People say "life's not fair" as though it were the universal law of physics. There are things we can do to make it more fair. We can't dictate who gets hit by a tornado, but we can house and feed and clothe people. That society chooses not to is not a rule, it's just shitty.
What constitutes fair, exactly? In the context of Steemit, what is fair in your mind? Last I checked, the only barrier to entry is an internet connection. Otherwise, there is no opportunity that is barred from anyone here in any capacity. You are as free as me, or a brand new user, to engage in any of the activities that anyone else does on this blockchain.
Actually I'm more free than anyone who can't buy STEEM, at least in terms of being free to earn on here. I personally don't consider that "fair," because to me fairness requires people have their success determined only by the quality and volume of their output.
But I can write the exact same posts as someone from a poor country (or poor household in a rich country) and do much better on this platform just from being able to buy SP.
Not just due to upvoting myself, which I self regulate to be around 25% (an arbitrary idea of "fair" to me), but also because my larger upvotes to others gets me more attention, more comments, and more return upvotes.
I know that it can't be a platform that is completely fair, because having more SP is going to have to mean something, and not everyone can afford to buy the same amount (nor faces the same per coin prices, depending on when they are buying). So perfect fairness isn't going to happen, and that's okay. But I do think it quite reasonable, and desirable, to strive for greater fairness instead of moving toward new policies that make things even less of a level playing field than we already have.
People say "life's not fair" as though it were the universal law of physics. There are things we can do to make it more fair. We can't dictate who gets hit by a tornado, but we can house and feed and clothe people. That society chooses not to is not a rule, it's just shitty.
It's true that life is often not fair, but there are pockets of fairness humans have created. Steemit could at least strive to be one.
What constitutes fair, exactly? In the context of Steemit, what is fair in your mind? Last I checked, the only barrier to entry is an internet connection. Otherwise, there is no opportunity that is barred from anyone here in any capacity. You are as free as me, or a brand new user, to engage in any of the activities that anyone else does on this blockchain.
Actually I'm more free than anyone who can't buy STEEM, at least in terms of being free to earn on here. I personally don't consider that "fair," because to me fairness requires people have their success determined only by the quality and volume of their output.
But I can write the exact same posts as someone from a poor country (or poor household in a rich country) and do much better on this platform just from being able to buy SP.
Not just due to upvoting myself, which I self regulate to be around 25% (an arbitrary idea of "fair" to me), but also because my larger upvotes to others gets me more attention, more comments, and more return upvotes.
I know that it can't be a platform that is completely fair, because having more SP is going to have to mean something, and not everyone can afford to buy the same amount (nor faces the same per coin prices, depending on when they are buying). So perfect fairness isn't going to happen, and that's okay. But I do think it quite reasonable, and desirable, to strive for greater fairness instead of moving toward new policies that make things even less of a level playing field than we already have.
...I disagree about being "more free," but I'll table that.
What do you propose?
Doesn't make it right though lol ;-)