Two Decimal Point Changes That Could Transform Steemit Overnight

Maths is not really my gig and I can barely believe I'm posting this, but maybe this is more maths psychology than maths.

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Yesterday when I was doing my post that talked about how cool it is that I can see people's payouts going up when I vote again, I started thinking: "What if that's only because I'm a whale myself now?" So I went and checked my wallet. I have 2843.327 Steem Power. WTF does that mean?

If I had 2843.32 Steem Power on the other hand, that would be like having $2843.32. So it would be more like having money in the bank and would actually seem to mean something.

It would mean for example, that I was rich enough to buy something like a cheap crappy car or the latest new i-Phone with a whole bunch of mp3's legally purchased from the i-Store (whatever floats your boat)

And that's when it struck me that all it would take to make that shift is ditching one totally meaningless decimal place and our wallets would cease to be places where only geeks hang out, and turn them into real wallets with stuff just like money in them.

(image - http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/really-crappy-car/2552)

Now then, that second decimal place.

Still buzzing about seeing payouts go up when I vote, but realising that it's only because I'm loaded enough to buy a cheap car, got me thinking about all the other Steemit users lower down the financial hierarchy than a well connected player like myself.

When they vote for a post or comment that is starting out at $0.00 they don't get the buzz of seeing it change up to $0.01 like I do now. They see no change at all, and I have just realised what a great psychological reward that change is.

So the second decimal place change that could transform Steemit is to add that darn 10th of a cent that I was just complaining about to the end of the payout amount. OK that's as rough as guts, and hopefully some maths geek can come up with a cleaner solution. The key thing is for people to see their votes make a difference to someone else's payout. Because that is a really cool buzz, and I think it would make new members keen to vote and post.

(image - http://ichingquotes.blogspot.co.nz/2011/06/paulo-coelho-on-enthusiasm-hexagram-16.html)

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