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RE: Relax It's Social Media
The problem isn't the content and people being people. The problem is the incentives don't give incentives, in my opinion.
The problem isn't the content and people being people. The problem is the incentives don't give incentives, in my opinion.
Well, yeah, the incentives are a little screwed up.
I'm going to stick with something I tried to point out over a year ago... which is that @dan & co (in their original creation of the Steemit idea) grossly underestimated the level of green and self-servingness inherent within many people.
The incentives would probably work just fine in a world where all Steemians were "rational adults working towards maximizing the common benefit for all."
That world is a fantasy.
The real world is more like what happens if you throw a handful of coins on a crowded street. People scramble uncontrollably to "get theirs" even though a handful of pennies and nickles make NO material difference to their lives.
Yes, I'm cynical in certain ways!
I can't argue that. There is also a lack of understanding human behavior and how to reward good behavior and ignore or punish bad behavior. Human behavior is not hard to predict and impact.
I've spend hours and thousands of corporate dollars sitting in courses on how to motivate people, be an effective leader etc.
I compare this situation with zero leadership like a teacher leaving a class of children alone and without a task. The expected result would be chaos.
I'm fine with decentralized, but a visionary leader would be really helpful! I guess I am cynical also. I still have hope that a leader will develop.