The Trending Page is Making Me Question The Long Term Potential of Steemit
When i joined Steemit a few weeks ago i was full of optimism, so much so that i scaled back on my content sites to learn and experiment on the platform. On face value Steemit looks full of potential for content creators to earn a fair amount from the time and effort they put in. However, looking at the trending page today i question whether Steemit has a long term future as clearly there is systematic abuse of the reward system happening.
The top 2 posts on the trending section as i am writing this are:
https://steemit.com/abuse/@transisto/open-letter-to-ranchorelaxo-and-haejin
https://steemit.com/haejin/@haejin/response-to-transisto-s-open-letter
So i've been browsing to see what the deal is with @haejin. So far what i understand is that there is a war going on between @haejin, @berniesanders and others because of abuse of the reward pool. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE someone point me in the direction of full breakdown of what the deal is as most of us are only getting small snippets of the story. Just skimming the posts and comments on the situation shows there is some real scummy behaviour going on by some members.
The fact that this Bullshit is clogging up the trending page makes me think that steemit will fade into oblivion due to greed, antagonism and outright dumbass behaviour.
New users will soon be turned off by the behaviour of few and current users will lose the opportunity to be rewarded for their work.
This all opinion of course and as a minnow i certainly don't want to poke my nose where it doesn't belong. Going forward i would love to continue being part of this community and see it grow but as this whole situation unfolds there may be a point to jump off this ship and watch it sink from afar.
The solution is pretty simple. Stay the hell off the trending page and do things like joining Discord to get involved in the communities that actually work to build up the platform. Leave the children to play on the trending page.
Not really a solution though is it? The problem is there and could have implications for the whole Steemit community in the long run so why ignore it.
Actually getting involved with the communities and growing not only your account but helping others grow theirs is the solution. If you want to focus on the children and see the sky as falling then have fun. Others get on with building. The children on the trending page doesn't drive the platform, it's the thousands who plug away building the place up that has the real implications for the community.
Yes you are 100% right but at the same time ignoring issues only cause them to get bigger.
fixating on issues you can do nothing about just gives you a sky is falling perspective. The children are going to play. Giving them attention wont solve what they are doing.
Fair enough. Don't confuse my post, i am certainly not fixating on the issue. Just posting what is on my mind.
@Pathtosuccess, you call the people on the trending page kids, but, hey, they are the ones who are upvoted the most and who get the biggest part of the reward, hence, they have the greatest influence. And, unfortunately, it's not only quality posts that they post, and many of them use unfair instruments to get upvoted. It does worry me quite a lot.
I share your opinion 100%. We obviously need more regulation on this platform!