Here's my minnow gripe about steemit

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By possiblememes@possiblememes

Excuse my rant โ˜บ๏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 ๐Ÿณ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ๐Ÿก 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 from๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ”Œ

This has troubled me about my interaction of 130 plus days on steemit ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ””๐Ÿ’ก I have created 379 posts I have 409 followers and I have a reputation of 40 โ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Žโญ if it wasn't for steembasicincome@steembasicincome mostly my posts would be worth less than $0.02 ๐Ÿ’ธโš ๏ธโœ๏ธ๐Ÿ“ธ I seem to be being asked to buy influence at almost every turn in order to receive value in steem dollars and steam power๐Ÿ”Œ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ˜ I've even had my bandwidth throttled! what's up with that?๐Ÿš‚๐Ÿš’๐Ÿš€ my dreams have gone out the window๐Ÿ’ญ๐Ÿ’ผ๐Ÿ‘ซ๐ŸŽน๐Ÿฆ๐ŸŽ‚

It's a natural proclivity to the centralization of wealth and power that those with resources would like to keep them ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ”Œ one will always face resistance when asking those with wealth status and Power to give or lend them to someone else ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ”Œ๐Ÿค”one will usually also be charged a fee๐Ÿค‘๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ผ there's something wrong when you have to pay something to give something else away๐Ÿ‘ทโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿค‘ the work you do to produce data for the network has very little value effect because of this๐Ÿค”โ™ ๏ธโœ๏ธ also it devalues the humanity of individuals ๐Ÿค”โญ๐Ÿ””

when those with wealth status and Power get resources they tend to HODL๐Ÿ‘ซ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ”Œ instead of sharing with others ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ” especially those that have little ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ผ๐Ÿ‘ทโ€โ™€๏ธ they see the hard work flying away to those without ambition or value to them ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ”Œthey would much rather give to others like themselves ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ”Œ

I would propose that any data is valuable to the network because it is data and processing that the network feeds on๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘ it's true that a user uses processing power to interact with the network๐Ÿ”Œโœ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ทโ€โ™€๏ธ it's also true that in doing this they create data โ„น๏ธ๐Ÿ’ this to my mind equals things outโ™ฅ๏ธโ™ ๏ธโ™ฆ๏ธโ™ฃ๏ธ data creation equals processing power ๐Ÿ”Œ๐Ÿ”โ˜บ๏ธ then what remains to be paid for? The answer is the work ๐Ÿ‘ทโ€โ™€๏ธโ„น๏ธโœ๏ธ๐Ÿ”Œ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ’ฐ

My creativity has sharpened and my ability to write has clarified greatly since I've been on steemit โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ”Œ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ’ฐ that's worth a lot ๐Ÿ’ญ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿค”on other social media I was reposting posts, here on steemit I am creating my own articles and graphic art๐ŸŽจ๐ŸŽญ that's exciting and I've grown as an artist by interacting with this network๐Ÿ‘ทโ€โ™€๏ธ๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿค”

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 successful๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ˜Ž as an artist I resist Direction and influence in order to express and have the power of conviction๐Ÿ”Œโœ๏ธ๐ŸŽจ jumping through hoops in order to prove ones value is a manipulation๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿค” even when it's couched in reward ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฆ

So I bring this to your attention ๐Ÿค”โš ๏ธ๐Ÿ’‚ and invite a discussion about these matters๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ‘ทโ€โ™€๏ธ
Thank you๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿถ๐ŸฆŠ๐Ÿน๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฌ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿณ

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