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Lately we can find many publications related to this topic, before and after the bifurcation was and is used to justify the division that resulted in the birth of the HIVE chain; Today the centralization of the platforms is under discussion in the community of both chains.
Defenders and detractors from one side and the other try to make clear how central or decentralized a particular chain is, using the arguments that according to each point of view STEEM or STEEMIT is better or worse than HIVE, a fight that in my opinion is unsuccessful.
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Definitions.
In order to express my opinion on this discussion, I want to easily bring up concepts that the people involved know perfectly well.
"Centralization indicates the action of concentrating authority, that is, decision making falls or is centralized on a specific person or group of individuals."
"Decentralization is the action of transferring or delegating authority to other hierarchies, that is, other departments or units of an organization or government can make decisions."
My personal contribution to this discussion.
As is known to the majority, both centralization and decentralization are only systems of administration and government, just like the ideological systems that proliferate in the world, therefore companies, groups or societies determine which system is the most adjusts to that organization, through which they can obtain the success that that particular group pursues.
If we analyze all of the above, we can conclude that it is not about the system, but about those who operate the system, that is, the responsibility falls on the person or group of people who lead in either case, since both systems have advantages and disadvantages that we can take advantage of if we manage resources wisely and efficiently.
Objective of each organization.
I think that the objective of each organization is to have the greatest possible success regarding the purpose for which it was created, this is how STEEM and HIVE have the purpose of functioning as ecosystems that allow MONETIZING the content of a large number of content creators that do not have The possibility of charging for their work, this is achieved through the participation of a community that creates a synergy between content creators and consumers of this content, if the term applies.
At STEEM or STEEMIT many of us have learned to generate content (write) and consume content (read), STEEM successfully accomplished what no other social network in the world has achieved, generating COMMITMENT in a whole vast community that is still developing, All this has just been transferred to HIVE, which has the same essence of what some today denigrate.
We should not deny the fact that most of us here are with a common goal of MONEY, the majority did not come to STEEM thinking of making their particular line of thought or ideology known, we came here for cryptocurrencies primarily, yes I am right, (correct me if I am wrong) we should not argue now that we are leaving because I cannot freely express my ideas.
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Success history on both systems.
Without investigating so deeply, we realize that the most successful companies in the world have a CENTRALIZED government system, and if we get closer to what our chains represent, we cannot deny the success of Facebook, twitter, Instagram just to mention some networks of the best known and most successful, not to mention companies from another branch of the economy.
The success of decentralization remains to be seen, and although there may be examples of decentralized organizations that are successful, I am sure they do not come close in numbers to those that are centralized. It is my personal opinion.
Examples close to my experience, on both systems.
The decentralization came to my country Venezuela in the form of Communal Councils, the previous governments assured that the best way to decentralize power were Governments and Mayors, but the government of President Hugo Chavez with the slogan of giving more "POWER TO THE PEOPLE" established the community councils and we all know the results, waste, irresponsibility, mismanagement of resources and corruption.
Now, were the communal councils bad? I don't think so, I think the whole system was mishandled.
Project HOPE is a project that has a defined leadership, and although it is an initiative that is being developed, it has been demonstrated that there is a good management of human and financial resources which is pushing us towards success, even in this difficult time that they are living both platforms in which we are present.
Final reflection.
In both systems of governance we find advantages and disadvantages, we must stop radicalism and war. If you don't like a system you go without looking back, but when you bet and contribute to the destruction of one or the other then you are crossing the limits.
In the particular case of STEEM and HIVE they are in essence the same thing, those who arrived, settled and grew up in STEEM are the same ones who today give life to HIVE, to be more specific they are your friends, or at least they were until recently, there are those who stayed on STEEM, those who moved to HIVE and a third group that is working on both platforms (most of them).
When you attack one of the two platforms you are attacking and looking for the failure of your friend, who is in STEEM in HIVE or both platforms.
PROJECT #HOPE An Initiative to give hope!