RE: Remember back to 2015-2016 when it was cool to announce announcements hoping for a pump?
Dear @ned,
I missed your previous post as I don’t follow these things. But whatever you do, can you please make sure that you bring back the view count?
We all know that people aren’t reading or watching, there’s no point hiding it. You only need to see a curie upvote of x-hundred votes and see the YouTube vid barely got 10 views, and we know dtube rarely loads. I’ve always found this depressing when I make a point to check.
To add, I’ve checked to see that Steemit.com is heavily down on the Alexa ranking and I start to wonder if we’re just investing our time and energy in a facade. It would be helpful for those of us who really want to track real engagement. I used to use a publishing site that gave us these stats, and I was frustrated to discover that people read but many were just too lazy or did not want to comment. I realise now after my Steemit experience, how much I took this for granted.
I know it may not be good business sense, that hiding views to hide the fact we have bad upvoting practices would be preferred. But for some of us, it’s not just about the money, and more about the overall reach beyond the Steemit audience. I’d like to identify who is really being read on the blockchain, and not just all the window shopping. I think we need to be honest and transparent in order to generate more confidence in this blockchain.
I apologise that I’m terribly negative and this might seem irrelevant to you with respect to the current discussion, but the removal of this feature continues to bother me.
Finally, with the focus on dapps, I hope you’ve noticed @actifit and that @mcfarhat’s good work is on your radar. Unlike playing cards and RPGs, exercise is universal, all of us need to move. I think you should download it and start tracking your steps! You might even consider delegating some SP so you can get your AFIT tokens as well! We need to know you are working on your health as well too. Wouldn’t want you to get bloated from sitting behind the computer, trying to meet our demands....
Best regards
Linny
P.S. I’m sorry as I’m as long-winded as the other dude...
If you talk about the views they have taken away from us, the big guys suddenly keep their mouth shut or find some silly excuses.
GIVE US BACK OUR VIEWS DAMMIT
comment downvoted by the so-called witness themarkymark LOL.
And then people are surprised that Steemit loses authors and curators.
Oh, @themarkymark downvoted you?! That’s odd and unexpected, he seems like a reasonable fellow. I didn’t see any issue with your comment. He probably ate a bad popcorn or pancake or whatever craving he has at the moment. He should also consider downloading @actifit to work off the calories, endorphins make people happier and more chilled. I hope I don’t get downvoted, but oh well, we’re just offering an honest opinion that can and shall be ignored. I wouldn’t fuss @pagandance, I get your frustration.
I have wondered about how many people don’t speak up and just leave, or just don’t care anymore. The view count is at least another device we can use to ignore the BS and try to make some sense of this platform.
He got downvoted because he made a dickish comment in @themarkymarks post about Stan Lee dying. And it was only a 1% downvote. I make a lot of shitty comments and get downvoted. I don't cry about it, It is part of the game. Don't play if you don't want to pay. Mark could have easily hit him with a 100% downvote and sent his account back to the stone ages.
While I appreciate you trying to be informative, doomy, I think I would have preferred to be kept wondering and imagine markymark had a moment of unreasonable rage, choked on a popcorn, and hit the downvote on reflex. At least I can laugh at the idea of it.
All you’ve exposed is the level of pettiness on this platform, which adds to bad perceptions. I’d like to think the witnesses we vote for would judge each comment on its own merit. We’ve all had moments of dickery due to frustrations.
This is not something to be boastful about, this is the kind of shit that brings the perception of the whole platform down. I don’t mean to be an ass, and thanks for taking the time to comment.
That is all good. I was just saying if someone came into my heart felt post like that they would have gotten a 100% down vote. I have been on the receiving end of it. You have to take responsibility for your actions. It is not always pleasant but it is the block chain.
🤔
I did to themarkymark just what he has been doing to my posts for many many weeks, ever since I criticed his stupid badcontent bot for spamming the blog of Almasdar News, amnlive.
Before commenting, make sure you know the whole story.
He has been labelling almost all of my posts as "badcontent", although there was no reason for it.
Just because he can because of his voting power.
He is not worthy to be a witness, as he poisons this platform, together with the likes as anyx, patrice etc.
This was my moment to piss on one of his posts, just as he has been doing to many of mine systematically.
thanx for your nice words! I see the sun is shining so it is time for a nice walk outside!
Actifit has recently received a very generous delegation from @freedom which may or may not be ned.............. I can't say any more, Ned is watching me. I will try to get back on and explain more when he is sleeping.
Oh, forget @ned! I’ve heard through the very dodgey grape vine that you are the real celebrity! Might it be you that is steering the ship? If so, please bring back the view count.
Since you’re hair, you might understand that every strand counts. Get it count, as in view count.
OK, that is lame...but I had to try.
Ned can see you while he is sleeping? He has eyes on the top of his head too? Or are you under surveillance? I suppose, nobody wants to wake up and discover their toupee has gone AWOL.(Misread comment, sorry. I was in a skype session about middleware and integration, so I blame that. But maybe I should have been paying attention to work rather than sneaking in a comment to hair. omg...I need a break from all this.)Btw, you too should download @actifit and start collecting these AFIT tokens. I understand counting calories isn’t a hair thing...But if even his hair is using the app, it might inspire him.
Thanks for the heads up on the delegation too. :)
bring back the view count! period!
if this is not only about the money it is about the views, too!
So atm I do not know if I write for the waste bin or actually some steemians..
No feedback at all is worse than bad feedback (little views)
I didn't even notice that. I never actually paid attention but why in the world would they take something like that out of the platform. It's a good feature! They physically, I mean had to work, to blatantly take it out. Why? You just don't go back to your code to take something like that out without a reason...Afraid, of the low engagement count? Nobody is actually consuming content? Tell me something I don't know.
the only reason I can imagine is that the discrepancy between voting bot votes and the views counter is too obvious by showing the views...