RE: Steemit: Raising The Level Of Online Discourse?
When I was a Steemit newborn in December I saw a global crowd of writing people around me, smiled at everybody and felt lucky. Then I discovered the difference between different animals in the Steemit sea and that the system is attractive to greedy people. Yesterday night I was on YouTube and was shocked because the money makers dominate there, too, hoping to attract even more greedy audience to invest and make a Steemit career. No good PR for Steemit. My perspective has changed: There are all sorts of animals and it is offending to real whales what is understood to be a Steemit whale. I feel disturbed in my happy sealife by a huge community of sharks and really do not want to become one of them (I am aware this comparison is wrong, again, because a shark can never be so greedy and wicked as humans). How can a good comminication be possible in this atmosphere? I admit I had situations when I felt silly by replying to one article after the other nicely with all that noise how to make money with buying Steemit, use bots, gain upvotes... Nothing against it, but where is the love, where is respect and mutual assistance? Steemit is a mirror of the real world, let‘s be realistic. There are so many worlds within the world as people. Each one of us is a universe. I prefer to in a cluster of loving universes. Where there is love, there is communication from heart to heart, also in the digital world.
Thank you for the comment :)
You're right Steemit is a mirror of the real world...But I do not think that is necessarily a negative thing :)
Right! Steemit is a change to create a better world than the one we have right now, and that's what I love it for. Experiences are better than in real life, eg you are rewarded for being friendly, helpful and giving useful content. And it is much easier to find people with similar interests, hobbies, projects... If only more and more people realize the changes of this medium!
I suppose even in the most beautiful landscape you'll see beasties crawling around if you take the time to turn over a rock here or there...
The problem is, where there is anything to be gained, whether it is money, fame or anything else, no matter how good the intentions of the creators, there will be a subculture emerging who is only after one thing: the most possible personal gain as fast as possible, come what may. I think it's human nature and there is nothing to be done, except try to avoid those people as best as one can, and actively look for the people who truly care instead. I've only been on Steemit barely a week but I feel that the difference in post quality and feel between someone who really cares about the community and someone who is only out for the rewards is very noticeable most of the time. That is very encouraging! And as you mentioned as well, the system is somewhat self regulated, because you are generally more successful when putting out quality content and behaving like a decent human being.
Of course it sucks that there are "corrupt whales" and I suppose they can do a lot of damage but as both you and Ali said, it's a reflection of "the real world".
sadly.
there will always be those who don't give a sh*t unfortunately :(
Let's hope that steemit will manage to keep the balance and not topple over "to the dark side". There's a tipping point somewhere, where if too many unhealthy elements in the system become too powerful, the whole thing tips over and becomes corrupted.
Very much like an eco system...
sorry if this is a bit disjointed, I'm kind of thinking as I write..
anyway! Hopefully, Steemit can keep the light and the dark in balance! May the Force be with us... XD