Not really. It's up to the individual. If they want to set up a bot to farm the highest amount of curation rewards they can possibly get, they'll place their votes where the money is. Then the next person comes along and does the same thing. Then the next... and the next and so on. Then those articles trend, not because they are good, but because that's what everyone is automatically voting for while they are away doing other things. Then they fine tune, drop a few accounts, add in a few more that might boost their earnings. If they are allowed 40 votes per day to be safe, and if enough people follow the same pattern, there will eventually be 40 people here who make money, while everyone else gets ignored. Then, everyone leaves. Then, the value of those curation rewards drops. Then, everyone loses.
The curation system is fine. It's the bots and encouraging people to set those bots to the same list of authors that is a flaw. That's why I say, please, vote responsibly.
Yes in the short term, no in the long term. I think the real issue with the "reward" system is the currency distribution. Only a few accounts votes even matter and bots are just trying to get in front of those votes. Some examples of these awful trending posts would go a long way towards your argument, I have not seen any but I am "away doing other things" sometimes. I appreciate your love for the new user but that is their journey to make, the greater the difficulty the greater the reward. I can see from your profile that you are killing it, that is because of your amazing posts and creativity. I have seen some new users float to the top pretty quickly from skill alone.
My point though....
I will do another tutorial on how to auto upvote your supporters.
I am doing well, but each time I post, I never feel like it's easy money and sure to come my way. I've seen many votes I used to get stop coming in, not because I did something wrong. It started to occur around the same time automated service became available for everyone. I check the stats. I can see where the votes went. Without the guild vote, I wouldn't be able to keep doing what I do because only one or two of those top curators hook me up. So it's easy to see, from my perspective, encouraging people to play follow the leader could take a few more votes away from me, or you, and place them within the many votes that contribute only to commonly trending authors. There's no way anyone can convince me to see it any different, because I'd be denying the existence of my observations if I did that.
Automatically supporting anyone would be hard for me. I follow a lot of people and try to give them all a vote or two from time to time. I have enough trouble keeping my voting power at a reasonable level as it is. I burn a lot in the comment sections as well because I like to give those who comment a little boost.
Then those articles trend, not because they are good, but because that's what everyone is automatically voting for while they are away doing other things.
It's not everyone. It's just those who would like to see their wallet grow rather than support the individuals on a case by case basis. Again, I'm not knocking your work. People just need to be responsible with that vote. It's a one sided curation reward if it's about the reward and not the author. That said, many who do succeed here deserve everything they get. Sorry to bother you.
No bother at all, I enjoyed the convo and it is good contrast for me. I had not taken much of that into account. It will be interesting to watch the data and see what happens.
Yeah... I didn't say all this to argue or create animosity. Just offering a different perspective. When there's money involved, you won't often hear the other side. I don't mind putting my ass on the line sometimes and saying, "Hey! What about this part?"
Everything I earn here gets powered up. I use the vote for the things I like. The author has already given me something through their words and other content. My vote is there to give back. I don't care about maximizing my rewards. I honestly enjoy voting late and watching the value of the article increase by a nickel or dime. I don't care if I take away .005 SP. I earn through the rewards on my own posts and that's good enough for me. Those are the rewards I focus on maximizing and I enjoy it.
Not really. It's up to the individual. If they want to set up a bot to farm the highest amount of curation rewards they can possibly get, they'll place their votes where the money is. Then the next person comes along and does the same thing. Then the next... and the next and so on. Then those articles trend, not because they are good, but because that's what everyone is automatically voting for while they are away doing other things. Then they fine tune, drop a few accounts, add in a few more that might boost their earnings. If they are allowed 40 votes per day to be safe, and if enough people follow the same pattern, there will eventually be 40 people here who make money, while everyone else gets ignored. Then, everyone leaves. Then, the value of those curation rewards drops. Then, everyone loses.
The curation system is fine. It's the bots and encouraging people to set those bots to the same list of authors that is a flaw. That's why I say, please, vote responsibly.
Yes in the short term, no in the long term. I think the real issue with the "reward" system is the currency distribution. Only a few accounts votes even matter and bots are just trying to get in front of those votes. Some examples of these awful trending posts would go a long way towards your argument, I have not seen any but I am "away doing other things" sometimes. I appreciate your love for the new user but that is their journey to make, the greater the difficulty the greater the reward. I can see from your profile that you are killing it, that is because of your amazing posts and creativity. I have seen some new users float to the top pretty quickly from skill alone.
My point though....
I will do another tutorial on how to auto upvote your supporters.
Have you had a chance to check out busy.org yet?
I am doing well, but each time I post, I never feel like it's easy money and sure to come my way. I've seen many votes I used to get stop coming in, not because I did something wrong. It started to occur around the same time automated service became available for everyone. I check the stats. I can see where the votes went. Without the guild vote, I wouldn't be able to keep doing what I do because only one or two of those top curators hook me up. So it's easy to see, from my perspective, encouraging people to play follow the leader could take a few more votes away from me, or you, and place them within the many votes that contribute only to commonly trending authors. There's no way anyone can convince me to see it any different, because I'd be denying the existence of my observations if I did that.
Automatically supporting anyone would be hard for me. I follow a lot of people and try to give them all a vote or two from time to time. I have enough trouble keeping my voting power at a reasonable level as it is. I burn a lot in the comment sections as well because I like to give those who comment a little boost.
I have not tried busy yet.
...and where did I say "awful trending posts?"
You mentioned trending articles that weren't good, I was wondering if there were any examples.
Be careful. You're taking that out of context.
You sir 😉
Was not aware what I was getting myself into with this post...
Bots causing you to get less votes seems counter intuitive to me.
It's not everyone. It's just those who would like to see their wallet grow rather than support the individuals on a case by case basis. Again, I'm not knocking your work. People just need to be responsible with that vote. It's a one sided curation reward if it's about the reward and not the author. That said, many who do succeed here deserve everything they get. Sorry to bother you.
No bother at all, I enjoyed the convo and it is good contrast for me. I had not taken much of that into account. It will be interesting to watch the data and see what happens.
Yeah... I didn't say all this to argue or create animosity. Just offering a different perspective. When there's money involved, you won't often hear the other side. I don't mind putting my ass on the line sometimes and saying, "Hey! What about this part?"
Everything I earn here gets powered up. I use the vote for the things I like. The author has already given me something through their words and other content. My vote is there to give back. I don't care about maximizing my rewards. I honestly enjoy voting late and watching the value of the article increase by a nickel or dime. I don't care if I take away .005 SP. I earn through the rewards on my own posts and that's good enough for me. Those are the rewards I focus on maximizing and I enjoy it.