RE: Steemit Alternative Surfaces on the Internet. Your thoughts?
People that share on FB and other places are, generally speaking. not profiting to the extent that one can here. While it is at least partially due to the misguided rewarding that is done by those that upvote, if those upvoters are not aware they are not upvoting original content, then that is a big difference.
IMO, and some others, using others content unfairly doesn't deserve to be profited from. If we make an effort to keep the content here as original as possible, not only do the users become better content creators, we set the bar higher for the rest of the world. I'm sure many of us couldn't care less about having principles and ethics, as long as we are making maximum profits, but since I am a part of this community I will continue to give my input on how I want it to be with my words and my votes.
I get that. But, if that's the case, then Steemit really is not a social media site. It's another blogging site. Social media as we know it is filled with sharing content that goes viral. I understand that when money is involved it affects people's opinions on how original content is. What will be interesting to see, is how the site stays as it grows to a massive amount of users. I'm not really for or against people making money on something that is not their original content, or vice versa. If you share something that i like and see value in, i'm upvoting it. I also think there's a difference in sharing content that someone else created and passing it off as your own. That difference is huge.