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RE: Is SteemIt.com Turning Into Federated Media?
Some people may have a great story or some clever ideas but may not be web savvy. Perhaps their English is broken. I think there's a number of ways people can help each other on this site making it a win win and showcasing a guest writer is imo one of those ways.
Thanks and good points. What do you think about the "whale" posting an introduction of the author and the first few lines of the article, and then linking to the author's post? The whale will still get upvotes, they can still coordinate with the author and be ready to upvote at the best time so as to get the best curation awards, etc. They might even do better but the big difference is that now the small author's own post gets upvoted, which means they get to keep more SP and that their reputation goes up. Plus, they can feel like they "own" their content, because they do.
I think whales carry a lot of responsibility to the health and growth of steemit. While some are here to speculate on and trade steem, a whale intent on the exponential growth of steemit needs to empower others. Many are through app. development, security, guides etc. Those that can't help in those ways can help in ways like you mention.