RE: @zeartul still enjoying the fruits of the community
How self-contradictory that the Steem White Paper itself forewarned against the consequences of this problem and yet Steemit Inc is doing nothing on a systemic basis to address it: "Any imbalance in the give and take within a community is unsustainable. Eventually the givers grow tired of supporting the takers and disengage from the community."
Disengagement is happening now as this sort of rampant reward pool abuse becomes more and more obvious. I am no longer going to publish original posts on this platform until it is addressed in a hard fork or some macro solution is applied.
I will continue to comment and bring attention to this evident flaw that has restricted the steem blockchain from realizing its full potential. I directed a tweet at Steemit Inc today doing just that. Their Twitter account has been inactive for weeks though so who knows if they'll see it or if they'll even care.
The only benefit I see of rampant obvious exploitation of a system is that it points out the glaring flaws in it. New user numbers fell off a cliff. User retention is still laughable. Only the foolish still believe that their dreams won't be memes in a system where actions like these aren't dealt with swiftly. Sure steem might be decentralized to a degree but steemit sure as hell isn't, and if there's one good thing about a centralized authority it's in its potential effectiveness at dealing with specific situations.
I think most users who can see past the bullshit leave immediately, and there are only a handful who stick around and try to get the word out, so it gets my hopes up when I see people addressing things like this. There are so many ways to make this place attractive to the average user and yet they deftly avoid all of the possible options.
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