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RE: Whoever is front-running my comment section is a genius 😉
It's interesting that at your scale of operation, you can write something like this and incentivize more of us to do that, which (I think) is a win for everyone involved. Lower-value people can't, but then they (we) don't have so many people following them and posting garbage comments -- it's easy to weed through the two or five that I might get.
I'm curious, how often do you flag/downvote something? (How much upside does that practice have?)
No one is "lower-value people".
It really sets me off to see that mindset and see the word garbage in the same sentence.
Lower value content is the humane way to consider this and what will make the community more collaborative in the long run. We are all valuable people. Some just don't have the means, tools, know-how or experience to provide better value right now.
I suppose, to be more precise, I could have said "lower-power accounts" but I guess I assumed wrongly that it would be obvious what I meant. And it is simply reality, that in the context of Steem's currencies, cryptoctopus is about 1000 times more valuable than I am. That is some sort of indication our comparative histories here, but isn't a reasonable measure of average current post value. So in the sense that you want to abstract "value" away from these constructs, I don't think "lower value content" is really that great, and certainly not what I was talking about.
Also, "Brilliant insight, you should upvote and follow me" seems to be widely regarded as a garbage comment. Is that not your impression?
Thanks for the reply and healthy debate. I know what you mean by the word choice, but it didn't sound right before your clarification.
What I respectfully disagree with is that Steem currency/Power holdings makes one appear more valuable over another. Perhaps it's more wealth and influence in my book, but I prefer to define value by how people treat and respect each other at all levels. If price goes to $0, what's left for ranking in this community other than our talents, reputation and follower base?
I've seen absurdly invaluable/spam content and actions by many with immense Steem power, so I try to ignore account balances except for following the money for getting some visibility. I'm generally forced to see whales' posts more because they're always fixed up on the top of my feeds, so sometimes it just appears like they're more valuable in our ecosystem.
Yes, "Brilliant insight, you should upvote and follow me" is lousy content, but I try to keep in mind that some of these people are novices and need to learn what works/doesn't. After a few weeks of getting their content slapped down, I'd imagine that through a process of elimination they'd either quit if that's the best they can do, or start to learn to improve.
With that in mind, I know it's hard to appreciate low value content at face value, but I try to understand that not everyone might be deliberately spamming. A short comment or request for a follow can be sincere, and someone may think what they're doing is the best way to grow here, until they learn. If my country's mean salary was $20 a month, and people made that from one self-upvote on their own posts, I'd sure as hell be overly excited to get my name in front of as many eyes as possible... because any attempt to blog as a minnow is a sinkhole most of the time.
I'm impressed with your genuine desire to give others the benefit of the doubt. I had thought that idea was growing outdated in a world rife with taking advantage of others. At first I thought you might just be looking for a fight by taking clweeks' comment the wrong way since I see a lot of that on other platforms. But, you genuinely wanted to point out the inherent good in everyone, that perhaps all of us should be a little more kind, a little more understanding, give a little more benefit of the doubt. It's refreshing to see that kind of faith in humanity. If I don't find sources like this to build it up, my faith in humanity tends to get slowly beaten down. Keep spreading it. :)
Thanks for reading through our discussion with an open mind, and nice job seeing the bigger picture in the string. Keep this positive approach and you'll do well on this platform. Welcome to Steemit.
It's a way to raise people with me. As they gain more SP, their vote are worth more for me...up and up we go together.