IMO...Steemit and Minds are the West's first attempt at a Social Credit system. I'm aware of what I'm suggesting here and if I'm right one will be hard pressed to find more duplicitous platforms.
I'll argue my case and concede I may be wrong. The Chinese attempt at Social Credit is a digital tracking of everything you do.  Steemit's tracking system is extensive and so is Minds...
 S.C. is there to herd people into behavior our overlords find acceptable. The trending page on Steemit is filled with mindless banality which suits our overlord agenda--basically, anything that promotes consumption and competition. 
Intense flagging and shaming of those who go against the wishes of overlord rule. Steemit flags those whose opinions go against the established ownership.
Making money and its ownership the sole arbiter of value and ethics. The controlling overlords in China rule via control of currency via the central banking cartels...it's a 'will to power' based solely on controlling 'money from nothing'...Steemit's primary ethic and source of value is by holding the most Steem (and creating it from nothing).
Now, the tragedy here, from my perspective, is that Steemit and Steem could really solve the coming unemployment epidemic which will come upon humanity this century. But to do so the means of earning would have to change. I suggest tracking time spent on the platform co-ordinated with any countries minimum wage laws. In B.C. if I spend 10 hours a day on steemit I would earn about 150.00. Content would be an added extra based on hierarchical talents--those who do great work should earn more. Those who shitpost only get the minimum wage. 
Again, within the whole crypto sphere Steemit is the only thing I've come across that actually does something that could solve humanities coming nightmare and it's a shame the owners have squandered​ that potential.
That's likely because our overlords​ are not what they seem and in reality don't give a shit about humanity and in fact,​ view us as their slaves...
A rare Resteem...

I actually had plans to take my bitcoin out of the freezer and make myself a dolphin. But after some thought, I decided against it. Sure, the price of steem is gonna go up and I might one day regret this speculative decision.

But what would I be investing in Steem really? For a chance to make more out of my votes? For what? 

I can achieve greater things by holding on to my bitcoin. Hedging my value against an inflating fiat currency, opting to an alternative financial system uncontrolled by the ruling hegemony. Making sure that even if my government fucked over my pension, they can't fuck with my bitcoin. 

What does Steem offer?

I used to be super bullish of Steem. But I think the group think finally snapped out of me and what I stare is as you said.. A joke.

Steem is still the best blockchain powered social media out there with no top down censorship for sure. So I'll keep using it. 

And I don't care anymore if the decision-making witnesses don't care. I'm gonna bid bot the shit out of the best bid bits out there. Anyone is free to downvote me if they disagree with the payout. 

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Examples of useful Steem account:
@treeplanter
@cleanplanet
@askanything
@solarcoach
@thegreens
@utopian-io
and many more I even did not hear about..
This is a lot for a young blogging platform. Of course we would like to go faster but ...

ok...so what is the solution? Dan returning to Steemit even if he needs to buy the shares at a high price...he is rich....if Steem fails and investors that believed in the project lose a lot of money, future investors in EOS or any other project with Dan's signature will not trust him to invest...it's all connected....he needs to return to steem(even if he loses money) to fix it so that it becomes an effective way to reward and evaluate quality in arts and writting and so that this can grow exponentially and becomes the future of everything.

I think there is a minority that want blockchain to be the decentralized elixir for the masses, the impoverished and disenfranchised worldwide.  An alternative to the system of monopolization and oligarchs.  Do I want to make some money too?  Yeah.  But what brought me here in the first place was to fight against a corrupt system. But I think unfortunately all social media tends to fall into that vortex of "look at me"/selfie society.  How to walk the line will be an ongoing challenge.  It's about creating a positive culture, a delicate thing.  Peace

People are given the opportunity to choose but sometimes they choose greed over the good things for steem.

If you got rid of the bid bots steemit would die, about 2-5k users depend on them to either get noticed or to receive a return on the money they invested through delegation returns. Is that being "greedy" or is it a way to combat steem inflation?

I have used them in the past and my friend uses them daily, they are not a money making machine, most of the time in the last year you would have took a loss using them.

Without the bid bots you would cut the steem economy in half.? Is that a good idea?

I wasn't here before the bots, so I don't know what it was like previously, I heard it was a circle jerk fest?

@krnel we are proud, inspired and happy that we are using steem to inspire and engage people to take action to make the world a better place. Its a reflective post and it's very important we ask ourselves this question and start to kick greed out of @steem. @adollaraday and @pennsif, @chrisaiki @martin-mikes @kedjom-keku are just some of the awesome and amazing steemians that are using steem to make a change.

Yeah, human greed can ruin everything... and Steem is no exception.

Instead of change the curation rewards system and incentivise curators activity as a whole they created a vote buying scheme that works on a very few persons interest...

Bidbots must die for Steem to survive, IMO.

How Do you define meaningful? 

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Highly rEsteemed!

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Get used to it.
Until the community forks out the cancer, this is what we get.

I totally agree with Vatalik's sentiments and your comments @krnel. I've been saddened by the lack of response to this "I want my lambo now!" mentality by crypto veterans, and those that understand the reasons blockchain technology was invented in the first place.

There are still a few in the crypto space that continue to push for the original disruptive principles and are vocal about it, but they seem to be getting far less visible. Frankly I am quite disappointed as I watch the hope I had for a disruptive solution to institutionalized corruption be eroded by lambo hunters and those who clamor for regulation and mainstream adoption of crypto regardless of principles and original purposes.

I have elected to power down here and move my posts to the Whaleshares platform. Not sure how much longer I'll be on steemit.

If I put a flamin turn on his front porch, does that count as meaningful?

Fuckin bullshit. What does most of society do that's "meaningful"? Shit all usually. Maybe a few small charities that collect less for the needy than most companies throw out in the bin.

We're on a experimental social network that's not even outta beta and doesn't even have communities set up. Yeah, it sucks currently, but some are trying to change that in some ways. Even with that bullshit with people gaming the system and producing shit content, we have actually helped quite a few people in needful situations.