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More of the same. Posts that say what you are saying are not new and get rewarded because it's the message that people want to spread. Now that your post has been rewarded, more people will copy what you've done because there is an incentive to do so. Nothing original; nothing critical. Those that have a different view are constantly maligned and called names, such as whiners, complainers, lazy, envious, etc, in order to marginalize their views. It creates an environment of only wanting to say good things about the platform, and how people can think this is a good thing for a community that supposedly values free speech and discussion, well... Never mind. I'm tired of beating my head against the wall. The system inherently stifles different views so there is no point in trying to convince anyone of something different. It's frankly not intelligent to fight against this machine. Steemit.com and it's incentive system is like the Borg. Resistance is futile...
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Actually I agree. At the moment, the site basically exists to promote itself. Every organism does the same thing, though, in order to survive and compete. In this sense, an overabundance of self-reflection can be a curse int he early stages of any endeavor. I view the action of writing to promote Steemit in a similar light as I would view conscripted, uniformed and brainwashed soldiers fighting to preserve "freedom". Paradoxical, but perhaps necessary to give a more humane and democratic government a fighting chance in the early stages.
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I don't have a problem with fluff pieces at this stage, it's just that people should not call their brothers-in-arms names for doing things that need to be done in the best interest of the site, such as call out people that are copying and pasting, or catfishing. The site can do perfectly well without condoning those activities. The foundation for the future is being set now. It's a rather libertarian crypto base at the moment, which is fine and reasonable, but people are incentivized by what the whales promote. We can promote best practices and still get to where we want to be. There is more than enough good content here without having to turn a blind eye to fraud. Anyway, we are on the same page. Let's find some other people we can disagree with instead! Just kidding!! Cheers
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