I haven't been posting in a while, and probably won't be posting much in the future. Partially due to my mom's cancer having developed to the point of her most likely not being around when Christmas comes along, which is depressing. And partially due to the overall development of the site. I've also just been interested in other things.
However, I will make a quick rant about people's reactions in regards to the Resource Credits system.
This has nothing to do with the actual implementation of the feature, which - in true Steemit, INC. fashion - was a catastrophe. But we've seen this before, we all knew this was gonna happen. No need to rant about it further.
Already back in 2016, I was in favor of paid accounts. To me, it just makes sense.
Steemit makes people money. Money that they can withdraw from the system and use at their leisure. The amount of money varies greatly from user to user, but the bottom line is that every single person on the site is here to make money. Steemit has very little, if anything, else to offer.
If it wasn't for the money, none of you would be here. Fact.
With that in mind, I don't understand why it's so out of the question to be required to put some money into the site that makes you money.
No one starts a business for free. In order to get started, you put in some money with the hopes of that money eventually working for you to the point of you making a profit.
This is how real life works.
One of the biggest issues with Steemit since the beginning has been the fact that a lot of low-quality, low IQ users have joined the site in the hopes of finding a get rich quick scheme. This has resulted in them spamming their nonsensical, damn near illiterate nonsense all over the blockchain, adding zero quality to anyone with an IQ greater than the sum of their shoe size.
The good posts have gotten buried underneath the endless sea of garbage, which has lead to good users leaving the site in frustration, and it's also what gave rise to the era of bid bots. They are the only way to get seen.
Having to pay to use the site will at least mitigate some of that horseshit.
I don't think making money on Steemit is a human right any bum of the streets is entitled to.
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Not true at all, Billy.
On Facebook, you pay with your privacy and personal data. You don't pay money, but you always pay something. Nothing is ever free.
Steemit, in my mind, has catered way too much to people who are a net loss to the ecosystem, and I don't see a reason to do that.
A lot of my frustration admittedly comes from the fact that I actually put money into this. I bought STEEM and powered up back in the day. And then I had to watch as people who never put a dime into this just flew past me as I lost all my support.
Then the same people who supported these users vilified me for powering my money down after a lot of effort to find a reason to stay powered up.
So now the RC system is fucking you in the ass? Tough luck, fucking deal with it.
I'm happy if the people who joined the site just to drain it dry are suffering.
What puzzles me is the fact that some smart people who usually have been in favor of investors are now complaining. This is what we've needed from the start: a reason to buy STEEM.
An actual incentive to power up.
That's what RC has now given us. Granted, the godawful implementation of this hardfork has now given the STEEM price exactly what it deserved, but the idea is still solid, in my eyes.
What exactly is lost if some shitpost spammers need to go back to their regular job at McDonald's? Nothing.
The blockchain has been bloating for a long time, largely due to the number of pointless nonsense people have been littering it with with the hopes of making a few bucks.
It makes the site unattractive to smart people, and attractive to dumb people. The New feed looks worse than YouTube's comment section. And for years, I didn't think anything could.
A fix was needed.