I'm not pleading eeks, I believe he adds value to the platform and should accept compensation. Whether he does or not is an entirely different matter. I don't think the issue you raise about Steemians selling steem to purchase EOS is relevant.
I can understand why you are concerned but if people value Steem and the products on steem, then more people will be able to access a share of steem for less and once external market influences become more balanced, then Steem may have a much greater number of participants which will actually protect it from competitors and should be reflected in the price. It depends what you value and what length of time you are looking at.
I am not sure the 2nd paragraph made sense at all? I had trouble following it at all and it just doesn't scan for me.
Dan is using his influence on Steem to help raise money for EOS, which is a competitor for investment demand to Steem and potentially a competitor to Steem itself as a product, depending on how it's implemented. And you want him to get to ALSO get paid more personally for posting about EOS and other things on Steem? Your take is a very strange one to me and probably bad for the long term of Steem.
Consider selling your EOS tokens and using those proceeds to buy Steem so you can help reverse the ration of withdrawals to deposits.
I'm not sure what 'doesn't scan' means... but if you are not sure if it doesn't make sense, that surely means that you accept on some level that it might. If people sell Steem, there is always a buyer, yes? If the price drops, that makes Steem more accessible for others and hopefully, if the distribution is broader and into stronger hands, this is a perhaps a positive thing. It is possible, assuming people believe in the utility of Steem and its products, that once the market rebalances, Steem could be in a much stronger position and the price may reflect that in the end. It may be more resilient to competition, though EOS is certainly not direct competition. EOS may have helped Steem to become more robust in a shorter time than it would otherwise. Price isn't everything, it depends on how far you are prepared to look.
"but if you are not sure if it doesn't make sense, that surely means that you accept on some level that it might. "
This does not follow logically even a little.
Price (and markets) are not everything but they are a LOT and they reduce complex things into simpler numbers for the purpose of allocating resources.
Dear oh dear. You haven't addressed my point at all. But look, forget it. Let's move on.
great points man, I'm hoping for a bit bigger dip so I can buy more :)
Sadly, this is a ridiculous argument.
Hello, my name is Urma and I am Baah's caretaker.
I think it's great that you've decided to start a conversation with my little baah baah black sheep, however there is something that you should know.
Baah has autism and as such struggles with a few things like accepting that other people may have a different opinion on a subject.
Please remember this when debating with him, after all he is my special little friendly guy!
Hi urma, @baah comes across as a really smart guy. What I was trying to get both him and @eeks to understand is that they are making assumptions about future outcomes and presenting them as fact. They may well be correct, I don't think so, but I would hope they could consider a longer view and broaden their perspective. It allows the possibility to then look at things in a different way. I've got nothing but love for them both :)
Your claim....offered as fact....that dan is undermining the value of the token and the community is absurd and unsubstantiated.
My opinion is that he adds value to Steem when he posts and my opinion is that he should keep his rewards.
@baah we may end up disagreeing, and that's ok bud. Would you consider EOS, which is nothing like steem is an essential tool that must be built and is not in direct competition with Steem. The price of Steem means very little in the short term. Try even to imagine what will happen in 50 years....this whole blockchain thing is more important than disruption in the present. Steem is not Steemit. Their stake is a bit of a problem but the Steem chain's true utility will be decided by hundreds of developers and millions of users. Dan should absolutely use Steem to promote the technologies he develops that protect us all. Steem is the only place worth publishing anything. :)