RE: What would you delegate for?
I know that we (regular Steemians) don't have the power to make a huge difference by ourselves. But maybe your post will be the post that wakes somebody up!
I feel like in the months I've been here there has been a growing shift back towards people trying to find people to help. Or maybe it's just that I have been surrounding myself with good people...totally possible.
Really do hope at some point a few more whales wake up to the fact that if the smaller users become fully engaged with the platform they will invest money, real fiat dollars into the system. This investment is what allows for steem values to increase. But when the little guys can't make headway in a reasonable time frame because so much SP is tied up in bid bots that they leave. More that leave and tell their friends "don't waste your time with that steemit you can't make money there" the harder it becomes to onboard the next person.
Many keep saying we are early to the party and just wait for great things to come. While I feel this is true, it may be a very short ride if there isn't a way to get the masses to see enough financial incentive to investing into SP. You can add 1 million accounts, if they all leave because it was a waste of their time then not only are they not coming back but a group of their friends are never coming in the first place.
IMO the Goal of every whale should be to help grow a real middle class who then can help grow the minnow and redfish if they care about the long term growth of steem values.
@thedarkhorse ... this is a very good point here... I agree with you completely... I personally just invested here in the last month and did that to get into making a steemmonster market. It takes time for people to decide to put money in and I have seen many awesome people come and go that didn't have the patience to wait. I too hope that the people at the top figure it out, because this really could be an awesome place if people realized what was needed. That's why I think @abh12345 is a perfect choice to lead that mission. He has earned his stripes of both big boys and little minnows. One look at this post and anyone can see that is the truth! Thanks for the input here @thedarkhorse!
Instant gratification mindset doesn't work here on steemit. If it did we would all be millionaires without any effort and sitting on a beach with a beer in hand.
Problem is most people wish for things in life. Very few work for them. My Dad would tell me "wish in one hand and spit in the other and see which one fill up faster". This wasn't to say don't dream, but rather that a dream without a actionable plan of action is nothing but a worthless wish.
@thedarkhorse ... so true.. and lol, I love that saying... Never heard it before!