RE: The Case Against Unmonitored, Automated Voting
I also created a curator account there and I have 4 followers, I think, the last time I checked. Again, I don't have answers here, just questions and lots of mixed feelings. If I do a good job of curation and I really do value the posts I vote on, why wouldn't I want more Steem Power behind each of my votes as represented by those you are following me and voting on my trail? At the same time, is the arrogant to think I could possibly have a good enough opinion on the value of content to decide for others what should be rewarded?
I dunno.
Maybe I'm over-thinking it. Maybe curation is good because, as I learned going through the list of posts above, most of it is great content. Maybe we should be okay with a little bit of junk getting in here or there if the net result is a bunch of people got rewarded (even if only a few pennies) by my Steem Power who otherwise wouldn't have. Time is certainly valuable and when my voting power is sitting at 100% it sometimes feels as if I'm letting the community down. If I had more Steem Power, I'd feel even more of a burden to be voting all the time.
"Time is certainly valuable and when my voting power is sitting at 100% it sometimes feels as if I'm letting the community down. If I had more Steem Power, I'd feel even more of a burden to be voting all the time."
That's how I see it for sure, I think too many people large and small are not utilizing their voting power, and the entire community suffers from that.. Of course we do have to sleep...
So a little bad content gets in, I think it's good that you check where your votes are being places as you did tonight. Adjust who you are following as needed...
It's all beta after all :)
@dantheman had a hard fork proposal to fix this by changing vote weights and how long it takes to recharge them but the community went nuts and complained about it. I think he's right more often then not, and he just has to wait for other people to catch up with his thinking. He seems like a genius to me, but I'm thankful he also seems open to the community and adjusts his plans accordingly.
Beta indeed. :)