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RE: If I Died Today, The Last Thing I Care About Is My Latest Steem Post...
curation posts are sometimes part of the responsibility of tribe curators. personally, if i could cease writing them i would. however drawing attention to and rewarding creators who have done an awesome job is part of why i am on this platform. i see no shame in celebrating good content.
its fine if you choose to not take steem seriously. but if others choose to its their choice, and you should respect that and realize that not everyone has your lifestyle and opinion of whats important. as you said, consensus decides.
I know that curation posts are a responsibility in some of the tribes and I accept that.
What if every single user decided to make a post of what they upvoted today and why? What if they all made a comment... I upvoted you... :)
The only thing that would happen is we would have more traffic and the original posts would be harder to find. :)
I'm not opposed to curation posts, but I draw the line at acting like you are doing something special. We have curation rewards they are now 50%... So, if you business model is you pay yourself for curating by making curation posts and encourage others to not post... I consider that a bit counter productive. It's just an opinion.
I agree consensus decides.
why would anyone encourage people not to post? is that a thing? truth is i just ignore most curation posts unless they are cc. i try to ignore most of the annoying things people do to earn curation, like talk about over-talked steem topics and run clickbait opinion polls for attention. i will never agree that low effort shitposting is ok, and i really dont care who gets pissed about that.
Encouraging people not to post is .... telling them their every post should be like their last.
I think some low effort posts are fine, but I didn't say it was fine if they are over rewarded.
I also don't mind that people disagree. It doesn't make me "pissed". :)
ok let me make a delineation here between someone who perpetually shitposts and an occasional shitpost.
i dont mind if a good writer shitposts every once in a while. I do mind when they pretend that its not a shitpost, but some incredibly beneficial post that they engineered with an inane question, and I mind when they do it in a way that puts a bad example out that others will follow as acceptable. community leaders who pretend that their shitposts are "quality" posts will bring down the standard.
anything goes, reward the shitposter as much as the guy who writes a magazine worthy photo essay. should a post like that be rewarded? should it tout itself as a reference for others when its incomplete and confusing?
some people try their best to put out quality educational material for newbs, yet a "personality" comes along and considers their shitpost as equal and might potentially get paid more for 5 minutes of work compared to their 5 hours? i'm sorry thats wrong. it smacks of disrespect for what others are trying to do for the platform..
ffs if people shitpost they should at least own it, and not pretend its something other than it is.
Okay all your points are valid. Now, let me ask you this...
How many people do you think want to sign up to compete in basically an Author Competition?
How many people might want to join a global site where they consider themselves partial owners and the more they own and contribute the more they get back out?
Which model encourages people to sign up and power up?
I hear you point, making a shit post and botting it up or having your whale friends upvote can be discouraging. It is also discouraging and limiting to pretend that many people have hours of free time to make posts and hope they get judged as one of the best.
If the platform were to grow... what would be the motive for those Non-Authors to stay or buy?
Again your points are valid, but also consider the value of the platform and not just Author's feelings.
truthfully i dont know. ive got bigger problems to worry about right now and i am so tired i cant think anymore.