Changes to Steemit are manifested as code. The devs speak code, and those proposals they can deal with are generally written as code. Since the really stupid people can't speak code, limiting their suggestion box to code helps to weed out meritless proposals.
Github is where suggestions are received by Steemit devs.
Unfortunately, even some smart people, like yourself, don't write code, so your proposals are generally not seen by the devs, who look on Github for suggestions, when they look for them at all.
Further, Stinc and it's devs are a for profit business, and serve a particular market - 39 whales, who own the Steem upon which their business depends. As a result of their having a market which is well served by the very features you and I might consider drawbacks (since we aren't whales who can profit from them) it isn't only ideas which won't more broadly distribute Steem, or that make our voices more widely heard, that are disregarded.
Indeed, concentrating Steem ever more in the accounts of their market, 39 whales, and allowing those whales to silence dissent, are improvements to their business model, not problems to be solved.
I don't think Steemit is the final solution to the social media leap forward in communications technology, for the reasons I have stated here. I am hopeful that myriad competing entities will arise in the future, and that eventually a model which meets the needs of society, rather than oligarchs, will crush flawed competitors.
I love the way your mind works. I have merely seen that this avenue has already been paved, and we non-coders are simply excluded.
Thanks!
Thank you for your detailed reply. I'm always enlightened by your knowledge.
Coders are extremely left-brain technicians. They may not be so different from us writers in that respect. They just speak a different language. But the left-brained have problems dreaming up ideas. The #suggestionbox is just a space for those of us who don't speak code to express those ideas. There may be no way to translate them, but some Steemian who does speak code may be able to expand that idea and then present it to the devs in a way they can relate to. #suggestionbox could be an interface, of sorts.
I don't begrudge the whales return on their investment, and I'm happy to support the devs and the witnesses in their efforts to make Steem a viable crypto. It would seem short-sighted of those who profit off our us contributors not to want us connected, upvoting and powering up since that is what feeds the blockchain and produces Steem, to make it difficult for our voices to be heard and to keep our rewards meager. If this platform is only for the greedy, then I probably stop participating in the development of Steem.
As of this writing, my idea for a #suggestionbox has not generated much interest. Perhaps that's because it hasn't been seen by many eyes. We'll just see how it goes. Thanks for the input.
I don't write code either, and would love to see a #suggestionbox. Maybe if you create an account dedicated to that purpose, it'd gain notice, and traction. I am sure we aren't alone in wanting a way to examine ideas for Steemit and comment each other's thoughts.
I don't begrudge anyone profit. I'm a fan of profit.
but it is clear that the accelerating concentration of Steem in the accounts of, now 38 whales, is counterproductive of long term interests of investors,
It's shortsighted.
Cash is king.
Thanks!
Not sure how to do that. Besides, gaining traction and notice are my two biggest problems on Steemit. Almost nobody reads my posts. 13 eyeballs on this one and I know that at least 2 are yours and probably 6 are mine.
I figured that creating the tag #suggestionbox would be enough. If you click on that it takes you right to that feed. This is the first time ever I've had one of my posts in the new, trending, and hot feeds. Of course, it's the only one there. lol.
It doesn't show up on the "explore" tab for finding tags, though. I don't know what it takes to have it appear there. Probably more than one reference, but I'm only guessing.
I suppose in this Monopoly game where only X number of Steem will ultimately be produced, the goal is to amass the lion's share of Steem. Then you're the "winner." Whales are the bank, but they are also the major players.
As a kid, when somebody suggested playing Monopoly, I'd give it a half-hearted go and then try to go broke so I could quit the game and go outside and play in the sunshine. I don't suppose I've changed much.
Thanks for your input on this. Wish I could get more. Maybe if you post a suggestion and use the #suggestionbox tag it'll get noticed. Even if the devs ignore it, it will give the community a common voice and the comments could become a forum. Democracy, though flawed, is a good thing, no?
Democracy is a good thing, until it is a weapon used to placate folks who think they're actually doing something to control their government, when they're not.
Then, it's a bad thing.
I do believe that some accounts, like @sherlockholmes, created for a single purpose that has common interest, such as @suggestionbox would generate, are able to grab followers that aren't put off by a mix of interests.
I haven't opened a second account, but from how many have done so, I suspect it isn't all that difficult to do. If you open that account, keep your mouth shut about other matters (so they don't become sticking points for potential followers), and #introduceyourself as a way for folks to dump ideas to improve Steemit, I would bet you'll find a great deal more eyeballs on your posts there, than you do here.
I'd put an SBD on it.
Wanna make a bet?
=D
Yes, the pseudo-democracy that we all live under is the blue pill of our culture, a powerful hallucinogenic that keeps us running on the treadmill while we believe we are dancing at the ball.
#suggetionbox wouldn't be like that since it claims no false powers to make things better and does not bind the powerful in velvet ropes.
I checked out @sherlockholmes. It's an interesting blog but he hasn't posted anything new in 3 months. Could it be Moriarty?
I haven't set up a second account yet either. I was waiting for @citizenzero to crash and burn and then open up another pseudonym to post pictures of kittens and recipes for pound cake and other topics of grave importance. Since I made 300 Steem in my first month and then have languished ever since, one new account per month might be just the ticket. (only kidding).
I'll take that bet. I really haven't been wasting enough time on Steemit and this is the perfect excuse to do so. Lol
I shall be looking forward to my phat winning! =)