RE: Freewrite: What Constitutes Effort on STEEM?
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Great points you raise here bro,
I think it's human nature to experience moments of feeling like "things aren't fair", and that applies to everything, not just Steem. The harsh reality is life is not fair, and in a collective sense, humanity only needs to take a look in the mirror to see the source. Competition based capitalism is the world we have created, and continue to sustain.
Sometimes I get a little down on Steem, sometimes I feel like my post rewards are not high enough, but then I see people who've been here just as long as me, and probably put in an equal amount of effort, if not more in some cases, and I am making more than them. That is enough for me to take a step back and say "I am grateful."
To take it a step further, some people put effort into quality content on platforms like Facebook and make nothing.
I have a family member who's been peeping my Steem account lately and thinking about joining, and was blown away when I showed them my earned assets over the course of two years. It's not a ton of money here in NY, and I'm fortunate enough to be able to just stack it for the future. The point is, even if it's only a few cents a post, that is a few cents more than one will make on Facebook. In my opinion, that's reason enough to use Steem, while keeping gratitude in the forefront.
One last thing, engagement kind of sucks lately, and I'm willing to bet it has to do with that sense of entitlement. Comments do take a while to compose and think about, so it's understandable to a degree, but failing to engage and build relationships on some level with others is negating the intrinsic use case of Steem altogether, so the complainers need to check themselves! (imo) So, lower stakes can do those engage tokens and make alts to pump up low cost SE tokens and reward with those as a work around. Everyone knows they're getting some bilpcoin when the comment on futuremind's posts, and sometimes I'm in a good mood and blast all my Steem VP on comments too, who cares.. Less focus on the rewards, more focus on the revolutionary aspect of Steem! ok done rambling
Some people's idea of fairness boggles the mind. It has nothing to do with work or quality.
I think the major idea is that most people can't get their actual friends and family over here from Facebook, so they feel like they deserve something out of any effort they apply here. If it wasn't for rewards, they'd be gone.
I appreciate the substantive reply!
!ENGAGE 50
I love psychology, and I agree that the fairness concept has nothing to do with work or quality. I mentioned to someone earlier here that I've been in contemplation about hierarchies and the nature of reality. Specifically human nature, and comparisons between intelligent organisms vs non-intelligent, or at least what we perceive as non intelligent. I won't get into it much here, but I'm thinking about composing a post on the topic.
I think that is accurate, but many are on a mission to earn rewards regardless of who they can onboard, and I have seen some people come and go that really had no clue just how good they were doing here. 10-20 dollar posts in no time, and saying they felt their content was worth at least 50 dollars a post or it wasn't worth their time.. ok.. Did you make that kind of money somewhere else blogging to justify your deluded perception of what you "think" your time is worth? And are you considering what that Steem could potentially be worth in the future? Just my frame of thinking, sense of entitlement is rampant everywhere.
Thank you for the engage tokens @joshman, that was really kind. How does that command operate? It prompts a token transfer basically? I checked out the token on SE, and Asher's engagement league is super motivating, so this would certainly be a good way to support the project as I see it.
EDIT: No need for explanation, I read this awesome post.
@futuremind you have received
50 ENGAGEfrom @joshman!View and trade the tokens on Steem Engine.