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Thanks @infovore and @ericvancewalton for the great interview!
@ericvancewalton you brought up many nice ideas (for example the possibility to name a reason for a resteem).
There are two points though, where I mildly contradict respectively started pondering:
If you think about it, who has the time to read long fiction anymore? A novel broken into 10-15min installments ... is perfectly compatible with how we live our lives today.I simply refuse to accept that we should have less and less time for ourself anymore! Why should we? We are having automation processes everywhere (some people actually fear to lose their jobs because of that), so why we should be talked into that unavoidably nowadays nobody should have time anymore to read a good book? Automation and digitalization should be used to make life of people more relaxed and pleasant not to make it more stressful ... :) For me "to have time for myself" has at least the same value as having much money, and thus I will always keep fighting for my "right" to read a great, thick, heavy book from time to time! :-) Of course that doesn't contradict your idea of "10-15min installments" at all: both have its "raison d'être".
I’ve honestly never seen such a high concentration of intelligence, passion, and vision in one place before. If we can all work together towards a singular vision this platform will soon be the largest social media platform in the world. Who in the world wouldn’t want to get paid for something they’re already doing (posting on social media)?
You are right! But one question: do you think the high level (in average) of the quality of the articles and way people communicate with each other (intelligent conversations, friendliness, the ability to listen to and accept different opinions, ...) will persist, as soon as we see a mass adoption of "our" platform? Maybe, maybe not, I don't know ... but I see how "discussions" in other social networks proceed ...
I also hope for much more users here to increase the value of steem and make discussions even more interesting, but at same same time I wonder what the consequences will be?
Thanks for your comment! Part of our "busyness" these days is by choice, I think, but here in the U.S. the cost of living is so high (and pay is so low) that many people have to work multiple jobs to make ends meet. I'm afraid it will get worse before it gets better.
I truly hope things stay civilized here as the platform grows. I know what you mean about quality suffering on platforms like Facebook. So many friendships and family relationships have been harmed by disagreements on social media. I think there will always be room for intelligent, substantive content here.
Don't worry: for sure I believe you (and I did observe that myself, also in Germany) that life for many people is getting harder, and they have to fight to survive. But at the same time I think we should not accept this state of affairs. There is enough money and there are people and companies who got unbelievable rich by exploiting others ... Why should "we" work faster and faster, more and more (so that we even have no time anymore to read a good book) to be more "efficient" and "productive", if in the end all the profit will be in hands of a few very rich people? More people should fight back instead to think it just has to be like that. I know it won't be easy, but things have to change!
(Just my personal opinion of course ...)