What value did msgivings bring to the forum? Does the person behind it not “deserve” the SBD on account of cleverness? You and I voted, responded and decided there was value in that content. Users went for the curation rewards they anticipated without much thought/detective work.
I argue the posts brought a great deal of value: as people voted for curation, there was a lot of discussion in form of replies and counterposts, as well as spin-offs. The controversial nature of her topics stirred community activity. First msgiving's topics stirred things up, now the controversial nature of the account does. Very clever.
Disruptive, even ;)
I believe the name msgivings was likely not a coincidence, it's too fitting! Sure they made "a lot of" SBD, but compared to who? People who just signed up on Steem with high expectations? I believe it's just as likely the person behind msgivings intended to perform a social experiment as they intended to make cash.
What is my REAL problem?
Labour Theory of Value been knockin' on the door...wanted 3.50 SBD from me! Can you believe?!
Been around Steemit awhile and never noticed much in the vein of Marxism. I don't think anyone on Steem believes the labour theory of value is valid; until they think someone gets higher pay-outs then they "deserve."
Next problem:
The idea that people get what they deserve. Let me know when it happens to you and I'll do the same! It's always good, right?
“People deserve what they get; people should get what they deserve” is essentially religious (eeew!) It's an egregarious false-pretense. Try it...can you define “deserve” objectively? Without Scripture? Moralistic is the concept of fairness we all have, from children, we carry with us and think:
“S/he didn’t work [enough] for that”
Think I'm reaching with the Religiousity connection? Consider whether it's coincidence that terms like "Inquisition" and "Witch-Hunt" are the go-to descriptors of the subsequential processes ensued.
Is using an AI program plagiarism [aka theft]? I believe the virtue of 'writing your own work' comes from our educational institutions; since early grade school.
AI writing use is practiced online a lot. Whether we like it or not. Does that mean AI content is always low quality? I challenge someone to argue so without using Labour Theory of Value.
Is it the fear that machines will replace us? Wait...are we in fact Ol' fashioned? What else should we all do manually?
Ah, we hate to feel that we've been duped, deceived, cheated, robbed.
We had the impression and expectation that msgivings wrote word-for-word from their own mind. Is that Just thought? Or did we falsely assume; extrapolating from our environment and personal beliefs? On our own accord.
Msgivings:
- Sourced public domain pics
- Formatted/Editted post
- Provided regular content
- Provided curation reward
- Generated Discussion
Some labour involved after all. At least as much as many other people have put into ~300 word posts which got payouts +100$ which we don't, and shouldn't, be sore about.
You may believe the real issue is in the 'conspiracy' of the payout. I ask you please consider whether the thought came before or after msgivings posts were 'outed' as (mostly or completely) AI generated. Hindsight is deceptive (hindsight bias).
another underlying belief worth questioning is:
“I didn’t consent to people making money in this manner when I signed up/invested time in Steemit”
I believe that line undoes itself.
The recent controversy around 
There's good reasons to make a couple accounts. It's not upvote abuse because at some point everything could be 'upvote' abuse. Anyone upvoting a friend could be considered such (so long as they have the steem power to attract the attention). That's what people do. Can't do anything about that realistically. It's just mobbish to say
No one is this harsh towards people who make high profits off of ICOs, for being early adopters. Why does the SteemTeam get all that flak? Just a bias over pre-minings.
Things are unbalanced right now, sure. Entitlements and high expectations happen when we see others making the big steem bucks.
Take another look at people who cash-out high amounts of SBD; most are people, if not directly involved with Steemit, invested with a lot of time, posts, comments in the community or are involved in the larger crypto-sphere. It's unrealistic to expect people power up now, rather than try to make more money with the SBD they make with what the market is like atm. We can't claim to know others' intentions. Just because someone is "Steem-Poor" doesn't give them a halo (only the lovely 
Riddle me this:
How does Steemit fit with Your Appetite for Risk?
Risk of time; Risk of opportunity
The more risk you take the more potential for reward? Not guaranteed! Risk is subjective to personal situation; how much time you have on your hands now, later...in your entire life...what else you could do with your time, and would it be more profitable? You know how it goes.
Is using an A.I spinner as high risk as writing original content? Word-for-word; No. It may be a viable solution for some of Steemit's problems, for the same reasons it's used elsewhere. Maybe we shouldn't dismiss it so cavalierly?
Does making tons of money here have intrinsic long-term value (relating to success of the platform) regardless how a blogger does it?
I can't believe the amount of cynicism that comes out because of the Almighty Dollar!
Last thing...if you think we should begin to distribute Steem equally as possible, here is your required reading:
Thanks for reading! Thank you in advance for replying!
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