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RE: Filling the Bid Bot Hole
Not many people out there can handle facts nowadays.
The truth of what our world has devolved into.
Not many can handle the facts because it takes work to understand them and their ramifications.
I for one am happy to see the bots go. I have rarely used bid-bots but did use Smartsteem and Minnowbooster some. The feeling of having to pay-to-play on my own blog was a frustration of mine that was hard to reconcile.
Reluctantly I am seeing the benefits of the recent hf as I have seen better response to my posts and I have been "forced" to interact more.
There never was any anti-organic fever thrown out there.
Not one person ever hinted that people shouldn't engage more with each other, in fact it was promoted by many individuals.
Yet, my points are not so much about those out there who can't accept changes, it is purely about what an economy is based around and what an economy such as Steem should be concentrating on.
Just like with any economy out there, demand, business, trading, interest, outreach, diversity, flexibility and the overall value that all brings about is what gives an economy the opportunity to thrive and expand.
Wile those who refuse to accept these facts based on whatever feelings they may have about certain aspects of an economy are louder than the facts, we shall be taking one step forwards and then two steps back.
Steem is an economy of its own, with two tokens.
Steem is not "just blogging", it is an entire economy that bases itself on social networking, which is a heck of a lot more than just one branch of online interaction that we know as blogging.
Being an economy, with such a diverse nature of opportunities, we can nurture that diversity, that open and free market place or we can introduce another 1001 repressive tools so as to make it what 'some people' want for their own personal reasons and opinions.
Free and open market place or a closed very tight bunch of people who refuse to allow any changes that are not within their not so diverse and closed scope of views on the future of Steem.
Ohhh, btw, my goal isn't to lobby for the return of Bidbots, I am just stating facts, without any emotions/feelings.
Call me the devils advocate, so to say.
There wasn't people preaching the bot, but actions speak louder than words so many followed suit and did what the big boys did.
The scope of the potential economics of the platform is pretty wide which is where it becomes difficult for most to see. There are the few keys that have presented potential like Splinterlands and such but so much is un or under utilized. The platform is potentially SUPER diverse but that needs eyes, people to pay attention and utilize.
The absolutely most important thing for the platform, (in my view) is user base/retention. Without us here using the place it is a ghost town and then a true circle-jerk.
Building a new economy is not easy and takes most societies many years to achieve a workable system.
& add to that the fact that Steem is an economy of its own, which as such determines the value of the currencies.
A fact that many do not want to touch on as it doesn't suit their opinions on what they see in front of them.
"tree line" as mentioned earlier.
Cognitive dissonance.