OK
So here I go again about the potential idea of “Vote Selling”.
This post is going to be a little disturbing to some, but then again, I’m not writing this post to gain “brownie points” I’m writing it to go into a topic that many don’t want to touch on.
To get people THINKING!
So here goes:
Let’s say there is a Witness who is a Whale and who has a bunch of votes proxied to them.
& let's just round that figure off to 1,000,000 in Steem Power.
Just for arguments sake, to make this all crystal clear and easy to understand.
We keep talking about DPOS and the fact that the Top20 witnesses are people who should be looking after the best interests of investors.
& let’s not be subjective when we talk about “best interests” as this is a topic that needs to be objective in every essence of the term.
Well, to some, the best interests may be “community” to others it could be “economical” we are after all a “social NETWORK” and each person here is unique, an individual, so what one thinks doesn’t have to be in line with what the other person thinks! Yet both individuals are equals as human beings.
Now, let’s for arguments sake say that the above hypothetical One Million SP - Witness/Whale/Proxy voter has been active as such for about two years now. Helping out with a community, basically forming it, watching other communities branch out from the one they helped make and watching these other communities grow and expand.
All along supporting the ecosystem and doing the best that person can do at everything they take on.
Again, no matter who agrees with it or not, is not the point here, as this person does add value to our ecosystem in what they do and the fact that they do it to the best of their ability just adds more value.
All along the way, supporting those who they feel should get their support. Within the limits that they believe is appropriate without endangering their own goals. (i.e delegations, donations etc)
HOWEVER this INVESTOR/WITNESS/PROXY has NEVER been in the TOP20 in the past two years.
WHY?
Well, obviously it has a lot to do with too many things that I can’t cover in one post.
Putting that grand over encompassing topic of who votes for who and why.
This 1,000,000 SP INVESTOR/WITNESS/PROXY.... one day.....
Decides to use her/his advantages and apply a purely economical approach to achieving what they believe is befitting such an INVESTOR/WITNESS/PROXY.
It must be frustrating after two years as an INVESTOR/WITNESS/PROXY to not be in the TOP20 for whatever reasons, none of which can be argued with the usual arguments such as:
Well, the people decide with their votes.
NO, THIS IS NOT TOTALLY TRUE.
AS IT IS THE INVESTORS WHO STILL HOLD THE BULK OF THE VOTING WEIGHT AS FAR AS WHO IS OR ISN’T IN THE TOP20.
While some investors sit back and enjoy the profits that they are making via services out there, this INVESTOR/WITNESS/PROXY is not just sitting back and enjoying the profits.
She/he is reinvesting the profits, back into our ecosystem and using them to build more of a stake, not only for themself but also for people within the community that they helped build!
Sure, they are sharing part of the wealth!
SO YES ONE DAY THIS INVESTOR/WITNESS/PROXY says
“ENOUGH, time to add a few ripples, waves, tsunamis to this pond in which everything is so complacent”.
Think about it.
Is this “Wrong”?
Using what you have to make a stand for what you believe in and to ensure that you too are in a position to be able to decide how your 1,000,000 STEEM are going to be handled when decisions are being made about our blockchain and our ecosystem.
Seriously, now, let’s play ‘devils advocate’, let’s look at things from the above described position.
What is the message to the people who have ignored her/him for the past two years and pushed forwards others that they may know better etc etc etc.
Think about it.
That is all I am asking for here.
I have thought long and hard about it overnight and today I seriously am going into it here, in a way that nobody would ever expect me to go into it.
WHY?
Well, you know what, it isn’t easy to see things from other peoples perspectives at times. When we do try and put ourselves into the position of other people, then some things do become a lot clearer.
Not agreeing, defending or trying to support any stand on any topic here. Just tying to be fair and equal, trying to be objective and not subjective.
Now that I have shared this short version of looking into the topic I touched on yesterday, hopefully many out there who do read this shall try and think about all this and be OBJECTIVE about it and not impose their personal opinions, but look at things from all angles.
Obviously something has triggered this line of thought in this person who is a 1,000,000+ STEEM (SP) INVESTOR, 2 year long WITNESS and one of the largest PROXIED voters out there.
I seriously hope these thought provoking thoughts written here help to get the old cogs turning and thinking about things.
Not everything in life is always "black and white".
Related Post:
Paying For A Witness Vote. The "Offer" and My Reply.
Signing out for the day,
Yours truly
