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RE: Discouraged with Steemit? Want to make the world a better place?
I will admit, I'm definitely over the infatuation stage with Steemit, but I see its potential. With announcements like Dan's earlier discussing a reputation system I expect it will in fact get much better, we just need to wait for it to come around. The first payout wasn't even a full month ago so there is a lot of stuff still to be worked out. As others have pointed out on other posts, there is still a beta tag on the top left of the site.
I heard the announcement too and at first, I thought it sounded like a great idea. Then I started thinking about how it will be implemented. If it's based on people's steem power and voting, it will be as inherently flawed as the main interface. I don't have any hope for the steemit version of this platform as far as creating change goes for one very simple reason, money is involved.
Steemit has been a neat experiment and I've learned a lot from it but since the whales running the show haven't shown any discretion in growing the user base, those wanting a platform that will create positive change are probably going to be disappointed. Instead of selectively upvoting people with altruistic ideas, they've opened the floodgates to the ignorant, brainwashed, masses. I'd really like to see an alternative where each member is vetted and upvoted based upon their actual merit.
Bring us such an alternative
I would love to but since having a stroke due to a neck injury, my coding/math skills evaporated, I have terrible chronic headaches, I'm busy with inventions that could improve millions of lives, and I'm home free and reliant upon a computer rescued from the garbage and free internet connections. I can spend a few hours per week posting ideas and collaborating with people that do have the computer skills to make such a thing happen though.
My intention with this post is to gather them, plant the seeds, and collaborate on the ideas. If you can help bring us an alternative, I'd love to work with you.
I've gotta go though. It's about to rain!
My 'coding skills' were learned at school on a TRS80 and at home on a Commodore 64.
lol! Mine were learned on 8086/88 xt's and Macintosh Classics! (There's no reply button under your comment. I think it's a bug here.)