Removing Dtube Delegation Makes No Sense
One thing is for sure there is never a dull moment on here as there seems to be something going on all the time. I have no idea how this is going to play out in the end and my only wish is that it is all smiles at the end of the day.
Steem is not a quick fix so it needs loads of tender loving care and time to create something special. I have been on here two years now and the place is virtually unrecognizable from those early days. The development that has taken place is way beyond anything I thought was possible on such a limited budget.
If Justin really wants to make a difference and to add value to his investment then he needs to stop fighting with everyone and work together towards an end goal. Bashing heads has never been advisable especially with a community that is going to help you get to your goals.
I noticed a few posts yesterday mentioning that Mr Delegation also known as Justin has pulled delegations from various apps. One of those apps was Dtube which makes very little sense unless he has a soft spot for Dlive and doesn't want them to survive long term. This in my mind is a negative as it is not helping Steem grow by removing this delegation.
Dtube is the one app that offers an alternative from Youtube and offers the Steem Blockchain a chance to grow attracting new users. The more support Dtube has the more support it can offer it' users through voting. Whoever is using Dtube these days is the hardcore users as the Steem price dropped and so did their vote values from where we were last year.The days of the big votes have all but gone and why powering up stake is important to help support everyone else around you.
One thing I have learnt is that users tend to abandon apps once delegation has been removed as they see no return on upvotes. I recall Musing losing it's delegation and the place became a ghost town within a month from having a vote of $50 down to a vote of around $2.
Musing were dumb though as they could have staked whatever they were earning and grown their value to the community instead of being on a continuous power down. I think that is what every one saw and I was happy they lost the delegation as we saw them as no different to Dlike and were abusing their privileges and milking the system.
I think if you use a certain app and now they have lost their delegation then it is only wise to delegate to them. Why wouldn't you as this will make the loss of rewards less painful if you receive their support in a vote on a regular basis.
Dtube definitely adds value to the community and is one app we cannot afford to lose. I have no idea how many users use this particular app, but if you do it would be wise to throw some Sp their way in the form of a delegation no matter how big or small as it all adds up.
I have very mixed feelings about this. There have been many good producers that were making content for DTube, but for the longest time, they played favorites, only upvoting the people they knew and liked. I uploaded regularly, and it was hit or miss for me as to whether I received an upvote. I was off Steemit for about 2 months, and when I returned, DTube had migrated and with little warning, deleted the accounts that did not manually migrate their account. I was one of those, even though I had been a top producer on DTube for a couple of years. I tried to contact the creator for help in the Discord and was more or less told "tough shit". I didn't want to make a separate account just to have a DTube again. Annoying.
That personal story aside, I guess we will really see who is using DTube to "produce" or "get Steem attention" and who was just doing it because they could reliably get regular upvotes from the delegated power. From what I have seen, some of the top producers have created multiple accounts in order to capitalize on more upvotes. There for a while, there was a guy producing videos, which were just absolute garbage, and he had no less than 7 accounts. Heimendanger must have known about it, and yet, whoever did the upvoting, which still remains a mystery, upvoted every single one of his videos. A few of us in the Discord did some quick numbers, and that guy made at least 150k in a matter of months. He took it all and jetted out. That didn't help Steemit.
If this seems bitter, it's probably because it is, haha. I did a lot of quality work on DTube, and it didn't matter how good it was, how much time went into it, or how many people I onboarded into the Steem network, because whether or not you received compensation for your work depended on if the upvoters liked you. Straight up.
I feel bad for some of the legit creators that will feel a personal pang from lack of upvoting power, but I would rather personally give those peeps some SP than ever delegate to that app. I think Steemit can do better if we plan to rival something as powerful as YouTube.
Just my little 2 cents.
And your 2 cents matters as I had noticed certain accounts milking it a while back. They did play favorites back then and seemed to support a certain bunch. I would have thought Dtube would have more of their own stake by now as then they would not of had to rely on delegation.
Looking at their Steemworld stats it doesn't look for great reading as well as thy only have 51 000 SP and are withdrawing 91 000 Steem. The last month they have made nearly 14 000 from curation and yet they have 51 000 Steem only staked. This is not a good look for an app that had delegation in my view anyway. I probably would have taken it away earlier if I was delegating as this looks clearly like a one way street.
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STOPTo support your work, I also upvoted your post!
I don't think there is a ton of critical thinking going on with the world as a whole right now. I feel like every headline I read just makes me dumber and dumber.
Just looking at the figures on Steemworld and I think they are lucky to have had a delegation if I am quite honest. There is a similarity to Musings if you look at what they have staked.
Ah, yeah, that is no good...