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RE: My Thoughts About Curie and Its Criticisms

in #curie • 8 years ago

Very well put Kevin. I think Curie, as well as other curation guilds, is/are essential to distribute rewards to different authors. Steemit already has a major steem distribution problem as well as user retention problem (though they are probably the same problem)... can you imagine what it would look like if no curation guilds existed?

I can't say for sure, but I am positive we would have a lot less users today than we currently do.

In my opinion these guilds are not meant to last forever. They are a stopgap that helps distribute steem until either the site is large enough (meaning it has enough whales to do the curating) or there is some form of centralized curation done by the site itself... until one of those happens we need curation guilds or we lose a lot more of our current user base.

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    I'm pretty sure I said something to the effect "Curie will be done when there's no need for Curie anymore". I was wrong. I have discovered something - Steemit's true innovation is rewarding curation. Other social networks do reward authors - if not in cash, they do so in engagement and exposure. In working with Curie, I have seen a vibrant community form. I'm pretty sure #curie is the most engaged project on Steemit - over a hundred curators participate every week, and over 500 long term. There are people who love finding posts more than writing them, and these people had no voice before Steemit.

    Curation guilds are what will make Steemit special. It'll make Steemit a better network than Reddit (or whatever else) - which have a major problem with great content being ignored due to the sheer volume. Curation guilds are Steemit's one true innovation, and it would be a shame to lose them.

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    Interesting thoughts and good points! I hadn't looked at it like that and I think that would be another check mark for the why we need Curie and curation guilds side...

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    Other social networks do reward authors - if not in cash, they do so in engagement and exposure. In working with Curie, I have seen a vibrant community form. I'm pretty sure #curie is the most engaged project on Steemit - over a hundred curators participate every week, and over 500 long term. There are people who love finding posts more than writing them, and these people had no voice before Steemit.

    Curation guilds are what will make Steemit special. It'll make Steemit a better network than Reddit (or whatever else) - which have a major problem with great content being ignored due to the sheer volume. Curation guilds are Steemit's one true innovation, and it would be a shame to lose them.

    I never thought about it that way, although I might have expressed it differently here as its ultimate conclusion:-

    The best organization is to have each person on Steemit empowered with the tools to be effective curators, especially for those with high stakes looking out for the network's best interests. In a way of speaking, the most efficient unit of Curie is simply one person without all the fat of an organization. I believe the abundance of data and community participation that comes along with the Curie initiative will benefit the system over the long-run. That's certainly needed to come up with solutions to remove the vetting organization. It is something that we're learning over time.

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