I personally believe in free market solutions and to let the chips fall where they may. If the Steem blockchain is overrun with people who punish opposing opinions then someone can (and I believe will) take the code, build on it, and create something new that addresses the concerns people had with Steem. The same is true of other cryptocurrencies, lots of forks and new projects coming out to address concerns in the originating project.
ZCash is an example of a project that has a bunch of concerns about how it was built and how rewards are given back to the founders/core team. This tension in the community has brought forward a lot of great new projects that address the concerns with the original. In the case of ZCash, some developers got together and created ZenCash to address the major concerns.
Great podcast on the topic if you're interested: https://www.kevinrose.com/single-post/zencash
Excellent points. I am glad you commented. I am no longer concerned with how our early mining went as they have "held" their Steem and continued to be a part of the community.
Also, I do like the conversations, especially those which can sway opinions.
Nice Reply!
Thanks :)
I can't address any of the philosophical questions of freedom or human nature, but in terms of open source projects I've seen splits in a community happen. Inevitably, if enough people believe the project is worthwhile to continue working on, someone will grab the reins and start something better.
I hope it doesn't come to that point with Steem, but if it does I'm sure you and others here will adopt it and build it into something bigger and better.