RE: FU*K YOU Newbies...Your VOTE is Now Worth SH*T...AGAIN !!!
I am guessing no-one explained the difference between encouragement and discouragement before this strange decision came to pass.
For a platform that desperately needs to promote engagement, curation and find initiatives to incentivise the plankton to stick around long enough to make this community really work this aspect of the reward distribution beggars belief.
Many other platforms will soon be hot on the heels of Steemit there will never be a better time to resolve all of the micro-issues of the platform. Lets see @Ned and co get on this now and take it incredibly seriously, resolve the problems, get out of beta and rocket upwards in the way we all know we have the potential to.
I for one do not wanna just jump ship to another platform, I feel invested, no not financially, It's far more important than that I have made some good friends here, some sub-communities that I love and am a member of some Steemit Discord channels that are enhancing my learning no end.
I may join another platform alongside this one, most likely Whaleshares but I do not want to replace Steemit, I want it to evolve and improve. Most importantly, I wanna feel that we are involved in that growth not excluded from it because we are perceived as the poor cousins. The world is elitist enough already without the decentralised platforms jumpin' in on the act! We came here because we were promised that it was to be a better way, not Utopian by any means, but at the very least a level playing field. As the quote from the Kevin Costner film Field of dreams goes...
"Build it and they will come"
So they did, so we did. What now, do we have to start using the tradesmens entrance when we login so our appearance does not distress the monied?
Thankyou for giving some time to raising this issue, it is a genuinely important one that impacts everyone who comes through the Steemit front door hoping for something better.
I wanted to stopby and register my opinion on the matter. It would be nice if there were some official or even semi-official insight or response into this, sadly I do not hold my breath on this front.
Resteemed and promoted in some of my groups to encourage some further engagement on the matter.
Thanks for responding @stevenwood . Our sentiments are echoed throughout the platform, so it can be assumed those in control, having made these terrible decisions, are fully aware of the sadness they have created though their crass actions, and don't care.
To round-down 0.01 and/or 0.02 like they were discussing on github was such a sad thing for me to see. It's like slapping a 'baby' in the face and laughing about it...
As long as they can find joy somewhere in life, huh?
Maybe people will start voting with their feet although many of those who are OK and have already done their growing may not bother to speak out. In which case only the already disregarded will air their views. I can guess just how much impact that will have in light of recent decisions.
This said, I choose to choose optimism as always ;)