RE: Steem - Problems Seed Solutions
Would communities solve the problem? For the impression still gotten from new users is that steemit as well as other dapps on the steem blockchain are a place to earn crypto. I think there lies the issue.
If the focus can be moved from earning to interacting, creating and connecting, then we could have less attention on rewards and more attention on quality and curation.
The automation of votes is also something of an issue, if we have to look at the whole aspect of rewards coming in regularly to an account whether the post is worth it or not. There are accounts that are still voting but stopped posting since before the hardfork. The owners have either turned away from steemit to other projects or they have lost complete interest in the blockchain revolution.
At the end of the day, if those who write literary pieces that is meant to entertain and educate, can get a form of reward for the quality of their content, then those who know quite well that they are not proficient in that area will move to maybe gaming or vlogging, podcasts, amsound recording to make their bones. This is if we truly want to reward for quality.
You @raj808 will not reward a poorly written poem because you write poetry, no matter how well you know the author or how good the author is but you rewarding a post by a witness discussing codes and technical stuff would be a hard sell as you do not really know what he is talking about but you think he is a good guy. So therein lies the problem that maybe communities can solve but then again like you I don't know much about these things. I am just here to write stuff.
I don't know about solving the problem, but as I understand them they would alleviate a huge amount of confusion and the steep learning curve for new users. Just to clarify, I don't mean communities as we have them now on discord.
I mean whole dedicated sites, similar to busy or steemit. Appics is a good example for what I'm trying to say as currently they're basically like instagram on steem. Communities that literally cater for one content type would mean that the likes of Instagram users would have their own platform that rewards in steem (or possibly an SMT) but that runs on the steem blockchain. Hopefully this would mean rewards become proportional to effort as things become more refined, but I have no real basis for that thought, it is just a hunch. There might be a similar site for creative writing, in fact I think someone might already be working on one. My point is that it separates different content and could allow for a more qualitative reward as people posting tweets or status updates wouldn't even be on the same platform as those sharing vlogs. It might be better for everyone who is coming in to have a much more focused experience.
Absolutely agree m8. The monetary aspect of steem is a dichotomy in that it is the thing that draws most people, but it is also the thing that people take advantage of and those self-serving behaviors are what makes people leave who aren't stubborn, or who just don't care about the rewards that much. I completely agree that community is awesome here. Feedback and comments on posts are what keep me here, even though they have fallen off in the last year. Which leads into another point that you make which is absolutely spot on
Autovoting completely works against interaction and commenting and that is a big issue that I failed to mention in this episode of my steem musings. Maybe next time ;-)
Thanks for your comment warpedpoetic. Lots to think about in what you'e said. I've been so wrapped up in various things outside of steem that I've forgot to visit some of the people who's content I love on here and you're one of those people. I'm gonna stop by to check out some of your poetry soon.
It is fine. I too have been absorbed with off chain matters to the point that I can't curate posts much.