*None of us can really answer this question at this point in time yet*.  There is however a different way to look at these changes.   I am an optimist by nature and I love change in general.  ***The way that I look at this change is that:***

# We have a voice on the platform and this voice is being listened to!

http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/images/i/000/008/362/original/reputation.jpg?interpolation=lanczos-none&fit=inside%7C660:*

I have personally wrote a few posts about *building a reputation*.  In the posts [STEEMIT is a reputation economy](https://steemit.com/whales/@jacor/show-me-the-money-who-will-be-the-first-steemit-whale-to-reach-celebrity-status) and [Steemit will soon be the the Dolphins playground ](https://steemit.com/dolphins/@jacor/steemit-will-soon-be-the-the-dolphins-playground-trends) , I highlighted that I believe it is extremely important to build a reputation first, and the rest will follow.

During my time here on Steemit, (about 3 weeks, so I'm still a newbie) more and more people are discussing how difficult it is for you posts to be seen as a result of the multitude of posts that is being written on a daily basis.  

### Guess what? 

The creators of the platform is trying to do something about what everybody is saying and asking for.  Now, this is **good news**, **VERY good news**.  

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The developers and creators of the platform could just as well be sitting on **beach chairs**, having a party, while cashing out there SteemPower over the next 104 weeks.  And believe me they can have a good party if you look at some of these accounts!  The moment this happens, we can just as well all leave the platform as, the value of Steem will drop beyond control as we will all know that they gave up!! Looking at all the effort that is going into the new releases and additions to the platform, it is clear that they are in it for the long run.

Another thing that needs to be taken into account that this is only a Beta version of the platform.  We must understand, that new things will constantly be tried to satisfy the needs of the platform users. This platform, just like the overall ICT industry, is and will always be an ever-changing environment.  We all need to have *some adaptability.*

### Back to  building a reputation…  

It is still very early days and do not have enough data to post the detail about the trends for my own posts. I can definitely see an upward trend in the number of votes I am getting, and we now have something new to measure.  We can now measure the reputation level of the users that vote for us.  If we work on the assumption that the reputation levels of each of us is correct, we will be able to measure our own reputation building trends!!

### Shout out to @jesta - Thank you for the latest release of the [Steem Stats Application](https://steemstats.com/#/) I'm using Steemstats   just as much as Steemit.  
I love the feature where you can see who is **following you**.  Another example of where the creators of a platform is listening to what users are asking for.

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