Excuse my rant βΊοΈ it's hard being a minnow on steemit and it's easy to lose your enthusiasm when it seems like few people are interested in your data π³π¬οΈπ‘ I seem to be coming to the conclusion that steamit suffers from the same problems of wealth inequality and Power in the hands of the few that the rest of the world society in general are suffering fromπ°ππ
This has troubled me about my interaction of 130 plus days on steemit π€ππ‘ I have created 379 posts I have 409 followers and I have a reputation of 40 βΊοΈπβ if it wasn't for mostly my posts would be worth less than $0.02 πΈβ οΈβοΈπΈ I seem to be being asked to buy influence at almost every turn in order to receive value in steem dollars and steam powerππΈπ I've even had my bandwidth throttled! what's up with that?πππ my dreams have gone out the windowππΌπ«πΉπ¦π
It's a natural proclivity to the centralization of wealth and power that those with resources would like to keep them π°ππ one will always face resistance when asking those with wealth status and Power to give or lend them to someone else πΈππ€one will usually also be charged a feeπ€πΈπΌ there's something wrong when you have to pay something to give something else awayπ·ββοΈπ·ββοΈπ€ the work you do to produce data for the network has very little value effect because of thisπ€β οΈβοΈ also it devalues the humanity of individuals π€βπ
when those with wealth status and Power get resources they tend to HODLπ«π°π instead of sharing with others ππ¦π especially those that have little πΈπΌπ·ββοΈ they see the hard work flying away to those without ambition or value to them π°ππthey would much rather give to others like themselves π°ππ
I would propose that any data is valuable to the network because it is data and processing that the network feeds onπππ it's true that a user uses processing power to interact with the networkπβοΈπ·ββοΈ it's also true that in doing this they create data βΉοΈπ this to my mind equals things outβ₯οΈβ οΈβ¦οΈβ£οΈ data creation equals processing power ππβΊοΈ then what remains to be paid for? The answer is the work π·ββοΈβΉοΈβοΈπππ°
My creativity has sharpened and my ability to write has clarified greatly since I've been on steemit βοΈπππ° that's worth a lot πππ€on other social media I was reposting posts, here on steemit I am creating my own articles and graphic artπ¨π that's exciting and I've grown as an artist by interacting with this networkπ·ββοΈπ¨π€
there's a kind of funneling of creativity towards a certain kind of Direction/influence, that causes the subjects of posts here on steemit to be similar in order to be successfulπ€π°π as an artist I resist Direction and influence in order to express and have the power of convictionπβοΈπ¨ jumping through hoops in order to prove ones value is a manipulationππ¦π€ even when it's couched in reward π°ππ¦
So I bring this to your attention π€β οΈπ and invite a discussion about these mattersπ£οΈπ€π·ββοΈ
Thank youπ¦πΆπ¦πΉππ¬ππ³