The Future of Trending: Centrally Curated Valuable Posts

in #steemit6 years ago

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Steem is a dynamic platform that is ever changing and only a good observer can see the big behavioural pattern. Steemians are like cells in this one big organism. Everyone seems to be working for their own interest but in the end the whole ecosystem act harmoniously in the same direction.

In this post I will outline the known problems that we are having with the Trending page, I will talk about the three main desires in Steemit, then most importantly I will tell you about my prediction of how the trending page will be in the future.

[Trending Page Issue]

Steemit trending page is very important because it’s the gate for new users. We want quality posts/entertaining posts/valuable content to everyone. What we see however is a lot of poor quality posts, self-promoting posts, ponzi scheme ads, whales chatting to each others and other ones that add no value to Steem.

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[Steem Primitive Desires]

Steemians are here first for the monetary incentive. Every Steemian wants to get value from this platform and there's nothing wrong with that. From my understanding there’s three distinct desires that drive Steem users. We can only see them manifest separately when observing the biggest players and the ones with the greatest stake.

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Group 1: Get more STEEM

Currently the most profitable way of using your Steem Power is to self upvote or delegate to bid bots. These bots and delegators will NEVER stop what they're doing unless they find another equally or more profitable investment.
They will use their SP however they wish and they have a problem with people who tell them otherwise.

Group 2: Promote content, products or ads

Anyone can promote anything in Trending by simply paying bid bots and if they have a solid product then this can be a solid investment. However, you can get negative ROI from overbidders and you can even lose your spot if whales start flagging your content. People in this group don’t really care about collecting STEEM more than reaching a wider audience and costumers.

Group 3: Increase STEEM value and price

We have another group who look at the long term investment in Steem. They want the platform to be of a high quality and high value. They fight abuse because they ultimately want more adoption, and more users.
They are unhappy with the first and second group because they don’t seem to add value to Steem.


[Regulated Trending is The Solution?]

What will happen in the future is that someone will figure out a win-win situation and will start an initiative to reconcile the three groups in Steem.

They will attempt to fulfil Steemians' three desires at the same time. They will provide the most profitable investment for all parties, they will bring great value to the Trending page, and they will provide a safe haven for serious advertisers.

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Introducing The Curoid concept:

Curoid is like @Curie but on steroids. Here the curators are themselves the ones to post. Their job is to produce the highest quality content everyday for the trending page.
They can receive submissions or even hire professional writers to make sure that every post brings more users and value.

They will receive automated upvotes from investors to be pushed into the trending page and in return distribute 100% of the return back to them.

Now the question is how do you pay Curoid operators for their work?
The answer is simple. If most users are willing to contribute to the this project, the trending page will be extremely expensive to reach.
Advertisers will be interested in paying to get featured under each post or get resteemed.

If this concept ever gets implemented, I will happily support it. Who doesn't want amazing content to be in Trending while receiving profit for that?!

If you don't like the idea of a centralised body controlling trending then you should read why I think the centralisation of steemit is part of the economical cycle.

Share with us if you have other solutions or prediction for Trending. I'd love to hear your opinions.

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