RE: Is Steemit Biased to Older Users?
Do whales deserve the power they have?
Well @devil1714 I suppose that question does depend on the time it took to become a whale -
Most whales have put the time in, many over a year - to build their account and account value, rep..'
However - buying a whale status by simply stacking your SP from Day 1 with $25-100k worth of SP - hmmmm in not sure that it's a "fair" platform at all.
Now if someone brings over 10,000 YouTube followers that they worked 8 years to acquire - is that "fair" - I suppose so - I suppose they deserve to be a whale in terms of the years of hard work..
Is it fair to the community for myself or the poverty stricken user in some remote part of the world that has no $$ to quick-boost our SP nor following to help gain it ultra-fast..
In the broadest sense of the word "fair" on this topic and in regards to the STEEMIT Ecosystem - I think personally many new users are turned off by the "unfair advantage" they are in from day 1 and as their hard work posts see a few cents earnings and a meme post receive $100 in a day - I do think many new users will search out a new platform that has a similar model that allows for a fair playing/earning field where wealth, social status, and unfair advantages do not exist and allow only for the best content to be paid accordingly
Lately on STEEMIT it just seems that the rich get richer by means of the poor - exactly the same way the 1% of the world or US get richer off of the poor..
That correlation that mimics real world wealth and disadvantages is a very big concern of mine as I love STEEMIT and want it to succeed and want to succeed in STEEMIT myself by working hard, playing fair and reaping only the rewards I deserve
Sorry for the late reply!
I agree with you, most whales have indeed put lots of time in, and I have no qualms at all with that. They deserve the followings they have. My point with this investigation was rather to see if time affects reputation level, regardless of content.
I also think that if people have followers on another platform and then come to Steemit.. That's fine. Not only are they bringing people to Steemit, they are growing the ecosystem. Sure, they may instantly become a whale if they can manage to bring over a few thousand of their followers, but I'm fine with that. Those people have worked hard.
Yeah! This is exactly my point. New users get turned off, because they can't make anything. They have no chance unless some curation group or whale notices them. And even then, that is usually only for one or two posts.
The richer get richer on Steemit because of the stupid curation system. If you vote on a post that is going to be successful, you gain power? Well guess who's posts will be successful? The whales. So they gain more and more voters, while the rest of users struggle because people wont vote due to the low chance of a minnows post becoming 'successful'.
Thanks a lot for your comment, it was very great to read such a long and detailed comment!