Within 30 minutes, already 120 upvotes, and they are still pouring in by the minute...
like u rightly said, the power of the whale is immense on the steemit platform, the bandwagon effect it has is worth commendation
back to the topic of discussion
I have been following the myriads of problems steemit is faced with, and observing how blue whales, are doing their best to fight off the rampage caused by sharks and piranha fishes here on steemit... Once again the efforts are commendable. Without these self-styled heroes (i wont mention names today) our precious steemit as we are enjoying it now, would be in total disarray.
So what solutions can we proffer? First of all i will offer a way out of the headache, and this is from an excerpt of one of Jack Sparrow's movies, where one of the english soldiers trying to capture him, and being so amazed how he slipped out of their fingers said something like this "how does he do it? Does he have it all planned out, or does he make it up as he goes along?"
The movie makes us believe he makes it up as he goes along of course....
Relating that scene to our present steemit case scenario, i think the best way out is to observe trends, analyse metrics, and then build defenses, and make necessary adjustments as we go along, for the overall good of steemit, as these threats to the well being of steemit become more apparent...
On another note... Curation is an integral structure of steemit, which has been largely marginalised...
I am really happy i read your post, you just put in writing what i have been battling with in my mind for some weeks now, since i actively got back on the steemit platform.
one thing i know, is this, in the real world scenario, our governments are able to successfully fight of, or to an extent incapacitate worse threat cases than we are facing here on steemit, and even though the world still faces all kinds of unfriendly, hostile activities, the world has not come to a grind or halt, we have learnt to make do with the good and the bad together in society....
steemit is another 2nd life society or world, if it can be done in the real world, i dont see what makes steemit any different.
When forces of evil are on a rampage, there are always forces of good that will rise to combat and repel them back... We also have that here in steemit
Since issues with curating so far have been identified, lets keep observing, anlyzing and making recommendations, as you have so well done and i know very soon, a viable solution will crop up... That will stem this tide of curation injustice.