RE: Why don't we comment on other people's posts more often?
Blockchain is a kind of social networks. What attracts people to social networks? An opportunity to find an interest group and create communication that is lacking in real life. At the same time, an important place is occupied precisely by the possibility of communication through comments.
The idea of blockchain about the monetization of social communications is beautiful. But there is another side to the coin. A lot of people come here not for communication, but for the opportunity to earn a little (or a lot). Try to completely remove monetization on Stееmit. Most people will leave the platform and look for other blockchains. They won't be looking for the usual social networks. They will be looking for an opportunity to earn money. It is ok. In real life, most of our users are not rich.
Naturally, crooks come to where there is an opportunity to get money. Yes, this is also a problem.
I am not an active commentator. But I behave the same way in real life. In conversation, I listen more often than I talk. Nevertheless, there is a group of users with whom I always willingly communicate. I am interested in them, exchanging opinions, I get new information. For me, the main value of any communication is to get something new: information, emotions, something else. Formal comments annoy me rather than please me. Sometimes I see a comment that seems to be large in volume, but I understand that it is... formal, empty, only for quantity.
As for the posts. One meaningful post a day is quite enough, but sometimes you want to continue and do more. And it also happens that you do not want to write at all or there is no opportunity. It's everyone's business. But the problem is different. There are many wonderful authors who get almost nothing for their posts. How long will they "work" for free? If they have an interest group and they develop their topic, then the amount of remuneration for individual posts may not be so important to them. They get more from communicating with people close in spirit (this is the original essence of social networks). But how many such users are there?
You are asking the right questions, but there are no easy answers to them.
In order for the forest to be in order, the forest needs a master who takes care of the order. Unfortunately, I didn't see such a host in Justin. With his arrival, a fire started in the forest and part of the forest burned down. Now there are other trees growing there and there are other inhabitants, and this is no longer our forest. And nothing changes in our forest. At least for the inhabitants. An island of this forest called WOX is even more orderly than the whole forest and I like it. That's why I'm here.
I'm talking too much today :)
😆 You have articulated things expertly. (This feels like an empty comment but your comment's so good, I have no more to add. Other than a little rambling to make the comment longer 😉)
Good to see you, my friend
This comment will really be empty if nothing happens in the forest.
Comments are also important, but practical steps are even more important :)
Some parts have already been burnt down, other parts are under attack (by scammers and crooks) but hidden away, there are thriving civilisations, knowing that the forest is what it is but find their way to be happy within it. They accept that the forest is unlikely to change and do what they can to keep those attacking it away from their little oasis. Many will pass through, some with good intentions, some not so but our oasis, built upon the right foundations will remain even if those that inhabit it change.
At the moment, this is the only possible way to survive. Fortunately, the oasis has a good ecology and it has a host. It is for this reason that we will survive in any scenario. But I would like a normal forest to be preserved around the oasis :)
I'll just join the content of this comment, because there's nothing to add. Everything is the same in my understanding of the problem.
agree with you @lllll1ll
One more for the hat-trick 🤠🤠🤠 #lucky10.
We need more natural regeneration than managed plantation...
I'm not sure we need plantations, farms or anything like that at all.
Regeneration is very good, as well as rotation, but conditions must be created for this process.
Meanwhile, we still have not fixed bugs in the operation of the platform. There is support from the steem team, but another question is how and to whom it is distributed. I have seen many facts of abuse. In the economy, it looks like corruption. And again, good authors are missed, and someone gets just on a regular basis. In any case, such examples were given a month ago, but since then I have stopped following it.
Steemit is a platform that has its own history and a certain reputation. I will not say that this reputation is high now. But it is stable. Almost everything that positions itself as a blockchain has roots on our platform. The cue ball is not up to par now either. Many cryptocurrencies have claimed and continue to claim that they are cooler than a cue ball. But the basis of all crypto exchanges is still bitcoin.I see an analogy with Steemit here.
But if bitcoin is not able to develop, then Steemit can afford it. There are two reasons why I did not give up on our platform and did not start withdrawing my "capitals". The first reason is participation in the life of WOX. The second... maybe it's naive, but I have a hunch that the owner should appear in the forest. Not immediately, not tomorrow, but Steemit will begin development and regeneration. For this reason, I am still in #club100 and do not plan to leave it.
Thank you for your attention :)
The forests are the only ecosystem that does not need a master to care. Maybe a garden would need a master but not forests, in contrast when the masters are gone, forests thrive.
Steemit is also like a forest, that can thrive without any master, but for this forest to run and thrive, a little sunshine is needed for every tree.
But my opinion is that very few quality seeds were sown. And now we are here discussing why we are not seeing a thriving forest.
I think the first thing that needs to be done right now is development of a platform that has more functionalities than the current one. We also do not have SMTs implemented while Hive has already been successfully running their blockchain with SMTs for a year or more now.
In Russia, they say - the bear is the owner in the forest))
Seriously, then with the appearance of the absence of the owner, in fact, he is. It's not necessarily one person. The host can also be collective. Theoretically, the blockchain is a decentralized system. The owner who bought our platform turned out to be Mr. Nobody for her. But I understand him, he solved his problems, business is business. It's a shame that his tasks did not include the development of the platform, but only the use. Therefore, a fire immediately occurred in the forest and part of the forest burned out. But this is already a story, albeit a sad one.
Now there is also a conditional host on the platform. But he's missing something.
I didn't notice that the delegates acted as one friendly team. Of course, all the information is not available to me, something is probably being done, but the results are important.
In any forest there are healthy trees, young undergrowth and weeds. You were right about the sunlight for every tree. But we also need weeding and uprooting of the unfit. We need a working system. The same plagiarism should be deadly for the user.
I absolutely agree with you. Without the development of functionality, any talk about the prosperity of the platform is in vain. And this is again a question of development and decision-making. And again we run into the "owner".
I would like to see active and interested delegates as the host. There are such, but they are not the majority.
Thanks for the great feedback @bambuka
"An island of this forest called WOX is even more orderly than the whole forest and I like it."
I wish I had the ability to make that island even better for our users. I see which way the big forest is going and if we cut down too many trees, the forest will die out.
Unfortunately, the big forest is gradually drying up. Someone skillfully makes firewood for their fire, but I don't see any concern for the forest.
We are not cutting down trees, most likely we are making new plantings. It seems that those who prepare firewood for themselves do not like it very much. But using the forest for firewood is a bad idea.
There may be a situation when you have to save the island from logging. I hope it won't come to that.
I would like your example to be followed by those on whom the ecology of our forest depends.
We must sow new seeds in the forest so that our ooze does not dry up ❤️
I agree :)