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There was an episode of Orville i watched a few months ago. I dont watch the series regularly but was interested to see what the hype was all about. It was an episode about social media. The ship captained by Seth MacFarlane visited a world where the worth of an individual and its status in society was determined by the amount of likes they received by other individuals. They basically wore badges that showed their like/dislike ratios. (im writing about this from memory so dont quote me). I watched this probably around the time i started taking my Steemit blog a bit more seriously. After few active months, i started to get these flashbacks to that particular episode. Of course when the episode was written Seth didnt have Steem in mind but rather the facebooks, and instagrams, but i couldnt shake the feeling that the particular episode was extremely reminiscent to the social media site we are a part of, more then it was about the "old school" established ones.
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So what am i talking about?

At this point i have been a part of this community, society, for almost 6 months. At the lower levels of payouts and wallet SP ive noticed a trend. Its actually a pretty healthy one. People being valued by who they are, by their contributions, by their hard work, by their success in the eyes of those they interact with. A value system based on respect, mutual understanding and support. And those that stand out most in that regard, those with nickles and dimes to their name when they came to Steemit, moved up the ranks to achieve great things. >All that is fine and dandy. _But how does that earn me monies_. It does. It actually does. The Yidneths, Menos, Eonwarpeds, Pechis, Serenas, Nonamesleft, Surfermarlies, Bembels, Bozzes, Zippys, Crimmis, etc, etc, etc.... started with mostly empty wallets and became factors in their communities. People that mold opinions, and affect others greatly in their own ways And im not just throwing around praises.

What today is text in some online chat room, tomorrow will mean so much more.

The strength of Steem does not come from the surface nonsense. The drama, whos right in this feud and whos wrong, Fyrstes yelling at mics: "I AM NOT HERE TO MAKE YOU RICH!!!!"... Steemits "top abstract artist" fighting Haejin, or upvoting a 1 sentence post with 400$. The post comment spammers. The bot account owners (1 million users). The bot owners letting memes top the trending. Grumpys downvoting for whatever reason. Orcas upvoting their Poop emoji posts and youtube reposts. The circle-jerkers. The Jerry kinds and other morally questionable individuals like him. >For me, all of that is nonsense in the end. Its white noise. Its what fills our day, with something to be outraged about, something to laugh at, something to talk about, but only for a moment, _snap your fingers and its behind you_. If we want to talk about Steem making it big, making an impact on the world stage, and we all see that the potential is there, all the people that you might fear today, _because they hold the biggest pistol_, if Steem makes it big, you will have so many Vortacs, Kevins, Gtgs, Kpines, Drakos on this blockchain that most of these accounts that you might fear will be lost in the sea of SP. Just ask yourself: >"Which one of these people would have your respect if they held the SP you hold?"
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But i digress. The point i was trying to make was about the TV show i talked about in the beginning. From the people i mentioned as positive role models, to the ideals written down in the Steem "bible", Steem, at its core, is nothing like the society in the episode in question. But on the surface, im starting to feel like it is. Those that hold the green badges with the most green upvotes seem to be valued more just like in that episode. If Steem was a closed system that fact would appall me. Because its not, and the monetary value spilled in from the "real world" is a measure of success and achievement in its own right, i wholeheartedly accept the monetary aspect of that fact. What im not ok with is that the "surface level Steem" shows not a trend of valuing more those that "transferred success" from the real world but rather not valuing enough those that reached success on Steem in their specific way, that is not comparable through SP to those that "transferred success". >Im of the opinion that your voice should carry weight based on the merit of your arguments, not based on the SP you hold. Its quite a tricky situation we are in. We have a unique economic model i personally support greatly. (the idea of it) . Those that invested most should earn the most. What i cannot support is valuing the opinions more of those that have more, just because they have more. I mentioned the 1 sentence 400$ post on the trending earlier.
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>Are we really at the point where something like that is praised and supported, because the author is someone that holds a big pistol and is not afraid to use it? I think we need a shift in thought, even more then a shift in payout or SP distribution we all talk about. Unfortunately, it seems that its on those with the biggest pistols to spearhead that trend. Anyways... Just a few thoughts for the day. Hopefully you guys dont take my words super seriously. Its all just moments thought, and like ive written above... _snap your fingers and its behind you_ :D I didnt want to ping so many people so this is basically for you guys that come across this post. Have a great day everyone... ;)
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