RE: Why steemit.com is an ant colony or a bee hive, though it should not be. I am yet to see a post by an ant!
There is a lesson in all the futility for the ‘whales’ who are probably too busy oiling the cogs on their algorithmic, robotic machines. When there is criticism about, one can always judge the calibre of the person or people being criticised by their preparedness to stand and engage.
The story of ostriches sticking their heads in the sand is, of course, untrue, though there seem to be a few whale snout prints in the sand.
The lesson to the ‘whales’ is that ‘Social Media' is not an activity typical of bees or ants. The principal participants ….
... are human!
Right on! You get it! Resteemed again. LOL. That was my point int he post yesterday, community of people to decide what is right, not static "code = law" mentality that so many are confused about. Discerning right from wrong is something of a lost art and science nowadays.
When I had more support before I put a target on my back for dealing with the flagging rewards issue, I was a top earner for the stuff I put out and it was representative of the concentration of power in 20-50 voting hands and not the majority of users. But the voting power curve is being changed so this should be fixed where I'm not a top earner anymore. I always supported the curve change. But my point is that even at that level, it would have taken me 5.5 years to reach 1 million SP. LOL. And that's posting 3-4 times a day, with 1-2 major whales on 1-2 out of the 4 posts or something. Now it's more like 10-15 years to reach 1 million SP.
You can find some data here: https://steemdb.com/@krnel
Put in any name in the URL, and fish around ;)
Also, http://steemwhales.com/?p=1&s=power
But yeah a report like that would be handy.
And by the time you reach 1 million SP those same whales that are far from you now will be the same distance and perhaps further. It does have some issues.
Absolutely.
Is there ever an actual equilibrium? Can those who work to create content ever create or reach that possible equilibrium? Or is it just an imagined possibility that will never happen? Is it forever a rate-race to the top that continues be a moving goalpost?
The goal of social equilibrium may never be attained in this type of model we have in Steemit... but I'm not sure as to that conclusion. It seems this way on first processing how my progress would go. An eventual equilibrium could be reached if those who are at the top don't keep growing more than those who try to climb. Otherwise the goal for social decentralization of power may not be what Steemit/STEEM can do in the long term...
You could jump to the head of the pack, but only if you are already wealthy outside of steemit and can afford to purchase a bunch of steem power.