RE: Steemit Enhancement Proposal - Extend The Voting Period Over 30 Days By Implementing A "Hosting" Fee
Im a big fan of this idea. I've heard similar concerns from people on the 30 day limit for payouts. I think it's a reasonable approach even if numbers are tweaked as needed.
To some degree we'll need better searchability on the site for many users to dig it up and/or a need for search behavior to goto Google or custom search (which can be done. )
I'd easily see this leading to being a part of a paid vip account in the future. Make free packages for casual/ new/more basic users with a paid tier for more aspiring established authors with perks of so many "long term" payouts available, some spiffy visual vip designator/badge or whatever other benefits...ideally for fiat or SD. While i feel keeping things free for basic account, why not offer subscription benefits those those looking for that.
I wish adsense could just be inserted when payouts ended currently, but don't think it's possible for data to get out from steemit for that right now (i might be mistaken on this limitation, assuming from page view counters from external sites not being possible. )
Thanks for the support, and interesting points about that freemium model. It might be regulated as freemium per se, or it might be just self-regulated, i.e. people who want to pay for getting the long term benefit will do so, while those not so keen on that (or who are just writing timely content, nothing wrong with that) will choose not to pay. As for inserting AdSense into Steemit I don't think it's a good idea, regardless of the technical part. It just doesn't seem aligned with the site principles.
I can see not wanting adsense included. Only reason I mentioned is since I'd heard of it being discussed. I'm not stuck on that idea.