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Bro this is not crypto it's like youtube look at the very begining it was only "artists" who made pennies with their videos. Then you got all marketing stuff etc to promote value on the click rate. So to speak your ideal of an internet full of teddy bears and cartoons isn't correct when you involve money, in any case. Sad truth.

Youtube is different, it's like fiat currency, centralized. Steemit started off decentralized, and with the stated goal of rewarding good content (see the white paper). Of course it's somewhat centralized now anyway due to high concentration of wealth, but still better than most corporations.
Youtube never had that goal, it was all "let's get rich off other people's work" from the start

I learned a stat where like 90% of Steem is held by less than 10% of the people. I cracked up because it parallels real life.

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