RE: The Shit That's Bugging Me: Episode Three
I must be part of some mystical Steem inner circle illuminati Rockefeller whatever the fucks CIA agent ass kisser?
I'm not sure if it is the fact that Steem has no KYC or that crypto is a breeding ground for them, but we got so many conspiracy theorists on STEEM... I can't even fart without someone telling me my fart was caused by chemicals that the bildebergs put in the cattle food... Not that I'm complaining, all content is appreciated, and I often enjoy reading and watching conspiracy theory content, but I don't change my whole life because of it neither do I bother other people with it.
Well, regardless of that, I've been flagging bidbot abUSERS ever since the HF came out, some of them have since stopped using bidbots, the worst part is that some of them actually have good content but they upvote it with bidbots and drink way too much out of the reward pool screwing all the other content producers (which they don't understand why because most don't understand how the inflation system works). Now it just takes time for things to normalize.
I am afraid of one scenario tbh, abusers realize they can't abuse the system anymore and cashout, dumping STEEM and crashing the price... but, even if this happens, the good curators, good content producers, and non-abusers will just scoop up that STEEM at low levels and in the long-run this will be a good thing, better content, better curation means more users and readers which means bigger value for steem and all of the tokens running on the blockchain.
Let's see if things become better or worse, at the moment I don't think anyone can trully say what is going to happen, human psychology is hard to predict, a minor shift can have a mass mentality shift that can be detrimental to the whole ecosystem.
I like reading some of that stuff, for entertainment. That's what tabloid journalism is. I'm not meaning to take a dump on those types. When some folks start thinking the whole STEEM is one big boogieman though, that gets to be a bit sickening, especially after three years. With every change it's some of the same people, saying the same things, and over time, consistently wrong. It's annoying, they don't make much money doing it, I don't see why they bother.
Those using bidbots will be happy with the pure profits of an organic approach.
Yeah, some STEEM might get dumped, but having only those focused on making the place thrive is far better in the long run anyway. It's no real loss.
I hope they get better. I'll continue on with this social experiment stuff and see where it leads. I have fun most days anyway. I think I have more friends here now than I do in life.