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Steem is in the wild, it doesn't belong to dan, it doesn't belong to eli, it doesn't belong to any witness cabals, we are a collective now.
Eli has a pretty good grasp of the reins, dan and ned, et al, probably still have enough stake to crash price and may hold that sword of damocles for a while, but, at some point, we free ourselves from their bs, spit out eli's bit, and begin to run on our own.
That could've happened by forking the bastards out instead of hinting at it and allowing them to entrench themselves, but at this point, it is what it is, steem.
It will be what we make of it.
It only fails when the last true belieber turns off his witness server.
So, we got that going for us.
Why would rich people want to support the slaves freeing themselves from their best bait, fiat currencies?
We either get a handle on those farming us for rewards now, and support those building their accounts, or we continue to be cattle on the farm for those scavengers.
It is up to us to free ourselves, outside help will only come after we don't need it anymore, iyam.
Yes it is right it is up to us to do something about itthank you @freebornangel for your sensible comment
After all, most of the other comments here are just complaining
How to turn it around And ask yourself the question. What can I do to make Steem better?
Thank you for your kind words.
Join @steemflagrewards and flag some spam?
HI @freebornangel
yes, it makes sense if it only gets flagged when it's SPAM
Join the collective and manually downvote, if you don't trust the trails.
This collective has been running for awhile, it isn't often when mistakes are made, and they get called out by the membership.
The only responsible adult thing to do is to use the downvotes given to you by the chain to protect the pool from scavengers that are only here to strip value and watch steem burn.
Iyam.
I have seen a lot of flagging abuse from other users, but I will consider in future what I do with flagging.
And I'm of the opinion that no matter when the flag / downvote provides, there should also be a message that comes with why I do it.
We often counsel newbs on proper uses of the pool.@steemflagrewards has you covered, our goal is to correct behavior, not burn accounts to the ground.
Follow a trail, speak up if you disagree, and stop dodging your responsibilities as a stake holder, imo.
Until enough stake follows us we can't take on the bad big accounts.
Though we are starting to tackle them anyway.
You, of course, have to do what you do.
Yes, it keeps scavengers from feeding on our carcass.
We live because more people buy than sell.