Attitudes Have Consequences
Anyone who has spent any time in the shows I host on The Ramble will have heard me remind people that Steem is made up of investors, witnesses, developers, content creators and curators. We need them all and we all need to respect each other.
During the ongoing debate over HF21 there has been some less than respectful comments made about content creators. There is a tone to those disparaging remarks which is more how dare you speak up when the rewards you can receive will be reduced not for just one purpose but two.
Some have accused content creators of being selfish and entitled. That is an argument which is used when there is no actual rebuttle to a position. The same could be said of those who stand to gain out of the changes being made and are in a position to make those changes happen. Maybe it could be said even more… I don’t know. What I do know. Is that is a very condescending and hurtful accusation to toss out.
There have been other comments as well like 50/50 isn’t enough .. Should be 5/95 in favour of the curators. Or there’s ‘well content creators write a few words and hit publish, there’s no work there’. Some of these attitudes are coming from Witnesses and large stakeholders.
I can’t think of a platform or app on the internet which doesn’t use content. Too many people go immediately to content creators as ‘bloggers’. No, content creation takes many forms: written (blogging), audio (DSound), visual (DTube), photography, music, podcasts, even games have content. I saw lots of posts where game lore was being developed for Steem Monsters. It’s all content and someone needs to create it.
This post isn’t about the importance of content. Content creators should no more need to defend their role on this platform than anyone else. When putting any group in a position of defending their role on the platform and then heaping those attitudes on them, it has consequences.
On this platform, it means that people and projects decide to go away. It’s easy to dismiss their departure by saying they didn’t like the changes. The fact is not all departures are about not liking the changes.
Some of those departures are about being no longer willing to swallow the disrespect being tossed at their role on the platform. The lack of willingness to disagree without trying to dismantle others.
I’ll admit to have had some thoughts about doing so. Then decided that as much as the builders of the platform may have wanted this to be different here than the real world, when it comes to how people are treated, not much is different. I’ll adapt. I’ll ignore those who tossed out the disparaging comments. Some of them, I had a lot of respect for. They have lost that respect.
We’re losing a project I really loved watching develop. I believe given chance to see that project grow and flourish would see families and young people brought to this platform. Now it’s looking for a new home. Our friend @dreemsteem has decided to take a personal stand and move it to another home along with the other great content and ideas she has so generously shared with this platform.
Attitudes have consequences people. Think about that.
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For those just tuning in... lol I never minded rewarding curators (which we all are) or investors (which we ALL are) - it was the disproportionate redistribution of rewards - without any respect at all for EVERYONE involved. (well said @shadowspub!)
but - thank you for listening to me. for mentoring me. for teaching me. for supporting me.
and I'm glad you know I'm not giving up. I'm just taking my fight elsewhere (where I can make a real difference)
you and me (and so many others) go way beyond Steemit. but we can be thankful that this place WAS here to provide the opportunity to form a community.
because when all is said and done. when money is gone, and tokens tank, and there is no place for curation, investing or content creation....
community will outlast them all
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and Monkees will go on. because there are two things we can agree on.... hehehe I am stubborn, and i HATE being told what I can't do.
Maybe you can lurk about and the ghost of @dreemsteem can help guide.
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I've thought about abandoning Steem for another blockchain as well, for Steemhouse. It would require a name change, of course. Worth the hassle? Dunno. But we're still here and resigned to the fact that everything we've done has been invisible to investors, even though we're probably putting the Steem brand in front of more mainstream eyes than most other projects that ever came and went on this platform. After a point, it stopped bugging me. Being under the radar has its advantages. But one thing is for sure--we haven't always found a friendly community on Steem, or a sensible one. If the blockchain itself weren't so solid and efficient, who knows.
| we haven't always found a friendly community on Steem, or a sensible one
Absolutely true.
Being a content creator, socially speaking, is essentially being an artist, whether you're writing, sharing visual art, music, or whatever, and artists are always treated like we don't deserve shit for our work. Like we can buy groceries in "exposure."
And yet, companies like FB and YouTube/Google make billions off our content and data. And they wouldn't exist without us - whether we're shitposting or memesharing or just bitching about our day or sharing photos of our cats, OR creating intricate, amazing content that took hours of work if not longer.
I don't know how any investors imagine we're going to onboard the masses if once they get here, they're told that they don't social media well enough, or whatever. Isn't the investment doing well somewhat predicated on mass adoption? Or am I missing something?
