Interaction Limitations on Steemit................
Let 'em interact freely!!
Hello Friends
Today I just wanted to share my opinion on the recent "interaction limitation" on Steemit.
First of all, I want to clear that this is not any critic of Steemit in any way, it's just my discussion-question kind of thing.
That being said, now let's move ahead!!
HF- 19
HF-19: More lifting power but more energy is also required.
After the recent HF-19, things have gone pretty downhill for the minnows and maybe everyone else also. HF-19 limited our daily votes and that too without providing sliders to members below 500 SP. This has led to everyone voting less and less of other's post and comments and rather upvoting their own comments. When you have just 10 votes per day (recharge rate), what else can be expected!
I am one of those steemians who likes to vote on posts I like, almost 100% voting for commenters on my post, even if they just say, "Good post", or "nice post" etc. But now I am finding it almost impossible to keep up with this trend of mine. I want to upvote my favorite authors, good new authors, good posts in my feed, posts in promoted/trending/hot tabs and my commenters, but I just don't have enough votes. And this is the case with everyone on Steemit. Even dolphins and whales are finding it difficult to upvote their commenters and then other posts also. This is clearly visible. This has led to people like me who comment more and post less, to interact even lesser now.
Even though there are sites like "Chainbb" and @alexpmorris recent "vote slider script", which allow >500 SP members to adjust the vote weight, but still many users prefer to use just 1 platform for all needs, rather than multiple sites, scripts, addons for different needs. It should all be available on Steemit to make it a complete package. Secondly, yes we can always buy steem and go beyond the 500 SP mark, but then not everyone is an investor here. After all this is a social media platform first and then an investment platform, right?
Bandwidth Limit Exceeded Issue
Bandwidth limit issue in one pic!!
This is actually a feature built in Steemit from the very early, which limits members posting/commenting or micro voting too much. Most members never faced this issue, until a few days ago, as it is said that Steemit is getting high traffics and more comments, posts, upvotes etc are made. In fact, the solution suggested by most old members on steemit is that just don't upvote or post till your bandwidth bar fills at www.steemd.com/@username
Although I can understand that this issue is directly based on the amount of transactions steemit can handle or maybe the server capacity issues (can't confirm, not the tech guy here) or maybe just spamming, but at the end of the day, all it does is limit the member interactions on Steemit. I have heard that in the next Steemit update, this issue will be optimized but still it will remain there, to keep telling you, "Don't interact, don't interact more on steemit"!!
And you know what is the even worse? This message, " Bandwidth limit exceeded. Please wait to transact or power up". It says either wait or power up!! Seriously, how would new members feel seeing it? Won't Steemit look like a freemium (or maybe a ponzi to some) platform, where you have to pay to use it more! Of course, old members know that Steemit is no ponzi, no HYIP, but the message is surely not right for those who have heard only a little about the steemit platform.
Just a random pic of social media!
So all I want to say is that many of us like to compare Steemit to Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Youtube and what not. But how good is this comparison if Steemit isn't able to follow the most basic yet most important feature of social media sites and that is interations with others on that platform!! Does Facebook says us not to post these many posts per day, or these many likes; or does youtube says that we can only like 100 videos per day or does twitter say that we must upgrade our account in order to make more tweets!!! No, none of these sites say this. And they actually want and do the quite opposite. They particularly want you to stay hooked on their sites for 24 hours a day (if that was possible). And too a large extent they are successful in increasing the interactions, time spend on their sites etc. Yes, I am missing out a very important thing here, that is these sites don't pay us to interact, but for that we already have the limited voting power feature. Now how members use that should be upon them. Be it voting 1% of their vote or 1000% of their vote, it should all be there for all members, no matter what their SP is.
What are your opinions about "interaction limitation" on Steemit? Do you agree with my points, or do you think, it's all for the good of Steemit? Please post your valueable comments below! 😊
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Thanks!
Many valid points here !
I am glad you agreed. :-)
@siddartha thanks for giving voice to the feelings that many of us probably have:
The big payout euphoria from HF19 quickly faded and I was left agonizing over who's post or comment to upvote. For the first time since the HF, my vote power is finally back above 80% and the only way I've been able to achieve this is simply by not voting.
Buying SP is simply not an option for everyone, and I have to point out that anyone who puts in the time and effort to post, comment, upvote and resteem IS an investor here.
Their investment just isn't cash.
I think that's something easily overshadowed by a bunch of SP in someone else's wallet.
Bingo. On point. This is what I wanted to convey through this post and you have accurately worded them, especially that voting power is above 80%, simply because we aren't able to vote!!
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