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RE: Rate Limited Voting - Explained
I like the voting system, but feel that comments are not given the proper rewards that they once were. If quality comments are not rewarded well, less people will take the time to make meaningful comments. I think this would cripple a major part of steemit that I love.
Maybe giving different weight or separate voting percentages to comments would be something that could be looked into.
I second this idea! It's important not to overlook commenting, as without proper incentives I feel the current high standards of discussions on Steemit would devolve back toward trashy Facebook / Reddit standards. Partly that's kept in check by reputation, but partly by the expectation of being rewarded for well written comments as well. My personal philosophy is to spread my votes as wide as I can, on both comments and posts. I don't really give that much thought to curation rewards. As a small fish I won't ever make much from curating anyway. But for those who are hesitant to vote on a comment because they don't want to see their voting power lowered too much, it would be helpful indeed for commenting to draw on a separate voting percentage.
Yes I have to strongly agree with you on that. Comments are one of the most valuable things I have found here. I almost never write something like "great job" and click post. That doesn't help anyone. I'd rather someone be highly critical than to make the same response a bot could make without having to read anything in my article.
I try to make each comment count. Even though I'm in the top 25 people for commenting (including bots) I try my best to make comments that will either engage the original poster or let them know why I liked or disagreed with their stance. Also I find it a great way to share ideas that person could implement and also converse with those who have strong opinions.
Sometimes comments are longer than posts and can be just as valuable to me. Creativity is often found in comments. Maybe there should be a feed for the best comments whether that be most voted on or highest dollar etc, but rewards for comments should be greater than some curation I think. I may be biased because my curation is low, but comments are the best way for new users to engage with successful posters and I know I'd be discouraged if 50 comments made $0.00.
I'm not sure the best way to fix this, but I'd love some other creative ideas to be explored in the comment section.
I like this idea!
Thanks for the support @tinyhomeliving I feel that there are those that do not like or feel comfortable making blog posts, but have creative ideas when inspired by reading others work.
With the curation the way it is right now it is not really lucrative to upvote comments. I do it not for the curation, but for the principal of rewarding something that helps me and engages with my post or another users post.
Comments may not deserve quite as much money as people who are generating blog posts, but you should be able to upvote more comments that are well thought out and not be limited in voting power quite as much as you are now.
Multiple times I have seen long well thought out responses that the author has appreciated and commented on, but not upvoted. I think this is a big flaw and would be interested in coming up with a solution to this with some of the creative minds and commentors here.