RE: Examining Honey from a Different Perspective - Steemit Sock Puppetry Continues
@whatsup I think you have hit on the big problem there.
Perception is important and right now we need to retain users.
Although many of us accept that these kind of techniques to game the system are a part of life new users may not see it the same way.
We need more users and at least some mainstream acceptance to survive. Right now I estimate the vast majority of people here are from the crypto world and we tend to have similar views that have come very much from our involvement in the crypto community.
The vast majority of Joe and Jane Public likely don't think the same way and we will have difficulty attracting them to anything that looks remotely unfair to them.
I'm not sure what can be done though.
Even if the community decides someone is deliberately acting against the best interests of the platform there is little that can be done if they are sufficiently powerful.
Everyone knows it is happening, but this is the first time someone put that much effort into investigating it, so it can't be hidden. When the whales know their are "Whistle-Blowers" they will have to police each other as Dan and Ned have done here or they are going to watch the rest of their investment slip away. They have so much more to win or lose it is in their best interest to start to challenge each other to treat this site like they want it to have creditability, gain value and last. We can't shouldn't police it, just allow people to report on it. If it doesn't start to get addressed, it should get reported on outside of SteemIt on Crypto sites and other places. However, I have seen tonight if the correct amount of research and evidence is presented Ned and Dan will step in. I have regained a huge amount of trust that I had lost.
Same here. And the thing is, the people commenting on this post are the kinds of people that will be the backbone of this platform and some are already middle class. We need integrity here because that is the way it will sustain long term.