RE: Symbiont{s} | Steem Sentinels | Rewards Regulation Tool
Hi, @jaki01,
Fighting abuse on the Steem blockchain is conceptually similar to attrition warfare in military strategy, which consists of "wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and material ... the war will usually be won by the side with greater such resources".(1) Unfortunately, we do not have such resources, we have hoped for more support from Steemit Inc (mainly due to retaliation immunity), to have a public structure and even an insurance/compensation policy for collateral hits. But we are surely not there yet.
In another part, we can understand as you can see with our article above if people are not really interested in fighting abuse for fear of retaliation. More to this, we can also understand that investors who are already at a loss compared to their initial investment are not interested in lowering their ROI just for the sake of it, while others are doing what they can to extract value from the chain.
I decided to get my part of the cake
We like to treat situations with a realistic approach and see things as they really are, we will not be lying if we say that we understand the reasoning behind what you said above. But, of course, consensus does not always pair with morality, and trying to take a share of the cake can is many situations prompt people to ask themselves if this is a good thing to do? or is this the right way? whether if the consensus is broken (reached) or not.
It is apparent at this point that there is still not enough political will to tackle the abuse issue. We are doing what we can with what we have despite a huge lack of support. It is up to the community now to ask for more serious measures from the large players on the chain. Accepting the status quo and give in to an anarchic path is definitely not something that we support nor should anyone else, for such anarchic behaviors as we have seen before are mostly practiced by people who wish harm to the Steem blockchain.
Thank you for passing by @jaki01.
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(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attrition_warfare
Attrition warfare
Attrition warfare is a military strategy consisting of belligerent attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and material. The war will usually be won by the side with greater such resources. The word attrition comes from the Latin root atterere to rub against, similar to the "grinding down" of the opponent's forces in attrition warfare.