Well I appreciate your generosity and 'keeping the faith'... and I'm sticking with this 'engagement' thing myself for the time being (work and VP permitting).
Although just to put this out there.... I think all of us community minded folks need to be ready to jump ship if (1) the algorithms which incentivise self-interest over engagement don't change and (2) a similar platform with more socially aligned algorithms emerges.
While it is possible to earn a decent (second) income while engaging on here with minimum investment, it is not good for the soul to be doing so amidst such selfish carnage of the ecosystem.
This is still all a bit of a test, after all... and let's remember, in five years time, steemit probably won't be the only established blockchain based social media platform, and if this place doesn't change there may be somewhere more aligned with our values to which we can all flee.
I don't buy the argument that we need selfish rich people to make this place work. I've taught sociology way too long to know that's just utter nonsense - those are precisely the kind of people we need to keep on a leash if we want a sustainable future.
So keep the faith, try and make it work on here, but let's remember, we can just all leave if something better comes along: Pilgrim Fathers n all, or maybe that's a bad analogy....?
Of course that may all be wishful thinking, it would be painful, and a massive act of co-ordination, but it may be necessary. Also, just stating it as a possibility may make @ned actually listen to the voices wanting some kind of algorithmic limit to abuse.
Karl.
P.S. three edits, but without changing the essence of the comment. I'm sure there's a correlation between 'degree of rantiness' and 'number of typos.'
Great stuff Karl, thank you for this well written response!
I know what you mean, and the likely destination dont worry :)
And I hope that the changes in the next fork take place. I see one of them as a positive for curation rewards, which involves the author receiving no curation if they vote within 15 minutes. It could end up as a battle for that 15 minute position, but could still work out a bit better than at present.
Yes this is very true, and indeed the vision of @ned hearing him talk at Steemfest. I received a comment on discord today which was a little tongue in cheek, but suggested that the UI here was left alone (requiring changes) in the hope that something better would be developed to serve the purpose of blogging/content creation on the Steem Blockchain :)
Anyway, we shall continue on doing what we think is right, and if we end up with nothing for it, at least we tried.
Cheers!
Thanks for the updates!
Don't burn yourself out responding to people.
I reckon you've earned the right to a couple of days off and a couple of meme posts!
Ha!
Yes It's been hardcore the last few days, my own 'fault' I guess.
Perhaps I'll drop a meme in soon, although I use @zapncrap for 'topical' meme's when they spring to mind.
Thanks for the advice, heeded!
Good choice of name.