Josh, I agree with you on almost every points described in this post. But my main points are:
- We don't really have to agree, this is not a platform of agreements. That is why there are upvote & downvote
- My main issue with most of steemit "content creators" is the sense of entitlement. In my mind that is the source of the problem
- Everyone in steemit is "content creator", please! Seriously? 80% of steemit is probably shitpost. Our friend @abh12345 can probably do some basic research and give us a better number. My point is, there will always be argument what is good and what is not so good, but there will always be content that we can all agree that it is "shitpost"
- Similarly there can always be content that most of us can agree that it is stunning! That is the content we expect in "trending"
- My final point to the greater community; please stop thinking about personal goals/earning for a bit and think about the platform as a whole. Because if you continue to do your old ways, there may not be a platform to complain/milk etc. On the contrary, if you stop and just think about the betterment of the platform, may be there is hope and then we all survive and thrive together.
Of course, I can only speak for myself and in which direction I feel the winds are blowing.
I agree with you there.
I would argue that most of those shitposts are content, and have some value, just not very much. There's too prevalent a view that you should get points for just showing up. In that way it's a good representation of the current state of our society.
I fully agree with your last points, but I don't think it will change much until the platform matures and is viewed as an institution.
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I think that won’t work for me any more, as I think I have 1000+ tokens :) ...... right? @abh12345?