Do you want to convert people to your world view or discuss it?

in #thinking8 years ago

I'm not sure why there is so much polemic here on Steemit. It looks like a kind of soapbox. Have you ever been to Speakers Corner in London, England?

When I was there there was a woman talking about how people who don't have brown hair, and some other features I've forgotten, are not truly English. She was getting heckled by a few people who were watching her. There was a group of Islamic men, one of which was saying something about how everyone who is not Muslim is evil. A lot of people were heckling them too.

Then there were two men doing a kind of comedy routine. They each had signs, one said "No", the other "Yes". They were kind of play fighting, taking turns to stand on a short ladder saying their word. "No no no no no!" and the other guy would say "Yes! YES!". It was pretty funny, I suppose you would call it trolling nowadays.

Then there are post which are kind of about very little (free hugs?) or way to technical about the platform.

I guess I'm looking for a way to find articles which are not preachy . Are there any kind of clubs on Steemit or groups? I saw there were trails and things, I don't want to join a chat. Maybe I just have to follow the right people so anyone who thinks along these lines maybe write a comment and I'll follow you.

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it depends on what you want to see, i for example try to find when i have the time interesting posts even scrolling down for a couple of minutes. in steemchat dont expect much, in my experience its mostly for promoting your posts or if you have a team of people on here that want to just talk. In general chat that as the name suggests its just for general talking a few talk and a few more talk only to a couple of people
try the categories too if you have something specific you like