RE: Responsibility Of Steem Power Holders - Hold Out Your Helping Hands
I understand your concern with the "delegate and forget it" mantality that some take here on steemit, but delegation is not evil. Delegations can go to users who incentivize the growth of the platform through iniatives like @brandonfrye does with his delegation bot.
And he is just one example. People like you with posts like this also.
There are many people who are working hard, through their content contributions, curation efforts and some with their upvotes, to make this platform better, more exciting, more rewarding and overall to #GrowSteemit, through the way we operate.
Growing Steemit can happen through offering rewards, but it can also happen through actual effort to spark real dialogue, because conversation scratches an itch all of humanity has.
We want to talk about substance, real life doesnt scratch that itch for most people today. Social media like Steemit can offer that outlet, if we foster that here on steemit.
How do we foster real conversation?
- Post stuff we are interested in.
- Read/watch stuff we are interested in.
- Comment on posts we are interested in.
- Reply to others comments, and posts.
That's it. If we all do that, this platform will be more exciting and entertaining, and then the rewards will come because the content is real and invites positive responses.
In conclusion, yes if we use our SP to upvote we are going to grow steemit by encouraging great content creators, and yes, delegating all your SP prevents that, BUT there are other ways... start a dialogue on your favourite bloggers post, that is in some ways just as powerful as upvoting his content. If you can encourage readers to dialogue over your favourite content creator's most recent post, you are helping your favourite content creator.
Thanks for the great content here, and the interesting conversation piece.
I like the #growsteemit hashtag, will use it.
I think the simplest thing we can do is reward those who are active, even low quality posts are better than no posts.
And who knows, if people see that someone is watching and engaging, they may invest more time
Yes, delegation is a fantastic tool of the Steem blockchain. This brings supports to all sorts of authors and platforms. I love it!
And of course, you can still be a very valueable member of the community if you delegate for profit. There is room for all forms of dealing with their stake. I just have the feeling that right now it is particularly strong but this might just be a phase. In the end we need to find an equilibrium to keep Steem still interesting enough for users and investors. I assume this will become a very dynamic thing the bigger the community grows.