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· @piedpiper · (edited)
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Monkeys Using Steemit?
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Let's take a moment and explore the psychology of everyone on Steemit that gets upset when others succeed. It's a sort of animistic envy that's most unbecoming of us and I'd like to invite everyone to rise above it if/when the urge creeps up. 

Rather than complaining about the success of others, we should focus on innovating new ways and means of succeeding even more. If we let the primal want for equality trump our more rational values, we'll just end up as a broke bunch of failures together like the Soviet Union did. The whole reason people are flocking to Steemit is that it offers a way to transcend that very condition. We're here because we appreciate the ability to be rewarded for our contributions. To come here because of the potential to earn only to then complain when people do exactly that is hypocritical. If it really bothers you when people make good money here, then you might want to try Facebook or Reddit. I hear their users all earn exactly the same.
https://youtu.be/meiU6TxysCg
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@bbrewer ·
Wow, I know I am late to the party but you nailed it here. I am inspired by the successful poster like yourself. Makes me want to provide better quality in my posts.
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@business · (edited)
You might be rich, and you might be right, but you're still a cunt.

Good day to you, Sir.
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@cryptoctopus ·
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The Economics of ENVY
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@piedpiper ·
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yup. We should be better than that here.
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@funcal ·
24 votes. $37.98 earned for this? Arrrrrggggghhhhh! How frustrating. That should be me.

Thanks for sharing :)
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@piedpiper ·
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lol exactly. :)
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@jasonmcz ·
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Well said. That's the exact attitude everyone should have!
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@piedpiper ·
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A rising tide lifts all boats! :)
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@kingtylervvs · (edited)
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that's partially correct. If you have 1 million followers on facebook, and half a brain, you can continue providing useful content to your followers so as not to lose them, and once in a while SELL something. And make thousands. (While facebook makes tens of thousands off ads people see while commenting your posts...) 

also, while we shouldn't complain about other's success, seeing a MEME with no content get $800 on steemit is not very encouraging to people who want to write truly engaging words... 

The squeaky wheel gets the grease - as long as the complaints have a valid, logical argument, they should be heard.

I do agree with you though, there should not be any jealous monkey business towards true value creators!
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@rubedo ·
If the market wants rare pepes, then by God we should give it to them!
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@nastrom ·
I like it! Very interesting! Good Luck To You!
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@piedpiper · (edited)
$1.26
lol thanks, nastrom.
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@trogdor ·
Pretty sure nastrom is a bot. Then again, bots feel pain too: https://steemit.com/writing/@trogdor/the-wang-diaries-dear-weng
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@nineyards ·
I even shared this on my Facebook. The video is hilariously educational!
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@piedpiper ·
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lol thanks :)
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@rubedo ·
There is an accessibility problem with most content in that the more thought out a post, the less likely that people will read it all- or even understand it.

It might work well to write economic treatises on an Econ blog, but won't fly in a place catering to wide consumer demand for easy-to-digest content. 

Now that nobody is reading this, is there any good porn on here OP?
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@piedpiper ·
$0.87
Yup. When you have something important to share, the money shouldn't be a concern. If you're a professional entertainer or marketer, you need to create content that's attractive and digestible. The money is a market signal that tells you whether you're achieving these goals or not.
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@rubedo ·
$1.25
I think I've died and gone to capitalist heaven. 

This has implications for modern adertising as well. These same market signals could be a way to finance modern media and journalism. This is far better than pop-up ads and banners. It remains to be seen how successful the Steemit model is, but I think it could work.

In b4 someone writes an article about this and makes 10,000 steem from it.
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@trogdor ·
Great post. One other point is that there is sometimes no rhyme or reason for something going viral. You can't hate a man for stumbling onto a hunk of gold. :)
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@piedpiper ·
$0.92
Amen! Good fortune should be celebrated :)
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