RE: Got a Problem with Steem's Reward System? Read This!
The hypothesis is that those with the most to lose will vote in such a way as to promote content that leads to the success of the platform. However, it is but a hypothesis. Steemit is, after all, an experiment. We have witnessed both confirmation and refutation of that hypothesis.
I would consider @guerrint's contributions' success a confirmation, because she has proven to have a very smart approach to marketing herself along with the site. She leveraged YouTube and expertly promoted Steemit in a way that wouldn't be too overbearing for her target audience... As good as it gets.
However, we also have to acknowledge the posts that have snuck onto the front page with little merit. One might consider it identity theft to pose as a heroin addict by plagiarizing a professional photo set. And plenty of quality posts have languished with less than a dollar payout despite a couple dozen upvotes... Content with potentially wide appeal goes unnoticed. And of course there's the "circle jerk" side of things... Once a user reported counting 16 posts from the top before reaching one that wasn't about Steemit.
So yeah, there's an idea behind how things are set up. And some reasons to be happy with how things have gone. But there is cause for concern. It's a debate we have to continue having. Fortunately we will, because that's the nature of our experiment.
Well the purpose behind the idea of whales is good but I feel it needs to be refined with time as the system evolves. As of now I feel some things similar to the follow might be essential
I find it hard to do #3, because it's based on SP. And I think that it was clever to design the system in a way that voting power is based on investment in the platform. I just think it should be flattened. But I don't see how we can keep the system in place if we could override particular people's votes. And I don't think we should do it even if we could.
yes #3 is certainly a controversial one. #3 is related to #2. we are not going to allow just everyone to demote anyone. But only someone with equal or more or close to say 10% SP should be allow to do it. And it can after outcome of #2 ... weekly/monthly open talks with the leader of platform.
you can override votes with downvoting. enough minnows can downvote a whale, thats a fact actually.
man dude nice to see u around again :)
no need to remove whales. Flagging / downvoting done by enough minnows can negte a whales upvote. in my opinion, if the entire steem community were trained properly, if people truly saw the makup tutorial as a waste of steemers time, then 10,000 minnows could have downvoted the ned and ted whales upvotes and it would not have trended so long. Right now, minnows simply vote on whatever is trending, because at the moment people are in the bandwagon mindset and not privy to the true blog to educational power of this system
And here we have a voice of reason and objectivity. Something the original post lacks completely.
The original post is somewhat cliche, but it still has a valid message. Format matters when trying to convey a message. Steemit is an evolving format and it is helpful to understand what works. With that being said, there are obvious deficiencies that hopefully will be worked out with time. Personally, I am glad a platform like this is available, and I hope to be able to impact it in a positive way going forward.
I am sick of this platform, everybody ignores good content, I am not the one who sees this. I sell my account by the way. [email protected]
cryptogirly 92 if I devise a strategy to game the system, will you work with me?
it will of course be 100% fair and legal - steemit users are gonna love this
tell me more, are you on slack?
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