Everyone has his/her opinion, no doubt about that. But to state it publicly like you just did, one should at least try to understand all the facts and not just focus on the negative points.
The fact is that there's no whale backing up the project. All that has been done so far has been done organically, using all the sbd gathered to lease SP to curate all you guys's content. NOT A SINGLE SBD HAS BEEN USED FOR PERSONAL REASONS BY ANY TEAM MEMBER. So I don't know where you got that idea that @qurator is stealing people. That's actually offensive.
You also omitted (intentionally or not) the fact that who ever jumps in now will get a Tier 2 spot for the first month to help covering this initial change. And you have ZERO knowledge about the future upvote's value as well.
Unfortunately a considerable chunk of people thinks and acts like you:
Supporting the project with the minimum, demanding the maximum and creating noise on the slightest sign of turbulence.
Like it or not, this is a readjustment period and it is very needed. Every project has to go through it sooner or later.
@qurator has always been one of the most proactive and interactive projects around, giving back to the community all we gathered. A lot more than others, without looking at personal profits at all.
There were two options on the table:
1- Not doing anything, hoping for the prices to go up again and risk a slow implosion of the project.
2- Be proactive once again and change it.
So we followed our nature and chose to be proactive once again.
The short and selective memory of some people is actually saddening.
Thanks for your response. I appreciate your point of view. I believe you're a qurator moderator, so I can understand the frustration. I don't believe that anyone was misappropriating qurator funds for personal use. I was referring to selling a lifetime membership by taking money, but then changing the rules after taking the money. Those who are just starting out are the ones this is going to hurt the most. Their smart investment has now become something that won't pay off for a while.
Regarding your table of my voting history: I hadn't realized how little my 20% vote had been giving, so I switched to 40% to give more because I wanted to contribute more. It's not a lot, but I wanted to do what I could. Also, as I don't post a whole lot, I support the project with my lack of votes taken. Turbulence I get, changing the whole model after the fact is something different and I believe that justifies some "noise."
I must have a really bad memory because I don't remember what you would be referring to. Ha ha. Time for some Omega-3 pills!
Thanks for stopping by! :)
Yes, I am one of the @qurator moderators, but that's about it what you got correct there.
The selling of a lifetime membership gives everyone a lifetime account approval (IF they post accordingly to our rules) and a place in the Tier 0, nothing else. All the following tiers can/could be obtained by upvoting or delegating.
We ONLY changed Tier 1 and Tier 2, swapping it for the monthly subscription or the delegation as before, for the project's sustainability sake.
You seem to be pretty sure that "Those who are just starting out are the ones this is going to hurt the most."... Perhaps you can explain us all how @qurator will address that, since you seem to be so much well informed? Perhaps you know something I don't...
Regarding your votes... I can understand your lack of awareness about its low weight and effective contribution, the same way I hope you can understand that we still have to keep moving the project forward, irregardless of those "forgetful" moments, covering all the expenses to keep the smooth and so much appreciated upvotes flowing for all the other members.
And by the way, I posted a ratio between your contribution to the project and what you got back from it in our @qurator post. Hopefully that will be enough to revive your memory and save you some money on those Omega-3 pills. I'll add it here too in case you missed it:
I have nothing else to say to you, from now on you'll be conducting a monologue.
Cheers.
I think you are rude the way you answered this post....period........