great post. very interesting and thought provoking. what about re-purposing elements of content, re-contextualising and juxtaposing with new ideas?
there is a train of thought which says nothing is original. Although I agree with the sentiment of this article. let's say I posted a picture of a rainy day and wrote about what it's like to experience a rainy day. the image is my original one and so are the words.
perhaps later, I would like to post a curation of my work on the theme of water. is is fair and justified to then include my rainy day picture within the post? it's re-contextualised and I add new thoughts and words about my relationship towards water as subject matter. the previous post is juxtaposed against an new background, it's contextually sensitive. I don't think it's a morally grey area in this case. It's intellectually asking a question about what originality means and how strictly is it applied if we have diverged sufficiently from the original purpose of preventing double spend.
I believe in the normal world double spending is very common, accepted and a regular feature of life. proof of brain simply throws up a new question, what is originality, how can it be defined? and this article has made me think about what that means on steemit, in art and in life. Well done you crafty goat.
Th@anyx & A Merry Christmas. great work !
Good point. Where is the line? It will be difficult to draw one.
In my comment above, I mentioned how this problem is not only technical, but ethical as well. You seem to be picking up on the same idea in your comment.
Maybe we have to use our own discretion in the examples you provided. We of course know that a straight copy/paste of an old post seems ridiculous, and we have to begin to make our own ethical considerations as we walk back from the most flagrant abuses of the system.
Overall, I feel there is little issue with re-purposing when you have put effort into reworking the piece into something "original" again.
copy and pasting posts is one thing. Steemit's proof of brain is most interesting because it has evolved directly out of social media where ideas were rewarded with likes and popularity which meant no physical reward except for the most popular by way of corporate sponsorship, similar to top athletes. steemit takes the centralised (zuckerberg gets all the cash) model and distributes it. I find as a steemian with genuinely original content. ( I am a creative professional) with over 20 years of experience, my content doesn't get rewarded commensurate with it's merit. I see total crap making hundreds of dollars all time and I never score that highly. There is another force at work here and it's to do with the power of social networks and currency. In the normal centralised model, there is the opportunity for success through virality. However virality often takes more than seven days to achieve. Steemit will evolve a virality function (the ability to earn past seven days) and then it will reward more fairly content with artistic and intellectual merit. Merry Christmas. On the flipside, my meagre rewards can be traded for their real value with an extra twist to the equation. swap the tokens for ones which increase in value faster than the platform rewards. This is most satisfying. It's like finding pennies and turning them into more. magic beans indeed said Jack's mother.
@outerground, you're totally right. Something else is at play here.
It is interesting how Steemit reflects society to a degree. Those with monetary capital and social capital can exploit the system. The most talented people aren't necessarily getting rewarded. Steemit, in its current state, certainly isn't a meritocracy.
Now, that isn't to say I am even bashing the platform. It's growing and maturing, and these things are bound to emerge. But I do hope those aspects of Steemit can be worked out in the long run.
Merry Christmas to you too! And good luck on Steemit in the New Year.
thanks Chris, from a fellow Chris.. you have a new follower. I too am fascinated with steemit. I've been here every day since may and I certainly have got a lot out of it. It will evolve and it is full of talented people. Enjoy Christmas and I look forward to reading your posts. You'll soon be up past 50 rep ! ps thanks @anyx for the introduction
Thanks for the encouragement! Us "Chrises" have to stick together. I look forward to seeing your content as well. We'll talk more soon!
There's been some good experimental work on this issue, showing how social information alters our valuations.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@plotbot2015/experimental-proof-that-the-quality-of-your-posts-does-matter-some