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RE: Social Media Companies Are Not That Evil, *They* Started The Decentralization Of Media, Not Steem!
Good points in general. I just have a few question marks.
They will have to put in strict rules, censor content and content creators,
Why would they have to do it? Isn't the flagging by the users not enough? Doesn't this supposed to happen via community decisions via upvotes and flags?
The question is can they do what facebook ad google do not do and that is to fully involve the community in decision making.
Don't they do this already?
Thanks for the questions. Time has proven that the community is too often an unreliable judge of things on a social network. This is partially because people see things so differently and because most people are just not fair, they want their way. Regardless of if it is right or wrong. That is how we have been trained on social media. It can change but there needs to be an intent to change it. what is the incentive on Steemit. why should I care if justice happens or not? There has to be independent ethics that hold people to a "center" if not you get a mob not a community. And censoring content is required legally/. The more a platform will grow the more it will have to censor. I do not say that this is negative. I don't know if it will be or not.
Steemit has a group that decides the rules here. I am not consulted. Are you? Who decides how much Steem is mined or how quickly and the rules for your reputation increasing or decreasing. Who decides what behavior is allowed and not? Who will decide whether to slow down payments (when the time comes), and by how much? This is just a small set of the important issues that are now in the control of a small group. I am not saying this group is evil or incompetent only that it is not the community. It is a government.
Just my thoughts. I expanded on a few in my latest post. Have a read if you are inclined. Part 1 talks about the existing social networks and part two below talks a bit further about Steemit. Please keep in mind I am learning as well so my thoughts will change as i learn more. thanks https://steemit.com/steemit/@davidallenjones/what-is-wrong-with-today-s-social-networks-and-can-they-be-fixed-part-2-of-2-steemit-and-the-new-social-networks