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     8 years ago (edited) 

    Saying that steem power should be something that can only be earned is very easy to say and accept by someone who has no problem earning it, like from your point of view that almost every blog post by charlieshrem has hit the #1 spot on the trending page. Another user who has a very hard time earning rewards would feel even more crushed by not having the option to buy steem power while not being able to earn rewards, and that's not good for user retention

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     8 years ago  

    Man the voice of reasoning has spoken...Great Comment Mr.Grant!!!

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     8 years ago  

    Very reasonable! Not only that but Steem Power in my opinion is the center weight of the Steem platform. It is the utility which can be used as a measure in the attention economy.

    For example if I want to contact you maybe you can set it where either I have X amount of Steem Power, Y Reputation, or I pay you Z amount in Steem for your time. This could allow us to set up consulting networks and people can begin to barter, and offer services, where Steem Power and Reputation would signify how important a person is to the social network.

    If a person has little to no Steem Power and has a low Reputation, maybe no one will want to add them as a friend until they either buy the Steem Power or earn it, and or build a Reputation.

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     8 years ago  

    Good point.

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       8 years ago  

      So if I understand you correctly:
      you want your reputation-shares to be tokenized so they can be converted to steem and sold?

      You currently have: 120,870,541,768,298 Reputation-shares in the system according to: https://steemd.com/@charlieshrem

      I personally and professionally don´t see how another "power-down" suggestion will bring any value to steemit. So I will have to vote NO on this suggestion for now.

      Sincerely, and in all friendliness
      @fyrstikken

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       8 years ago  

      you want your reputation-shares to be tokenized so they can be converted to steem and sold?

      Nope, thats not what I'm suggesting. In fact, Im not suggesting anything.

      So I will have to vote NO on this suggestion for now.

      No need for a vote, this is a social thought experiment. For discussion and mental exercise :)