You know what.. This is EXACTLY the problem I mentioned shortly in my previous post but with a bit different twist since it was about my 1 year experience on Steemit. I believe making all votes worth the same would be what could open up people to not only come but also STAY on Steemit. I always had this feeling of in the beginning we all were relying on a big whale to upvote us and now it is more about vote bots. neither any good if you ask me.
It was always my wonder how this situation could change without damaging the attractive part of powering up and I think this proposal.. in my own humble opinion sounds like the way Steem should be heading.
Equality is what we need on Steem/Steemit and this comes from one who is also a stakeholder. Besides, even if you are a whale or having a large amount of SP, the idea of making Steemit as a social media blossom would be beneficial for everyone. I think it would make complete sense that stake holding would reward you passively with steem, while 1 account = 1 vote would give the power to the WHOLE community.
Thanks a lot for this post. Cheers!
I have personally not followed the discussion about all of this since my activity has been limited from my travels, but people speaking about this as a solution to our problems makes me excited.
Be careful about the word Equality since it's been tried many times in the past and failed. Communism worked out fine huh? Have you ever seen 2 equal leaves in nature? No because it does not exist. If you want to level everyones vote to the same you remove the incentive to work hard.
If you think I asked for communism on a social media platform then no. Equality comes in many forms. But I honestly see no reason for why equal votes would bring less incentive to work hard. I believe I would work harder than ever because now suddenly it is every eye ball that counts and not just a few. I guess you could see it more as a democratic approach in a way? That structure seems quite successful in terms of electors have to work much harder to gain the vote from the crowd.
I'm not asking everyone to have same success, but letting the crowd choose those who should be successful.
Lol, the crowd making big decisions. Genius idea.
It has worked well up to now? Really does that sound like a genius idea? The means the dumb down masses will decide what get's in and what gets elected. Which means the dumbest product will get to the top. Think McDonalds. Do you think the crowd is qualified to decide who should be a success? Do they have good taste?
It's not hard to get the mainstream masses on your side. You just have to lie to them and tell them what they want to hear. They fall for it every single time. This is the system you want to see.
it's sad that this is true. No one questions things they're being told
Well on the other hand most people's life are pretty comfortable so it may not be a huge need to question everything. We have those already haha. If everyone questioned all maybe the world would explode ;)
haha probably true. But at least people would be aware that they can't believe everything they hear. I used to be one of those. Too trusting haha