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Steemit isn't decentralised...
This may well be my last post on Steemit...here's why.
Steemit had the amazing idea that a social network should be built on quality and community curation where content creators earn what they are worth and keep the spoils to themselves, and at first sight, that's what it is but...
Did you know that if you submitted something and managed to earn $x from it, it's then up the Steemit owners/board to decide whether or not you deserve the income generated?
This is a centralized approach!!
For a truly decentralized app, voters decide what's good and what's shit, not the board of directors, and who is to say these people are right, in which case, who do you contact to reverse a decision?
Imagine earning over $1,000 from a post only to have it all taken away, especially if creating content is your job.
Until Steemit removes this control over content, it's not decentralized, in which case they need to remove this from their website!
If you agree or disagree, I want to hear your thoughts!
Replies (11)
"Imagine earning over $1,000 from a post only to have it all taken away,"
Do you have first hand knowledge of this happening? (to yourself or another writer)
Yes, if you scroll through the posts, hot, or trending, you'll see some posts with the value crossed out. This payout was declined! WTF!
I don't know what you're talking about. There are no board of directors.
Everyone is free to vote and downvote.
Perhaps what you are looking for a centralized app where anyone can't downvote you.
Wrong, I'm all for community curation, that's the entire point. If somebody doesn't like it, then fine!
If there is nobody who decides whether or not a post receives the earnings, why do some posts not receive earnings?
Simple - because the community doesn't discover or vote for them.
lol, well, why did they receive earnings in the first place then?
I've just updated my post with an image which clearly shows the payout was declined. Why??
It's a feature. The author can choose to decline payouts. Create a new post, you'll see this option too -
https://s18.postimg.org/lz17s949l/Capture.png
What's the point?
The point is simple, someone may want to make a post, but not make money from it.
This was a popular feature request, so it was added sometime towards the end of last year.
You'll have to ask authors who decline payouts why they do it. For example, developers may have announcements and since they are well paid already, they may choose to take an ethical high ground. By doing so, they donate their rewards back to the reward pool so it's redistributed to other authors.
In the case of the post that you screengrabbed by @krnel, you'll have to ask them why they declined. You can leave a comment there, he may reply.
we are all co-owners, only differentiated by our stakes. it's decentralised exactly because everyone has the right to do the same thing - post and vote.