It’s been an interesting few days on the Steemit platform. Our resident ’Maverick’ community member 
Now, I want to make a few things clear from the outset. I am a fan of his work and contribution to the Steemit platform, there are not many writers who can make me literally ‘laugh out loud’. My first encounter of his work was on Steemit, which is exciting in itself. I don't however, have a problem with the 'flag's' he received. Each 'flag' he received has left a little bit more in the pot for the less well known, undiscovered users, and 
Where this ends for me, is when some users decide, after reading a blog with no tone of voice, that he is a narcissist, asshole… I’m all for freedom of speech, but calling people out personally in this way does not feel in the community spirt of Steemit (or at least, what I thought was trying to be achieved here).
This brings me on to an interesting part of the White Paper under the ‘Voting Collusion’ section…
The Story of the Crab and the Bucket
A man was walking along the beach and saw another man fishing in the surf with a bait bucket beside him. As he drew closer, he saw that the bait bucket had no lid and had live crabs inside.
"Why don't you cover your bait bucket so the crabs won't escape?", he said.
"You don't understand.", the man replied, "If there is one crab in the bucket it would surely crawl out very quickly. However, when there are many crabs in the bucket, if one tries to crawl up the side, the others grab hold of it and pull it back down so that it will share the same fate as the rest of them."
So it is with people. If one tries to do something different, get better grades, improve herself, escape her environment, or dream big dreams, other people will try to drag her back down to share their fate.
The Story of the Crab Bucket, http://guidezone.e-guiding.com/jmstory_crabs.htm
This is an interesting story for me, because I see this differently to the conclusion reached by Steemit founders the White Paper.
I see this as a reflection of the real world. It’s a zero sum game to pull others back and restrict their talents and goals. Everyone will end up trapped, and will ultimately meet their demise as a social prisoner. Everyone should concentrate on bettering themselves, to move forward and achieve something, not at the expense of someone else. Only that way, has everyone got a chance of getting out of the ‘bucket’.
I see Facebook, Twitter, Reddit as really big buckets with well greased sides. Facebook especially has got so many people in the bucket, it’s impossible for some people to leave. Steemit has an opportunity to be ‘the world’ free of buckets, or maybe in this analogue ’the ocean’. Let’s not ruin this opportunity by pulling free speaking Steemit advocates back into the bucket.
The Steemit White Paper states;
The goal of building a community currency is to get more “crabs in the bucket”. Going to extreme measures to eliminate all abuse is like attempting to put a lid on the bucket to prevent a few crabs from escaping and comes at the expense of making it harder to add new crabs to the bucket. It is sufficient to make the walls slippery and give the other crabs sufficient power to prevent others from escaping.
I disagree with this analogy, I think a better analogy could be..
Let’s get rid of these buckets. Let’s create a world of community, free speech, spirited debate, freedom. With a proactive community and a number of trusted community leaders (with the ability to reallocate resources to hard working, undiscovered talent, and suppress only content that could damage innocent people), we can achieve this end..
All of the Silicon Valley tech giants are in bed with forces (Government) aiming to suppress certain voices of truth. They are 'the buckets', Steemit isn't!!