Ah, well. I'll just keep tinkering in my corner, doing my thing, hanging out with good people, and trying to make the world a better place. The investors can pass around their drama tokens every time someone writes a line of code, or discusses writing a line of code, or argues about code already written. I can't control that any more than I can control the tide. As long as the blockchain is still working, I'll probably be here. I am quite used to the world telling me I am worthless. I'm just trying to survive it until I can finally escape it.
And HuffPo ... who used to crow about how they never paid their "contributors" was sold for $315 million to AOL. Arianna Huffington didn't write all that content, but she banked every bit of the money.
Mark Zuckerberg literally used the word "dumbfucks" to describe his contempt for his early adopters.
STINC put those hideous ads on our blog pages -- without asking, AFAIC -- yes, it's their virtual real estate, they can do WTF they like with it. But then they laughed at the very idea they might share some of the proceeds with their users.
Yeah, I really get off on spending two hours or more creating something from my talent to stick under their online casino ad. So I've stopped doing it.
@dreemsteem is right. And I may not be here long either.
As they say ... "People die of 'exposure.'"
Oh Gods HuffPo made me so mad when I found out they didn't pay their writers. Just...
Instinctively, I understood pretty early that this platform would never provide enough reward to be an inviting place for serious authors, whether the reward came in the form of money or readership. But the blockchain is solid, and in the case of a closed reward loop like Steemhouse is working on, we don't need the common reward pool in quite the same way as we would otherwise. Plus, our idea is portable. If things head too far south, we can pack up and go, too. For now we're staying put, though, with pretty low expectations about most aspects of the Steem ecosystem, but some realistic ideas about how to make it work for us. Time will tell. Time will also tell if we continue to draw mainstream attention to the Steem blockchain with the name of our project. We'll just have to see.
Where can I find out more about Steemhouse? I've seen that name twice in the past couple of days but hadn't heard of it before that.
This is our latest post: https://steemit.com/steemhousepub/@steemhousepub/real-world-publishing-meets-the-blockchain
It has some fairly specific information about our goals.
Thanks!
That meme had me DYING laughing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You're not worthless. Believing that just allows people to take advantage more.
Keep good company and keep infecting them with laughter hehehe
😊
See? Meme sharing gives laughter. It has value. :D
Heck yeah it does. Lololol
And laughter is the best medicine hehe
I once made a friend laugh so hard, her lung collapsed and she had to go to hospital.
I felt incredibly guilty.
But not guilty enough that I did not send her a get well card that said "laughter is the best medicine."
Because I am evil. >.>
Evil would be not sending her a card at all.
You are not evil
You are just twisted. 😜
I am that! LOL
Birds of a feather! 🙃
It is always a sad moment when GOOD people and projects like you mentioned feel they must leave steem platform due to harassment over what is considered content or even agreeable. I have seen more than one or 2 (IMO) very important and creative people leave in the last 6 months. I do feel it is as easy as RESPECT.
If you dont like, or agree with something you always have the option of just ignoring, or even engaging in a constructive manner. Time and Time again we see instead flagwars and pressuring that leads to negative perspectives.
Content is content..art is art...music is music... all these things are voluntary and a matter of preference...as well as FREEDOM to express.
I would rather have things here I do not like than have this place whittled down to a husk just to benefit those with 'higher stakes'.
Sad to see em go.
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~RESPECT~
More great points and conversation on a topic that should be close to us all.
I am a big fan of @dreemsteem who has been positive and supportive and entertaining for so long. Hopefully she will stick with us at The Ramble. Can’t wait to see how that story plays out and I am hoping for a surprise ending.
Every cloud has its silver lining and I am really looking for one of those with the fork.
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Did someone say silver!?!?!
Hehhehee surprise endings are my specialty 😉 I hope you get yours too!!! I'll be around
But now? I'm shoving cotton candy in my mouth amd waiting for fireworks 🎆
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It breaks my heart. Moreover, I just don’t understand it. If there are no content creators, then there’s nothing to curate, right? I must be missing something. It’s like saying oars are stupid and the row boat doesn’t need them.
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Thank you for the reminder that our attitudes have consequences... every day we determine much of the future of what we wish to build by how we treat one another.
I am a prolific small content creator who is just producing because it is what I do, but because I can produce EVERYWHERE and are getting more lines on being paid, there is a good chance that by the time HF21 is implemented, Steemit will have more competition for my time than it does now... and I will make an re-assessment then. It hurts me that people I respect are now leaving because of the disrespect they feel...
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