The main problem is people migrating their current economic value structures into a brand new economic theory, and it’s not going to work.

My biggest issue with Steem, not that it’s going to deter me from continuing to use it until one day I become a responsible whale, is that I pour in hours of work into my posts only to be widely ignored in favor of low quality spam, whale posts, and leeches. Which I think is the biggest issue.

As of now, a user can have many others steal their work and view it without ever having to upvote it.

Is it possible to implement a paywall where someone sees a preview before accessing the full content, which will only be available after casting an upvote?