Steemit needs a tipping system..

in #steemit-ideas9 years ago

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I'm not a whale. When I like a post, my Steem Power gives it a few cents - which is great, sure.

But sometimes I see a post that I feel deserves both more attention and more rewards.

In fact I would PAY to give that post more.

I know I can go into my wallet, and transfer some SD directly into the Steemer's wallet and technically that would be suffice to call a tip. There would be no fees, it's fast and relatively easy...

But that leaves their post looking under appreciated...

And since curation is part of the point I feel like this behind the scenes transaction isn't enough somehow...

What I would love to see is a "power upvote" of sorts, or a tipping button.

That way I can upvote a post and it gets the regularly designated rewards according to my SP , but then I can also choose to give it additional rewards directly from my wallet to their post.

I know the biggest buzz around here has been "how do I make money and make money quick"... And this is a request for a way to give money and not even earn anything in the process...

Is there enough altruism around for this to be worth incorporating into the system?

I think so.

I searched a bit to see if anyone else has recommended this - and please if someone else has direct me to it! I'm on my phone and I may very well have missed it. In fact it's probable!

I came across @lehard 's Pay It forward experiment, which came out of the same essential frustration.

Unless your post bumps into a whale or two along its way, and they smile upon it - you need a massive number of "plankton votes" to get any significant reward.

And plenty of really great posts are getting lost at the bottom of the pile.

Now I'm not a tech expert, and I barely comprehend what a blockchain is and so on. I do suspect this sort of function might run into some security issues and some abuse issues I'm not able to understand. On the other hand, if we have bots running ranking up SP I can't think why a donation system would be any worse...

But as a lowly fish of some sort, I'd like to be able to share the love from time to time and have it help both the post, and the Steemer.

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This would just encourage users to transfer SP between accounts via "tipping" in order to get their posts trending. The current system in place is perfect already IMO for rewarding users for their content. I feel awesome giving somebody a few pennies with my upvote.

Really good point @drinkzya !

I know - I was thinking about this as an abuse issue. But is it hugely different to having powerful bots upvoting content to make it trending?

Fair point though.. I still wish there was something else other than just direct, behind the scenes wallet to wallet transfer that doesn't tie it to the post.

You can already send steem dollars to friends... and foes :D

I think you nailed one of the only downsides of this system. Also, many engaging posts get neglected from their author just because they are not raising money or users with low steem power are expressing their curiosity.

I could see something like this as a whole separate value that could be implemented the same way as steem power. You should be able to earn steem tips that have value only to the person you are giving them away to. So it would operate outside the curation rewards and be a bonus to the creator for making good content. Maybe this would be difficult to implement, but I think most of the minnows would not contribute to actually tipping other users. I do feel that the dollar value on posts should be carried out to farther decimal points so you can see what the weight of your vote does if you don't have the power to vote up a cent. I like the system, but tweaks could make it even better. Thanks for sharing your idea though. It's great to have people thinking about making this platform even better.

Power up tip botton would be really nice option and it would not boost inflation because the power simply would change of user, great idea

Tipping button is good idea!

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