RE: It is like the Hunger Games!!
If someone has the SP to vote for the post, it's worth that payout.
That's what we all need to recognize.
Somebody put monetary investment or writing investment into the platform, and built into Steemit's value overall; however they want to use it is their choice.
Yes, this can lead to voting cliques and "pool raping" schemes and all the other assorted things we all tend to complain about.
But either we accept that Steemers have the right to use their SP power as they see fit, or we let @spez from Reddit come over here and edit our comments for us.
If whales abuse that power, they'll kill the platform...and their own investment
Full disclosure, I whined about a payout I thought was unfair just a coupla days ago...I was wrong to do so
In the culture I moved to, we live by the rule... those who can, can - those who cannot, must applaud.
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Well said! Whining gets us nowhere.
Totally agree with you my friend
This is a false dichotomy. There are other choices we can make, and do make.
It considers ONLY financial power.
Society is far more than an economy, and far more valuable.
Again, a false dichotomy. We can also ignore, disapprove, etc. Consider that this aphorism seems to regard financial success as the only metric. Let us apply it to other metrics, such as how many babies can be eaten at a sitting.
It becomes glaringly obvious how the focus on finance is used to deprave our morals.
Consider what is actually meaningful, and undertake to profit from intercourse in those metrics.
Protip: it's not digits. It's relationships, including the one we have with ourselves.
I'm not saying money is evil. I am saying that measuring only by money is.
I don't know if this is semantics ( I don't think it is), but we do have community groups that share SP to help the community.
As I see it, that does go back to
and yes, I gave an extreme example there; however, any solution that restricts individual discretion to use their own SP will be abused
(much as SP use is abused).
You and @fyrstikken have the right approach, focusing on morality...but Steemit relations are governed by SP use. it is up to us as individuals and the communities we join to use that SP morally.
Reminds me it's been a while since I had a good veal marsala ;>