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RE: Are you still commenting?
Of course I see changes. I welcome many of them, some of which I helped initiate myself - my Team Freestyle was the first curatorial team in 2022 that didn't have to observe any conditions when voting. And we were good ;-))
But first and foremost, I see something else: people are being ‘recruited’ here with the prospect of making money quickly and easily. That's an outright lie. Most of the people here on Steem are not regular writers, authors or bloggers. Most people here are not interested in networking either. Most of them have existential fears and would do anything to alleviate them.
Humanly only too understandable. From an artistic point of view, it's the death sentence for a blogging platform.
I remember that before the hard fork we tried very hard to stimulate people to comment. We had @paulag and the comment coin and @cicisaja was very active. Back then also the good news was spread that you can easily get rich if you post a few words (and that's it).
This year I heard it several times again that everything is possible (buying a house) if you only write good content though no one knows what good is (I assume the markdowns) and if you are smart. I guess not the smart patjewell promoted but smart in different ways.
The only difference with years ago and the past years is the huge number of (new) subscribers in high financial need who all claim this is their job. It's great if it is possible but if that's the main idea it is a problem.
With you I agree here is not where you find the writers. I believe 90% can't write and hardly read. This is a huge problem but a part of those people can post something else. It is a fact that without commenters Steemit will be a dead end.
I can't say I saw many comments the past week and unlike in September, I spent way more hours searching. Plenty of posts to upvote but comments?
I can't blame it on Christmas because it already started earlier.
To most writing comments is not in the system, it's never taught. Also not to all those newcomers who had to achieve their certificate. I wonder why not, but also why commenters aren't upvoted more or perhaps mainly to try out if it stimulates after all a post is a post.
Everything can be learned and I notice a handful is willing and it shows.
If the Steemit Team doesn't care and rewarding posts is the norm nothing will change.
Is it a loss if people not earning on posts leave? I doubt it and it will not affect the quality writers, those who like writing and reading. There are many here who write good content, never join a contest, old Steemians or new ones who keep posting regardless if they
couldn't agree more with you!
a post is a post, your own idea and nothing other people can interfere with. but a deep talk and discussion which can broad your view and perspective only can be done in the comments section and sometimes, it's more meaningful than the post itself.
anyway, I remember reading the ethics on steemit when I first joined, I try my best to understand that steemit also a communication or social interaction media, so, it's a bit weird when the posts are more valuable than the comments. Question is, who cares and who will go check the best comments of the day and upvote it? with the "best time to upvote and earn a few" on the FAQ, unless you are a witness with the concern, then we can a make a different.
I have thought it before, if you want the steem price up and give you profits, why the witness sometimes asking for SP delegation so e can get upvoted? or why we need to burn steem while we can take it to the exchange and let those who had a lot of steem in their wallet join the liquid pools somewhere. I mean, everyone can join the LP if they're eligible to do so. But, I dunno, it's just me thinking after having some LP in hive and pancake swap related to splinterlands.
I might not be able to write something meaningful like you do, it's just come accross my mind, I'm a noob about crypto, never tried to cash it out until last month.
It is good that there are people like you.
Enjoy your Sunday.
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