RE: A Modest Proposal For Improving Steemit Curation
Your suggestion is thoughtful and I've upvoted to thank you for the idea and discussion. I am one of the authors who made some rewards in the past and now spend time trying to get rewards distributed more fairly to others.
I could live with your suggested change and I see its benefits, but there are others on Steemit who like to reward the same authors as a means of income for their work. I don't think this support should be blind, and personally I'd rather vote on content than on people, but I can see how this works well for others. If someone is producing consistently high quality material that others seem to enjoy, and has committed to the platform, then one could argue that it makes sense to provide them with some steady income, at least until they get noticed well enough for the community to take over that role.
Of course, assuming the Steem Power is spread out broadly enough, someone posting good content should be rewarded well and this shouldn't depend on a small handful of whales getting it right. But that's still a work in progress, though every day brings us closer...
perhaps if this was more like the 30 minute rule it would work better. The author would get a higher percent if you voted for the same author but you would get curation rewards. This would do most of the things above but still allow whales to altruistically support there stable of authors. They just would get much curation for it.
You mean keeping the reward in the post, but removing the curation return?
I see your point, but it wouldn't help much with discovery and variety, which I think are key to the growth of steemit. It does remove some of the bad incentives of curation.
Fixing incentives might fix curation.
Fixing curation might not fix new authors discovery. Maybe.
I understand it, and definitely support authors making a living out of steemit. But I think it's better for the long term of the platform, if, as you said, if the community has this role and it's not in the hands of one or few individuals, and this change would move this towards that scenario.