RE: Can a Community be Successful Without Leadership? - A Look At "The Tyranny of Structurelessness"
Yes I think it’s unfortunate that our community just immediately think stake = leadership.
I think stake holders are important and seeing that they hold a large amount of stake, they make the decisions etc .. which I am ok with to be honest, to me they were always intended to be the “leaders” in a way. The issue is that investors generally want good leadership and either hire or lift up good leaders that will improve their investment.. I mean that seems like common sense. But it’s not something I see done here.
The issue I see is that we seem to be uplifting anyone who says “steem”.. and yeah if they have stake, they are an instant “leader”. The community is really pretty bad about this.. no real look at actions, just whatever the person says.. that’s what they believe.
I’m always quite confused why our stakeholders don’t really hit this problem head on, as they have the most to lose or gain, but honestly I just don’t think they know how.. they invested in STEEM, maybe they didn’t want to be in the decision making or have to be responsible for the direction etc. But I think what they do with that stake sets the tone here, and therefore they could change the culture as well as direction quite easily imo.
I think we are seeing positive changes and I am hoping for more and more of them.. I just think with no direction or vision we will continue to just spin our wheels.. and see more self proclaimed leaders jump in to make sure they line their pockets.
I wish more cared about STEEM as a whole, as we all benefit when that sees success.
Thanks for the great comment!
I definitely agree with that, but it's actually logical, to some extent. I mean, to be truly effective, leaders must master the ability to influence others. Effective leaders don't just command: they inspire, persuade, and encourage. However, we have Steem Power on STEEM, which is literally the same thing as influence. The more SP you have, the more influence you'll have.
It even says so within the wallet:
Add that to the fact that people are on Steem to earn money and it's easy to see why those with large wallets are the ones who'll be seen as leaders. Good or bad, the majority of the people doesn't really care about that, as long as they are able to earn.
That's also the whole reason for people to chase whale votes. In the past, before HF21, many users earned more from comments than articles, due to upvotes from many of these wealthy accounts. It was easier to get an upvote or two from a whale on a comment you wrote, than to attract more users and build an audience through your own content.