I will try and keep this concise.
I was originally invited by @zest and @abigail-dantes to join Steemstem. At that time I honestly felt privileged (back in December 2017 or early Jan) to be a part of the team. Also, to some extent (and because I had read some of their posts which are always quality) they affirmed my belief that my work was actually good enough to warrant their invitation. I have always wanted to write, knew I had a gift for it but never had an outlet and @Steemstem provided that. For this I am truly grateful.
One of the biggest problems is that Steem and Steemstem has grown exponentially fast. The foundation wasn't there to support the influx of new content creators to our group.
"More and more people joined, more and more posts were voted ... more and more people complained. Yes, we all work for free to get barely a ‘thank you’
This is why I agree you guys should take a break. Entitlement inevitably subverts any form of gratitude. Although all of us may feel entitled at times, it indicates that something is indeed rotten at the roots.
Now this is my opinion and please feel free to disagree. Posting for steemSTEM is not just a hobby or a means to create a following on Steemit. I am in it for the rewards just as much as I feel an obligation to create quality content and discover and encourage it in other authors.
I have literally been telling friends and family , with a chip on my shoulder, that I "write part-time now". Correct me if I am wrong, but if a post doesn't lift it's proverbial pinky, it should GTFO. I (think) I understand what steemSTEM wants to achieve, but the latter remains an important part to that, and also leads me to my next point:
If we apply Ockham's Razor, I would argue that there is no community involvement because an exceedingly large portion of our members aren't interested in this. We can't and shouldn't force involvement. How do we separate the wheat from the chaff? I honestly don't know.
At the moment, to me at least, it boils down to entitlement vs. gratitude and involvement. Maybe, instead of steemSTEM members following the curation trail set by steemstem, steemSTEM should follow the members. We should inevitably root out the weeds.
Anyways, take a well deserved break. I need some time to think over all of this , too.
For me, it is a hobby. I am not posting as much as I would like to, but this is one of my sacrifices for the cause. I have about 100 topics I would like to chat about and I am writing 1-2 posts a week... I will never catch up :D
We are implementing something. Please check the new post. Maybe this will work. Hopefully it will.
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Maybe I phrased it wrong, what I mean is, to be involved within the community itself, means one needs to be willing to set aside some time . "hobby'' was possibly the wrong term, but I agree with your sentiments in general.
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While I understand your sentiments completely, in the current state of this decentralized model, active participation is a must, otherwise the system fails. If you think of STEEMit as a traditional job where you get paid for your writing, the question becomes, who pays you? You would need people that have acquired STEEM--either by "buying/trading"--outside of STEEMit itself to bring it into STEEMit for the sole purpose of consumption.
In the current community model, there is no "boss", no entity that is making money from somewhere to then give you to create great content. Or as is the case for a startup, self-investing to create great content and draw people in the hopes of having a model to make that money back. Instead, it is a you scratch my back, I scratch your back, model. You write about physics, but may love art, so you give your votes there. Someone else writes about art and gives to biology. And on and on the wheel turns creating an economy that flows. If everyone comes here only to make money and does not give any, the whole thing comes to a grinding halt.
So you see, either the wheel turns or the content on STEEMit reaches a high enough level and is organized in a way that is easy to find so that people come to STEEMit with externally acquired STEEM with the sole intention of spending it on the content they consume. Until then, STEEMit cannot support people who come here only to create and make money. Does that make sense?
My question is, what does STEEMit want to be, a community or an outlet? Both are valid, but the design of the system depends on knowing your identity.
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We are not discussing steemit at all. We are discussing steemSTEM. It is 100% different.
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