RE: Throw me a whale bone - cherry picking quality content
While it is a nice idea, it is a long swim from minnow hood to whale, I think time is the best thing to ensure quality artists stay. If the money is cheap or easy, then it isn't earned the hard way. A lot of the whales stuck around when Steem was worth 7¢, looking at steemit as a long term investment rather then a new job. Well it would be nice to have a place to set quality content in front of whales, your best bet at the current time is to herd Dolphins. If enough dolphins are up voting your material it is bound to catch a whales eye, but after HF19 I've noticed even the most beloved posters are not topping a grand per post as they were pre fork. Perhaps when communities is fully developed we will see more whales make their affiliations to differing topics rather then focusing only on tech and crypto posts.
Also, it looks like your whales are shooting Steem from their bones
Surprisingly, you are the only one to comment on the steem loads :D
Yes, I understand your point, the pool of course would not just be for whales, it would be for big fish. But I think it would be the bigger fish that throw the content to the whales s they themselves are often supported and trusted by them.
I have no issue with how the whales vote now but I wonder if their early investment would be boosted further by playing an consistent and active role in supporting a range of content. The competition has grown as has the spam and sweat equity may not be enough. This is part of the reason so many people are buying votes and if buying votes is more profitable than doing the content work, what happens?
I think the spam comes in waves, in June we had a huge influx of new steemians, I was a part of this influx. Most of the people who came to spam or for instafame wash out early. It's not lucrative enough to hang on if you don't believe you can make a valuable contribution. A lot of people buy their own randowhale or booster votes because they don't believe that giving them away to others is the better way. But even then, at a dollar for the dollar generally, it isn't a great way to turn profits. I agree the whales should be more proactive in fostering new talent, people like @madgoat who consistently provide humorous, well made social commentary posts are the future backbone of this medium, as long as they don't become disheartened by sometimes making less than a Steem per post.
Fortitude is always important and in some ways, I am glad that there is a high bar to get significant reward as it will separate the wheat from the chaff perhaps. My worry is that before those that can, shine, those that can't, flood. For the spammers/crap posters, the low input cost in time and energy means it becomes a numbers game as they will get some return.
There is so much potential here in my limited view that it would be crazy to take the short gain and kill the long.
The @madgoat doesn't go anywhere thank you very much for the upvote call. I think that is the first I have received and the thought is appreciated.
@themadgoat ... Perhaps it's the 'the holding him back 🤔
There's still a few whales that wander around quashing garbage, steemcleaners and cheetah bot are very good at wiping out most of these people before they can do very much good for themselves. It's hard to police everyone in such an open forum, but I think honesty goes a long way here and trash gets ignored or flagged down quick. The Rep system is a very interesting concept for social media.
You earned that randowhale, if not simply for your circle jerking whales 😆 Personally I'd love to see randowhale conserved only for altruistic purposes, the voting party unable to use it for a personal up vote, but at the same time I realize that will only increase the chance of multi-accounting.