RE: UPDATED - Qurator Tiers and Upvote Weights Update - 10/04/2018 | BIG UPDATE, If you are a member please read!
I feel bad for you all... You have attempted to do a great service and are now having to take some heat for adjusting to market conditions. While I understand what you are doing and think you need to always do the best you can, it is things such as this that make me scratch my head regarding the lack of whale support of great communities like this.
You will take a hit to your credibility right now, but hopefully you remember this as you become a bigger witness in the future. It is communities like yours (and many more) that should be supported if the whales/witness want people to stay around.
I hope @abh12345 and @danielsaori see this message so they can use it as yet another example in their witness pursuit too. We need to work together to get community focused witnesses, so that they people running the platform focus on finding solutions for the everyday person.
This is a shame that it is happening... I wish you the best and will help you to get votes as a witness.
Well said @davemccoy! I'm with you 100%. I was thinking the same thing...where are the 'big guns' who should be supporting an awesome community like @qurator. Instead, the little peeps, who have scraped together their steem to join, now feel things are unfair. It's a shame, but I totally understand why they're doing what they are.
I knew you would agree @lynncoyle1... We both think alike in so many ways... And in a way this is all good, because if the current situation can bring a quality organization like @qurator to have to take these measures, then maybe someone somewhere will pay attention!
@davemccoy and @lynncoyle1, I'm glad you guys are on the same page. That's a very mature way and understanding way of looking at @qurator's decision. I'm proud of you both for being able to have such a perspective and be positive about it.
I didn't have quite as charitable take on the matter. I started writing a response here, but it got too lengthy, so I ended up writing the second installment in my "Rant" series. You can find my thoughts here. https://steemit.com/steemit/@themanwithnoname/monday-rant-2-qurator
I'm sure @qurator will find it. Their name came up a few times... ;)
I will read it right now before I go to bed... I always value your opinion and respect your thoughts... I know even before I read it that you might be upset, and honestly I can see both sides of the issue. Going there now!
I'm heading out, but I'll read your response and get back to you in the morning. You're so balanced! You're a good moderator. :)
No problem.. You make some very valid points and I think you have the right to be upset. I also think that you are right about the newer people that paid in at 4 steem that got really hurt. I hope the main backer can find a way to work through and help those people. I would gladly forgo any of my votes until they are made whole for instance.
Take it easy and I'm sorry about the whole situation. I'll talk to you later after you read my reply!
I'll check it out right now! I was going to respond lengthy here, but I'll save that for your post!
We can only hope for that outcome Dave; it seems like a reasonable one though for sure!
Thanks so much for understanding and shedding some positivity in this thread. Yes, the world of crypto is never easy or predictable. We are indeed trying our best. Shocks us too that we do not see any whale support. It is not like we pocket all the profits, in fact even though we earn curation the still keep feeding the project with our own steem to help out. Qurator will be powering down to help with the costs. We want to remain strong, since the community needs it.
It is sad though that we are getting a few unhappy members here. We understand their concern though, but then again it's also those who would rather use the 2 steem one pay4vote bots and the few that also choose to give only the bare minimum upvote. To each their own though, we will keep trying our best to make the project better. The hear we get is part of the growth we need to go through. Growing pains.
Thanks for all your support and we really appreciate the extra mile to help out with the witness a bit. =)
I completely understand the dynamics of what is happening with qurator. I have no issues at all with the reasons presented for the change in the system. My concern isn't that people will choose between using a bot or paying for tiers 1 and 2, instead it is my concern that they don't have the steem to pay for either. I'm fortunate enough to have more resources at my disposal, but many of the people I follow were barely able to afford joining to begin with and were counting on the upvotes to get a return. Is there some way to grandfather some of these people in? My account isn't huge, but I would be willing to sponsor/support some project that kept tier 1 and 2 people from leaving in May. Maybe a group of us can increase our daily upvote percentages a bit or something. I'm open to suggestions, but let's try to throw some sort of line to the lowest tiers. Just let me know how I can help.
That's a generous and thoughtful suggestion @energyaddict22. I remember when I first came here that I was unable to join because I didn't have one Steem let alone four.
The whole thing just says to me that the platform is broken. The fact that this is such a huge issue for newbies says that something is not right. Well we all know that I suppose.
This seems to be a big transition point in Steemit's history (or maybe it's just the first one I've been around for) and, in a way, I think the low price of Steem is helping to highlight the major flaws with the platform which is, hopefully, a good thing.
Maybe it will turn into being the time when those with the power are forced to make some changes. There does seem to be a bit of an escalation of posts about the inequality of it all and people speaking out.
Glad you managed to get to the post, @gillianpearce :)
Maybe this is one of those times when a negative might just as well be the turning point for some positives to happen... We hope...
I was actually talking about a different post @ackhoo, the one from this morning, so I was in the wrong place anyway! 😂
That's exactly what I saying:
And . . . as you say . . . we hope! 😊
@gillianpearce
Members like you are why we love to keep this project going! Thanks for the support!
You are welcome @qurator. I am just glad that you are a team so you can support each other through all the criticism you have received recently. This has been a step learning curve for you and I totally understand that you are all doing your best. 😍
I agree @energyaddict22 just went across to move the vote percentage up, if this only works to the end of the month, every little extra it helps, it will be worth it.
Will read this again tomorrow and see if moving delegation up is possible to help from that angle as well.
@qurator is a great place for assisting people to grow, no matter how slowly, it has always been a positive team effort with wonderful attitude.
Agree with @gillianpearce in being helped in the early days when floundering around, times are hard, standing together is stronger than going it alone.
Another fine Qurite here!
Seems like the members who have been around a bit longer know we have and always will have the community in mind! Thanks for all the support!
That's a thoughtful idea @energyaddict22! Truthfully, I just joined last month at the 4 steem rate, so the thought of paying monthly now does seem a little unfair, BUT I totally understand why they are taking this approach as well!
I totally agree @davemccoy. I can understand the whales and orcas not supporting new initiatives but @qurator as proven itself and put it's money where it's mouth is, so to speak.
I think this shows that the big fish simply do not care about the platform. They have made their money and that's it. It doesn't make sense though, because if these types of projects aren't support then the platform will collapse won't it?
Have you thought about yourself and the likes of @abh12345 working on a new platform with a new token that we can all migrate to? I imagine it must cross your mind from time to time. I also imagine it would be a huge amount of work but maybe a big enough team with complimentary skills could do it?
I live in hope! 😂