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RE: Is Steemit Biased to Older Users?
The data seems two dimensional - just time versus reputation. Is there some way to adjust for a third dimension, Steem Power?
Do the whales really deserve the power they have?
That's really a bit of a silly question. Most whales forked over cold, hard cash to buy the power they have. So of course they deserve it. If anybody here thinks that, unfairly, they don't have as much power as they deserve, they are free to buy it.
What if they don't have the means to buy SP? Is it still fair for the daily reward pool to be weighted against the quality Author who took 6 hours on a post and received 1/50th the payout of the SP Whale who made a half-ass meme??
In the same sense that it's fair for Bill Gates to be able to find a million bucks in his sofa cushions while some hard-working landless man in Mozambique can only provide his kids with one meal a day, yes.
I'm not quite sure I follow the analogy... I was referring to two individuals - one with wealth and little talent, and one in poverty with enormous, unrecognized talents that go unseen, unheard, and his time spent on the post - well - wasted to some extent.
The topic of the Original post was the Bias in terms of a level playing field for all - well it had drifted off topic with comments a little but that is what I was referring to with having a "fair" community for anyone to earn based on hard work, quality posts and the current rewards system which is in the process of becoming more level - supposedly
Well, a child of Bill Gates then.
But I don't see anything in Steemit's design that promotes fairness by any definition of the word.
A talented content producer who proves himself/herself over time to be a valuable member of the community will attract attention. And, over time, do well. Maybe even prosper. Make a decent living at it.
Maybe some other site has fair as a design parameter. I just don't see it as inherent at Steemit. Whether that's good or not is really another question.
I could do that, it just takes more time. Like I said, collecting all this data takes time and this was more of a curiosity inspired graph than anything else. Maybe I will work on that next though!
Yeah, but not necessarily. Some whales have grown in reputation to the level they are today simply from being on the site for a long time. I am trying to find a more accurate/in-depth way to analyse this, but I haven't come up with anything (within my limits) that I can do yet.
I don't think it's a silly question, although you are free to disagree with me :) And yeah, you are free to buy power!