RE: Why was Steem invented?
I misunderstood... I thought you had already posted your article.
Yes, WORD will definitely ruin your mark-down.
I'll take a donated/borrowed delegation of Steem Power, but I will not pay for it (lease). I also refuse to buy votes. If someone is interested in supporting my cause and promoting the platform's growth then they can freely contribute to the cause. Otherwise they are just a business using their wealth to make their own pockets fatter and that is not what spreading the wealth is about. If mattclarke wants to help, he can contribute just a single full-power up-vote just once per week. It costs him nothing to do that unless he's using his VP to self-vote, in which case he's just another one of those who are draining the reward pool in an un-ethical way.
It's a strange distinction isn't it.
The community seems to despise self upvoting, but praise delegation leasing, which is really the same thing but with an extra step.
It's true. The community is funny that way. Not everyone, but many don't see the similarities.
I find it odd that more people don't see the damage that is being done by all these vote-bots. They seem to think that these things will bring them prosperity. I don't see how having a ton of Steem that is worthless will bring any prosperity at all. Steem has to have real value in order for its accumulation to bring prosperity. The platform needs to survive in order for Steem to have value.
https://steemit.com/smt/@mattclarke/introducing-equalitycoin-the-only-smart-media-token-you-ll-ever-need
I'm not sure what you are trying to say with your satire.
I'm not sure what you are trying to say with your satire.