Excuse my rant โบ๏ธ 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 ๐ณ๐ฌ๏ธ๐ก 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 from๐ฐ๐๐
This has troubled me about my interaction of 130 plus days on steemit ๐ค๐๐ก I have created 379 posts I have 409 followers and I have a reputation of 40 โบ๏ธ๐โญ if it wasn't for @steembasicincome mostly my posts would be worth less than $0.02 ๐ธโ ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ธ I seem to be being asked to buy influence at almost every turn in order to receive value in steem dollars and steam power๐๐ธ๐ I've even had my bandwidth throttled! what's up with that?๐๐๐ my dreams have gone out the window๐ญ๐ผ๐ซ๐น๐ฆ๐
It's a natural proclivity to the centralization of wealth and power that those with resources would like to keep them ๐ฐ๐๐ one will always face resistance when asking those with wealth status and Power to give or lend them to someone else ๐ธ๐๐คone will usually also be charged a fee๐ค๐ธ๐ผ there's something wrong when you have to pay something to give something else away๐ทโโ๏ธ๐ทโโ๏ธ๐ค the work you do to produce data for the network has very little value effect because of this๐คโ ๏ธโ๏ธ also it devalues the humanity of individuals ๐คโญ๐
when those with wealth status and Power get resources they tend to HODL๐ซ๐ฐ๐ instead of sharing with others ๐๐ฆ๐ especially those that have little ๐ธ๐ผ๐ทโโ๏ธ they see the hard work flying away to those without ambition or value to them ๐ฐ๐๐they would much rather give to others like themselves ๐ฐ๐๐
I would propose that any data is valuable to the network because it is data and processing that the network feeds on๐๐๐ it's true that a user uses processing power to interact with the network๐โ๏ธ๐ทโโ๏ธ it's also true that in doing this they create data โน๏ธ๐ this to my mind equals things outโฅ๏ธโ ๏ธโฆ๏ธโฃ๏ธ data creation equals processing power ๐๐โบ๏ธ then what remains to be paid for? The answer is the work ๐ทโโ๏ธโน๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐๐ฐ
My creativity has sharpened and my ability to write has clarified greatly since I've been on steemit โ๏ธ๐๐๐ฐ that's worth a lot ๐ญ๐๐คon other social media I was reposting posts, here on steemit I am creating my own articles and graphic art๐จ๐ญ that's exciting and I've grown as an artist by interacting with this network๐ทโโ๏ธ๐จ๐ค
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 successful๐ค๐ฐ๐ as an artist I resist Direction and influence in order to express and have the power of conviction๐โ๏ธ๐จ jumping through hoops in order to prove ones value is a manipulation๐๐ฆ๐ค even when it's couched in reward ๐ฐ๐๐ฆ
So I bring this to your attention ๐คโ ๏ธ๐ and invite a discussion about these matters๐ฃ๏ธ๐ค๐ทโโ๏ธ
Thank you๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฆ๐น๐๐ฌ๐๐ณ