Hello Steemians,
This week I'm taking my time to actually talk about the things we would like to see being done better in this steemiverse. A system that's decentralized like ours needs everyone's opinions to excel. My 2 cents count just as yours too count.
I will proceed to review the trending page for today and allow you all be the judge of whether these actually "prove brain". What you may see may baffle you.
We all know that the trending page is the landing page for the steemiverse. We all know that the articles there are what an outsider is going to see first when they try to get unto this network. We all know that that part of the site represents the face of steem...a blogger's first impression to decide whether to signup or not.
Seriously is that the impression we wanna leave them with? Perhaps they see a shitty post on the page earning maybe $500+. They may signup or not. Then they probably check the upvotes and just see a long list of bots trailing the votes.
Let's See Some Live Examples. Shall We?
1- Trending With Botvotes & Shitty Post Promising Scammy Rewards
I was visiting that page hoping to be proved wrong but No! I'm correct of course. The top post right there is a votebot service trying to get free publicity by flooding our dear steemit with spammy/scammy/jammy posts.
They upboted themselves with a long list of vote bots that you doubt whether there's any human contacts at all. Tell me what a post like that is doing on the trending page?
The most annoying thing is the grammar. You claim that you are going to reward people for making quality content but your own post isn't quality. What a sad irony?
Let's look past the grammar, what do they offer? Nothing. There's no mention of guidelines. No mention of judges. No mention themes and other criteria that a so-called quality reward contest must have. Jeex!
The saddest thing is the comment section. Full of spammers that can tell you "I like you post. upvote pls." That's what you get when you don't bring value.
I am too ashamed to share that kind of trending page with the public. Fix this please
2- Trending With VoteBots Just Because You Can (Even Though You Don't Need To)
We all have to be careful for what we do. A reputable person who has attained a certain level of mastery of this platform can definitely do without votebots. But who I'm I to demand that when the account itself is a bot.
No matter the message you want to pass, trending with bots gets you *seen by the wrong audience and judgement from the right eyes.
Everything in life is not money. money. more money. Sometimes, we have to do things with goodwill. The people that will give you goodwill are your real audience.
Where Is Our Proof Of Brain Algorithm?
What happened to people voting you just because they love your work or that they agree with what you said? What happened to our whitepaper? Has it been changed?
I'm appalled by the fact that what we now have is Proof-of-bots or proof of sp. Neo-capitalism. OhMG!
How about mining steem with your nerves? Are we delegating our mind power to bots too? Perhaps very soon we will start having bots that write for us, post for us, upvote for us, comment for us, claim our rewards and finally spend it for us.
Perhaps, this is why some schools of thought think that AI will ruin us someday. I don't blame them. We humans do not want to work. Even to use our God-given brains and write down our thoughts is getting more and more difficult by the day.
Its worse when we reward bot interaction and stifle the human factor. I clearly remember the quote of one of our steementors;
The humans of steem is more valuable than steem!
@Ogochukwu
I agree with him. Indeed humans are the creators of value and the valuers of creation. Without humans our world will be one whole automated routine, a boring mess and a shitty crap we can't survive a day in.
We were told to come for the money and stay for the community. These days, the money factor is dwindling while the communities are shrinking. Alot of able young men and women have left us. No! They aren't dead. They just went back to Facebook where they can get some "likes" and feel loved.
In as much as I don't blame them that much because they are trying to survive just like us, I do not recommend that. What Steem offers is the future. Blockchain is the future. But the future must also be streamlined in such a way that the glimmer of hope will start showing from today.
Join Me In This Positive Criticism Of Our System
Do not fold you arms and watch what the outcome will be.
STop being a passive observer.
Start taking actions by speaking your mind.
Whatever grievances you have, say it out and you will feel much better.
NO WE AREN'T QUITTING STEEMIT.
Quitters are losers. We are winners. We speak out! We say it as it is.
The worst thing you can do is to stop writing. Whether the prices are high or low, do not give up steeming!
Meanwhile, use your voice and contribute to the discuss. We can all agree that what we want is a positive steemiverse that gives equal opportunities to all. Excellence is what we demand!
WE DON'T WANT A MEDIOCRE TRENDING PAGE!
Fix it!
SEE SOME OF MY LAST POSTS;
I deserve better. You deserve better. We deserve better!
I like my Steemiverse round and perfect!