RE: Why on earth would I chose Synereo over Steemit? Synereo does not even exist!
"However I find it rude after steemit has been a very rewarding platform for @stellabelle that she goes out and put up a big question-mark..."
You have to look at it from her perspective: She accomplished exactly what she wanted to accomplish. She got a lot of attention, Ned responded to her post, and she's already earned another $700 for talking about Steemit...again. It's the golden goose. It's a formula that works and she's wise to the game.
What I find more troubling is that so many people continually fall for this type of attention-seeking and then reward it to boot. More than anything else, this is probably the type of activity that outsiders see and want no part of. It harms the credibility of the platform when these types of posts are making hundreds, or even thousands of dollars either praising the platform (which makes the reward look like a form of "jerking in a circle," so to speak) or bashing it (which makes the rewarding seem a bit schizophrenic).
In my opinion, praising or griping about Steemit ought to be taken to the chat rooms or to other sites as reviews. Posts about Steemit to other Steemit users on the Steemit platform shouldn't be eligible for rewards. I don't see how it's considered "quality content" that actually brings value to the site. To someone on the outside looking in, it looks absolutely absurd. And I say this as someone who was on the outside and was hesitant to join because of it. The perception is very poor, no matter what we think of the platform as a user.
@ats-david I did look at it from her perspective, that is why I wrote this post to give my perspective on the issue. As I said, steemit is up and running and Synereo-Amp is not. So to compare those two is not really something we can do yet.
I hope Synereo-Amp launch something cool, they have done a series of ICO-investments along the way but produced no results.
Once people sell out and power down just open up the door for more people coming in and investing. Don´t forget that for every seller there is a buyer.
Exactly. I said as much on her post. Whatever she thinks is "better" or "solved" by Synereo is simply theoretical at this point. It's not even in alpha testing yet. I don't know her and I don't like to cast aspersions on others that I don't know, but it seems that her grievances with Steemit are - at the very least - a bit misguided and her declarations about it are certainly premature. After all, this is barely in beta mode, really. There are a lot of things that need to be worked out, including perhaps the rewards themselves, which are integral to the platform.
I'm no cheerleader for Steemit. I think it has a lot of potential and I've been doing my part creating what I believe is useful and valuable content, mostly. I was hesitant to join at first, but I'm genuinely interested in learning the ins and outs of the system. If this platform lives up to its potential, then those who have worked to build it will be handsomely rewarded for sticking with it - and in the process, their social circle and their influence in the community will have likely expanded. If you put in the work and treat this like a social platform, there is huge upside potential.
What we need to make sure is happening is the developmental side. It would do everyone a lot of good if there was more transparency from developers about the direction things are headed in the short and long-term. And it would be great if some of the whales who are powering down could explain why they are powering down - especially if it's simply to liquidate assets in order to put them to use on the developmental side. There is a general lack of confidence - with the blogging side of the platform and the viability of the underlying currency - that should be addressed before it spirals out of control. Instead of whales and dolphins going at it with minnows, we should all be working together to resolve the major issues, or to at least seriously address them and begin discussing realistic solutions.
If decentralization is going to work and if Steem/Steemit is going to survive, there has to be a dialogue and there has to be transparency. I know it's early in development and everyone is busy, but communication could be a lot better all around.
@ats-david I agree communication can be a lot better all around. I run http://steemspeak.com a 24/7 drop-in live talk radio which is a place everyone can come and voice their opinion whenever there is some disputes that should be lifted up from the text-only-space and up to the let-us-talk-about-it space.
We are almost 700 users, and we are pretty calm cool and collected about all this drama, you should join us.
Hvordan gar det @Frystikken ?? well I am not selling i can say that ! I just wanted to pop by and say hello to you. My good friend and fellow Steemian @zaebars turned me on today to your stuff. We laughed together so much really. Just wasnt to thankyou for you brilliant humour and the great info it converys !! Amazing really. I really needed to see something like this here and its just cheered me up so much !! So I love Norway and i have a great lady there for quite awhile, been a rocky road but it seems i will be going back again to Frederikstad to give us another go !! Where are you then in Norway ?? Have you talked with @ramta here, he is too from Frederikstad and i will be meeting up with him for a beer and a chat when i get there, a very nice guy indeed !! Power be to you Big Viking of Steem and may the Force of Steem be always with you !! ; - ) Following you now !! Hade Bras !!
I upvoted the stellabelle post as well as this one. I like that other platforms are being discussed. I don't agree with several points stellabelle made because as pointed out here, the platform doesnt exist. But the post generated a lot of discussion about what users want, whats attractive about the synereo idea and how steemit can be improved. The tone was a bit off putting and the band-wagoning in the comments. But still I think the post was valuable. Do i believe synereo has all the answers, no. But some of the ideas around social contracts and social computing are fantastic. As pointed out in stellabelles post they also have mechanisms for stopping abuse etc. All great ideas, but im not sure many if not all couldn't be implemented using the steem blockchain or through steemit.
Ultimately its all speculation though as fyrstikken pointed out, it doesnt exist yet.
I agree praising or griping about Steemit is best kept in the chat area.
Upvoted. Mostly for suggestions in paragraph three.