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RE: Is SteemIt.com Turning Into Federated Media?
In a space that is already crowded, this sort of promotion is really a good way for unknown authors to reach a larger audience and receive reward for something they otherwise would likely not be able to get with out taking the time to build a following (which does not happen over night!) Is it good? I don't know. Is it bad? I don't really think so.
Couldn't the whale just agree to upvote the user's post, and then ask all of their whale friends to jump on board - and then they all get a nice fat curation reward? Or, the whale could post a summary with recommendations of five articles - they'd get some SP for that article, and likely the articles they link to would be rewarded as well.
It just seems really silly for me for us to guest blog on other people's accounts on a site where everyone is supposed to have their own blog / voice (and where Curation rewards were, it seems, designed to solve this very problem by rewarding people who upvote). See also https://steemit.com/steemit-future/@nonlinearone/was-the-featured-author-trend-caused-by-the-reduction-of-curation-awards-in-july
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.