Budget Cuts - A Cry for Change

in hive-108572 •  4 years ago  (edited)

As with many activities on Steemit, things take time. It takes time to write a post, it takes time to read a post, it takes time to comment on a post, etc. It will take you time to read this post.

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When I started on Steemit, the reward I got for the activities I list above was joy. I enjoyed doing those things so I will always continue to do them.

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Alongside these activities, I realised that Steemit has a problem. Well, more than 1 problem but there is 1 problem that I could do something about. So I created @endingplagiarism. The reward was different, I didn't get the joy I got from writing or from researching a topic I was interested in. The reward was partially the gratitude from the Steemit community and significantly, the financial reward.

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Catching, highlighting and flagging plagiarism is not fun. It's a job. A job that has become part of our activities on Steemit and is expected to be undertaken regularly. A job that has been slowly paying less with each day that passes.

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When @jhellenmjgr had her content plagiarised, she needed somewhere to turn, somewhere she felt that action would be taken and a difference made. This community and @endingplagiarism was the destination.

Whilst the thanks and gratitude mean a great deal to me and I like the feeling that making a difference gives me, doing this job is not worth $10 to me for the time and commitment that's required. And the expectation that comes with it from the tags and mentions that are received on a daily basis.

I also created @plagiaristpayout to save the whales that have been helping time in finding their targets and you'll see from the latest post that there's over $1,000 in pending rewards which I have no power to stop.

Put all of this together and you have an extremely demotivated @endingplagiarism. That's not to mention the guilt I feel at not spending more time with the-baby-gorilla and the-toddler-gorilla and the feeling that by not continuing catching plagiarists every day, I'm letting people down.

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I've questioned whether I should share this or whether I should simply walk away but given the support I've received, it felt unfair to do the latter without sharing how I feel first and seeing if things will change.

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I can really understand you and your feelings.
It is certainly very small consolation to say you did a very good job! A job I didn't want to do even for higher rewards. If the thanks is that you are wasting your private time that you should have for baby and wife, let it go! If the thanks is that you don't enjoy Steemit anymore, let it go!
There are enough responsible people here that you have brought the issue to their attention. They seem to care little about it. So why should you care so much that you personally suffer?
The people in charge need to develop mechanisms if they value a decent blogging platform. If they place more value on making a quick buck, the sensible bloggers will eventually turn away. That should not be the goal.
If you ask me: Steem on, as long as you have fun!
Hugs,
Chriddi

You have already done a great job. Thank you for that.

The spam problem must probably be solved at the level of algorithms.

Do what brings joy.

When @jhellenmjgr had her content plagiarised, she needed somewhere to turn, somewhere she felt that action would be taken and a difference made. This community and @endingplagiarism was the destination.

Omg this is absolutely right I don't know where to go, but I research cause I wanna make a difference somehow with my experience, thankyou for be there for me and so many other your work is priceless. People that my 73 years old mom that made his content with so much love, passion on paper, we all the family helping her and she feeling alive again.. (and I'm writing this with tears on my eyes) how to tell her "mommy look, that place isn't safe, all that work, all those 3 months making that sweter exclusive for steemit are worthless.. There's no law or justice there". It's over. That kill her literally.

Thankyou 🙏