I was thinking about this the other day, what made steem so mainstream in the beginning is the stories of $10,000 posts.
I think we should pick a day, pick a random content creator out of a group of committed hivers such as you, and then have whales vote his post.
Do that once or twice. Then pick someone with external influence (even if this person didn't show commitment to hive) and drop the 10k bomb again.
If we do this to small youtubers, word will start spreading out. Then bigger youtubers will start posting again, and we just had the most successful marketing campaign without using any of the DAO funds. Obviously this would just be temporary for marketing purposes otherwise it would get ugly.
and they can see themselves as "self-made" without realizing that in order for their trades to have any value at all, community of millions of people over lifetimes have had to build everything they ever use
That's a one sided view. A successful speculator provides capital to a project which needs it to grow before the market admits it is a valuable project. Without speculators there wouldn't be people building on hive, because it's expensive.
If a speculator constantly provides capital to businesses/cryptos that are not valuable, then he's going to lose money in the long run and his influence on market will diminish. However, a good speculator is rewarded for his early contributions in the long run.
By extension, an entrepreneur is the ultimate speculator. He puts all his eggs in one basket, his company/project and owns all the shares. If he provides a lot of value to people, then he will sell a lot and has the potential to be extremely rich.
A true entrepreneur doesn't start with lots of capital and works. But some just hire people and own the company, and don't do the most valuable parts of the job.
A few years ago, this precise initiative was planned based on a couple posts I made, but was unable to get organized. I think it would be interesting to do the once a week thing - get some whales and a couple of the curation initiatives to target a great post, ramp it up and time it with a marketing campaign.
It would get ugly if the same person or group keeps getting it, but if it is done with care, it might be like the "Awesome Hive Post Lottery" :)
Yeah, I knew as I wrote it :)
Entrepreneurs are a rare breed, true entrepreneurs even rarer. It is hard for many to take that risk from nothing but an idea and make it happen or, be willing to fail in the attempt. Some do it from necessity, some choice. I am not a risk taker, but took a risk to start my business because it was the only way that I was going to be able to get the kind of job I am qualified for and interested in, as well as a salary over the poverty line. It took a few years of work to get over that line :)
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I wish I could tag comments as "seen - get back to later" so that you could see the status too and I can get a reminder when I get back to the keyboard. For now though - this'll do - gotta run :)