareness about those needs to be spread.
But there’s complaining and complaining. The first would be the endless, tiresome whining. The latter would also include seeking for or even suggesting possible solutions.
I like to “complain” but if I don’t think I can bring anything constructive to the table while doing so I prefer to STFU.