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Much respect for this...

Both these issues, I personally see as significant hurdles to be overcome before Steemit can really ascend to new heights. I just made a post a few hours ago ago the topic of such beggars flooding the comments section with shit - it’s getting ridiculously annoying, and what professional investor in their right mind would want to buy into a platform where that is a common quality of conduct? Of course, it’s kinda difficult if not impossible to install cultural standards that everyone will conform to, and there are bound to be people who treat this place like a lottery / numbers game where if they just ask enough times, they might get a few pennies - though if no standards are set to minimize such behaviour, can we really expect enough people to find this place enticing enough to invest billions in this playground that’d push price up? And of course, maybe we oughta focus more on the social aspect more than the money - though I’m also finding myself less interesting in wading through the increasing amount of garbage comments, so that stance ain’t the strongest it’s been, either.

And the rewards pool... yeah.

Unless we’re talking about some celebrity that brings in 50,000 followers, it’d probably be tough to get consensus on the idea that anyone deserves such ridiculously high payouts, no matter how good their content. $100,000 for 3 months... that could replace the income of 100 QUALITY writers and community leaders in third world countries who’ve been busting their asses to grow their local Steemit communities.

Of course, that might be an ideal. And maybe this could be considered complaining. And perhaps, these are some of the downsides of decentralization. Would love to be optimistic, but gotta be realistic about the systematic faults.

Appreciate your bluntness in addressing this. 🙏