I have mixed feelings about this whole @dmania debacle... for one, I totally get that not all users of this blockchain can or even want to be authors, so apps like @dmania must be part of the equation for us to achieve mass adoption.
On the other hand as someone who believes that effort should be rewarded, I think defining what "effort" should be compensated was something that I don't think we found a healthy consensus.
The question becomes, who is king? Content? User Experience? if the answer is not content, then I'm wrong and I should shut up. for the sake of argument lets say user experience is more important that content, which I could see myself agreeing with enough wine in me, or if I wake up on the other side of the bed.... that does not imply that content is not to be considered.
So I'm both happy and sad... sad because I know many will leave, but happy because this ugly pitchforked armed crowd spoke up and was heard by Steemit Inc.
Yeah, the problem was that they weren't even rewarding original memes, just ripped straight from the net. I find a world where people think it is okay to make money from others effort sad. Banker world.
I think there is space for all kinds of content however, 150 SBD for a stolen meme is pathetic as is they circle jerk and alt accounts.
I don't think anyone will leave because of this and the space will be filled soon enough.
We looked up every meme that was rewarded for over a week in steemspeak. There was less than $200 in unoriginal content rewarded.
In the case where people were reusing old memes, who is really damaged by that? I am not saying that I agree with the practice, but to me there has to be some damages involved or else it just seems like trying to control someone else's morality.
I am challenging the statement, out of respect, not in a fighting tone... I would really like to hear your response.
I stopped paying attention to Dmania a few months ago after watching the nonsense and hearing some of the responses from zombee. However, I think when it is Steemit-backed, there should be zero tolerance for plagiarism as it might put them in a bad position legally if copyrights come up. Perhaps this is why they should be careful with their delegations.
When it comes to memes, I don't think they have hundreds of dollars of value in them and I don't think a narrow group at the top should be making so much from them. They were using the delegation like a lottery attractor but, the game was most likely very rigged. If they had spread their vote much wider with a manual curator, they likely wouldn't have got into this mess at all.
I am not a huge defender of memes though as most of the 'good' ones I have ever seen get little more than a chuckle at best. I would rather see 15 lame memes rewarded 10 dollars than 1 lame one get 150.
Thank you for the response. :) It is appreciated. I get the part about SteemIt shouldn't be picking the winners and I know some are concerned with copywrite laws.
As for the rest I just see it as personal preferences, which you have every right to defend.