RE: Improving Social Harmony In a Post Smartphone World & Comparing Steem To Facebook Addiction!
Well said. I think that the caliber of people on the Steem chain is far superior to that of the largest networks.
The money aspect has its benefits as well as its drawbacks however. As those of us have seen over the past several months (or longer, I haven’t been here much over a year yet so I don’t know it’s extent) there’s bullying and gang stalking that perpetuates negative feelings about the large environment here. I don’t disagree that the intellectual caliber of people is unsurpassed in my experience, though I haven’t spent a whole lot of time on the various tech forums on the internet. It just saddens me that the pettiness comes every couple weeks and brings the energy around here down. It could be the fluctuating price of the market that gets into people’s mind causing them to act out towards others but I don’t know their motives. That being said however, there’s also so much stronger a sense of various communities here, which I find to be the most genuine part of the platform. There are people from all walks of life that end up here and can join various communities or start their own and it gets more interested the more we grow communities.
I like the decreased feeling of checking my feed to see the latest juicy news as I did on the major networks. That was one of the first things I noticed when I deleted my accounts on those platforms versus here: the loss of that gnawing feeling that I was missing out, or I could find out about the latest disaster we are supposed to be angry about. It still exists here but there seems to be less sensationalism and more investigation.
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Well said too, yes. :)
This platform has had it's periods of being overwhelmed with people looking for quick cash with little to offer, but generally there is a creative energy here and people are often looking to use the economics of Steem to propel their creativity to the next level. Why go speak to a bank when you can help build something like a bank and get funded at the same time? :)
The majority of people are not psychologically or emotionally balanced and having put over a decade into understanding these subjects (and healing myself), I understand that the net result of the collective lack of healing means inevitable conflicts from time to time. One of the interesting things is that often the arguments that take place on youtube or facebook are childish one-up-man-ship attempts, but these are harder to justify if the person you are speaking with has a high rep or wallet. That said, there are definitely a few high wallet holders with their own conflict issues! Some people value peace and some haven't yet realised how much their competitive anger has caused them to miss out.
Yes, you are more likely to find people identifying the causes of world events and taking steps to change the world on here, than you are to find people gawking!