The whole concept of steemit promotes positive communication between members and since joining this site i have seen no negative remarks or 'trolling' taking place. This is truly a breath of fresh air as trolling had become almost synonymous with the whole internet experience.
I am under no illusions that this is largely because members are incentivised with monetary gains but if this financially incentivised re-education by polite and constructive interaction was to become the norm, as steemit reaches more and more users throughout every corner of the internet, i wonder if steemit could have a more profound effect on society than i first summised.
Undoubtedly there are people on steemit who have trolled before and maybe even still do on other platforms but over time by constantly handing out positive feedback could this change the mindset of that user even when there was no incentive to be had ? I think it possibly could.
So as steemit grows and people hopefully learn that positive and polite communication is always in everyone's best interests could in time the world then be changed to some degree, in a way steemit never intended when conceived ?
I feel like the feedback mechanisms and transparency are more similar to traditional, in real life, interaction. So while people can still be crazy, there is and will be much less of it. I think this phenomenon alone merits further academic study! It feels like we are maturing in many respects.
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Trolling may well, but we need to figure out a way to kill the pointless bots that spam every new post. Over time I expect that the quality of steemit will increase as the kinks get worked out. One fear I have is a very wealthy person could buy lots of influence and become the ultimate troll.
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A very good point fixedelineation , giving that steemit is only in the beta stage i expect we will be seeing a lot of changes to come . I really do have faith that this unique platform has a lot of potential and i cant wait to see what is in store for the future.
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It's possible, but I tend to agree with Fixedelineation on the bot issue.
Low quality posts that appeal to upvotes (STEEM pumps, pics of women) are also too common on Steemit right now, though I think that will change over time.
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The very notion of changing the world for the better on a scale that could make any actual difference seemed like an idea that has always just been outside our reach. With such a hectic and random world we live in who could have guessed that it would have been mans lust for money that could finally lay some sort of foundations for this to happen.
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