brypto

thoughts on design, technology, & tectonics

I'm already seeing people make comments on the psycological distress a leaderboard causes.  A leaderboard that is now being supplemented by tip culture.  Those with the most money will be able to control their flock.  This is going to get interesting - watching this social experiment unfold, where at the heart of it, the question that is begging to be answered is - at what point do you put down the things you love - your family, your hobbies, and even your morals - and run to the money?  There are a million cash grabs here, through attention, through interaction, through testing, through gaming, etc.  And hence - The Circus Animal.  Because while some need only to say Good Morning to their flock and be showered with gifts, Others will need to jump through the hoops of Use - Buy - Earn.  Some of these hoops from the perspective of time consumption alone are inhumane.  We are inviting bot participants by the very nature of how many hoops there are and how time consuming each of these hoops can be. 

So why participate ad nauseum in this hoop jumping competition to prove your worth to an inner circle that will more than likely bypass you when the choice comes between their real life friends and their internet following?  

When there are no barriers to entry
I have to fight against the bots and the bad actors
The good thing is,
They eventually leave and allow 
Normal people a chance to pick a project off the ground
And have a shot 
When we start with barriers
I have to prove my worth to inner circle strangers
The ones who set the barriers
The inner circle will then move the hoops
More Using
More Buying
To Unlock More Earning
You will fall out of favor
To the ones who sacrifice more than you
And the Capitalist wheel spins
Causing more to hate 
Causing more to want to kill themselves
Because they failed to please their 
Master with Money
What we have done here 
Is taken the corporate shield 
Off of Capitalism
And all the horrors 
That come with it
Now fall directly on our shoulders 
There is a burden to this model
I feel its crushing weight already
As I am both content creator 
And provider to other content creators

It's a very interesting topic of conversation.  I think we will need many psychologist participants here.  They will have much to say about this wheel.

The High Reward Engagement Hoop
Let's set it on fire next time
Make it more interesting
Send them through burning hoops
It's not fun unless someone
Gets burned...
My bet is
History will repeat itself
It's usually a safe bet
You don't want people jumping off houses
You don't want them hurting themselves
But the same drive that caused this in the early 
Days of Youtube
Will be the same drive here
Nothing about that drive has changed
If anything, it has become stronger
As people have become more desperate
And the dangling carrot
Is now right there
In front of their face
So yes - Send it
Like a shockwave 
Through the universe
Bekoning them all to come here
And engage
Because engagement here
May set them free...?

The High Reward Engagement Hoop
Let's set it on fire next time
Make it more interesting
Send them through burning hoops
It's not fun unless someone
Gets burned...
My bet is
History will repeat itself
It's usually a safe bet
You don't want people jumping off houses
You don't want them hurting themselves
But the same drive that caused this in the early 
Days of Youtube
Will be the same drive here
Nothing about that drive has changed
If anything, it has become stronger
As people have become more desperate
And the dangling carrot
Is now right there
In front of their face
So yes - Send it
Like a shockwave 
Through the universe
Bekoning them all to come here
And engage
Because engagement here
May set them free...?
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