I understand that here criticism is not much appreciated.
Of course, whales (the Steemit oligarchy) want to be praised and worshipped, so maybe in exchange they will give you an upvote .
If you say something not pleasant to them, you are doomed to invisibility and everything you will do will be unnoticed forever.
But let's get back to the Great Debate: did you see the video?
I think Tone was much more persuasive and brought many useful criticism, while Blake was unable to give good replies to him.
I already read the whitepaper (more than once) and became less enthusiastic about this platform.
Then I saw the video of the Great Debate and became more and more skeptic.
Tone was brilliant while Blake was not persuading at all, at least to me.
I don't know if Steemit is a Ponzi scheme as Tone says (not still able to decide it, I have to investigate more) but for sure it can be a trap for many people.
Being a very active user last week I saw many great posts earning few bucks or zero, while other average posts earning thousands.
Do you want some example?
Check this post https://steemit.com/photography/@clayop/newport-beach-usa and first comments below to understand what's really happening.
So what happens here is seeing a huge inequality (and injustice), people begging for votes, greed and arrogance from some users, easy "money" for some and frustration for many others.
I will not talk about my posts, but I sincerely think that many of them were great content, rewarded with 0 or few cents.
And English is not my native language, so I struggled even more to write them...
Ponzi or not, Steemit is taking great users content for nothing or a few cents, and taking it FOREVER
In fact, currently I don't see a way to delete them, and also if they were deleted from the website, they would remain in the blockchain forever.
Ok, but Facebook does it, too, right?
Yes, but Facebook doesn't deceive people with the expectation of some hypothetical reward!
Of course, if you hope to earn hundreds "dollars" you will put all your efforts, creativity, sleepless nights to create an excellent post, unlike Fb posts
Then let's analyze the STEEM POWER issue (as also referenced by Tone):
they're giving us some kind of crypto money which will be possible to withdraw in 2 years!
Additionally, many people will try to become successful on the platform founding it with STEEM POWER, freezing their money for 2 years
Finally, let me go back to the Ponzi scheme: we always think that always means people have to put money into the scheme, but with Steemit the situation may be different.
What if this Ponzi uses our time, work and enthusiasm in exchange of some crypto money that may not come ?
Don't want to write too much, because I am quite sure this post will be unnoticed too.
Please leave your feedback and let me know your mind about it.