Do you still upvote comments under your posts?
Do you still upvote comments under your posts?
It's been almost two months since the arrival of the "catastrophic" HF21/22. Downvotes are flying everywhere, for better or worse. Certain whales stopped jerking themselves in the public. Profitable vote buying is now the prime target for large accounts such as @ocdb. At the same time, the call against "circlejerks" is a thing among the stakeholders. Well, I'm not here to discuss those.
When @vandeberg introduced the the convergent linear rewards curve, many content creators complained. You can read more about it here:
https://steempeak.com/steem/@vandeberg/reward-curve-deep-dive
This was the graph on the linked post
In summary, your rewards are not linear until it passes a certain rshares threshold. What is that number? I have no clue. I have read about people saying 20 STEEM, etc. but that calculation bases itself on current prices. Under the old rules pre-HF21, you could use tools such as Steemd to estimate how much your votes would worth. Now, it's a bit trickier. In fact, you would have to exert as much as twice the mana to place a $0.03 vote on a comment.
Regardless, that does not prevent people from rewarding meaningful interactions through comments. I, for one, still upvote readers who leave meaningful comments on my posts, dPolls included.
Other Steemians have powered up various SCOTs to reward their audience. Sometimes, I make up those rewards with my SCOT accounts. So, the whole reward element has become more complex due to all the features we have. Now, imagine when SMTs arrive. Where will things be when that happens?
Who do these changes affect? The ones seeking "maximum" returns. Some people may seek to vote popular content early in attempt to gain better curation. But, that would be unfruitful as competitors vote earlier and earlier. Voters would have to spread out, but risk getting less curation because the reward curve.
But if you are like others who don't obsess themselves with scrounging for STEEM, who cares? You keep creating those content and do your hobby. If Steem is a career for you, good for you.
Back to the main question:
Do you still upvote comments on your content? Why or why not?
No one will judge you if you answer no. At least, I won't.
- Yes, I do it regardless.
- No, it's not worth it
- There's a curve?
- Who cares?
- Other (please specify)
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Ah well, such is the way with the current prices.
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If the reply is substantive that is.
Everyone’s mileage may vary.
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Depends on my VP, if I have plenty then I do.
That’s definitely a limiting factor.
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Sure, it is the best way to say thanks. Ain't it?
I would think so, but not everyone agrees.
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Curve factor does matter but not everything is about profit, so sometimes I do it because comments are worth it.
And more specifically, short-term profit. We definitely need more people not obsessed with those rewards.
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Sometimes I do
What about other times?
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And yes, I have seen that.
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i do it!
Are you serious about not knowing the curve?
i know its there, but i dont understand it really. but i dont care really 😔
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As dumb as it sounds, I think we would have a lot more genuine interactions if people didn't understand how to "maximize" their votes on the chain.
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What's the point? My votes will turn to dust.
That’s unfortunate.
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Nowadays I rarely get real, human comments under my blog posts, so there is nothing to upvote in most cases, and even if I do receive real, human comments, I rarely upvoted comments even before the HardFork 21/22 (HF21/22), because my 100% upvote value usually worth less than $0.02, which is the payout threshold. Nowadays it is worth the half (or even less than the half) of it. So, upvoting comments under my blog posts is a waste of voting power, because the author of the comment (nor I) would not get nothing, unless other people also upvote the comments well enough to push the pending payout above the payout threshold ($0.02), but that is very rarely happens. If there would not be a payout threshold, then I would upvote comments under my blog posts.
That’s one thing many people complained about, the threshold.
I suppose it encourages more people to hold SP or multiple peeps to upvote good comments, but I don’t think it’s working.
I’m lucky I can still do it without using a full vote.