RE: Fractured community... Can we build bridges?
Thanks for this nice summary... which I largely agree with.
My question to the "investors" is simple: "If you want this to purely be an investment opportunity, why on EARTH would you create this social blogging venue as the backbone for marketing your idea? Just create a coin and say HEY! Here's our COIN!"
Oh... you wanted differentiation... that marketing magic that sets you apart from an ocean of other alt coins with great ideas? But now you don't want to support the creators of the differentiation you felt was needed?
Sorry, does not compute.
Oddly enough, the "investor class" is possibly the most entitled group on the planet... I'm not talking about Steemit, but life in general. They stand there with a handful of money and insist on a 10% return for nothing more than "standing there and breathing," while the venture they are invested in might only have a 5% growth potential... yet they feel "entitled" to have that 5% gap filled, out of empty space.
Not sure if you heard of Holacracy?
It's NEW to me...but I can relate it to Steemit somewhat.
https://steemit.com/business/@remlaps/7-videos-about-holacracy-a-social-technology-for-human-self-organization
That was new to me, too... thanks for the link. Could it be applied to Steemit? Very likely, but there needs to be more of a consensus that "we're all in this together," because at the moment it seems like people are pulling in different directions... and mostly in a well-meaning way.
(this is from my earlier comment above)
We thank you @dwinblood for your bravery Sir. I can't be the only one that noticed you building this NEW BRIDGE to bring us ALL together. Your podcast last week was a rare treat for me to actually HEAR your WISDOM first hand. Just in case anyone did not get that opportunity to LISTEN, please allow me:
https://steemit.com/votu/@beanz/v-o-t-u-podcast-8-makes-love-with-the-community-with-part-2-the-poetic-words-of-dwinblood
I am trying @denmarkguy to help with this NEW BRIDGE, we could use more HELP...