Another idea for #spreadthepower, #minnowsunite, #payitforward & others — be proactive! Link to others!

in #steemit8 years ago (edited)

So. I was thinking a lot lately. And I came up with a really obvious idea. When you write a post add a couple of links to something that you liked, but is undervalued at the moment of your post. Upvotes & comments are cool, but if you add a couple of links, perhaps to stuff that is of the same theme as your post, perhaps not, or mix and match... Perhaps a couple of words why you are including a link too, makes people feel that their work is appreciated, even if the visibility thing doesn't work for them this one time.

You effectively share your reputation, your followers with other people. Cool & simple, is it not? And only takes an extra minute or two! Best of all it doesn't involve the currency system in any way, and builds up the community & is also a form of curation! You #spreadthepower, the most important power, your social weight, which is entirely subjective and inquantifiable.
And since I don't think in the categories like this a comment from @zaebars is that it is also decentralized! The featured posts & gem picks are really cool but also a form of centralization, yes?

The idea was partially inspired by the popularity of curation of lost content, as well as some people who promote their own work by linking to their previous posts. Thanks guys & gals! As usual the shout outs go to @on0tole & @williambanks, who started me on this train of thought some time ago.

Pic unrelated
The picture of this lone tree from my India trip is unrelated. But you don't want to be alone in a scorched steppe like it is, right? Hmm, or is it savannah?

Here is the snapshot of what I was thinking about for the most of the day:

Userbase cohesion. Signal to noise ratio. Visibility. Minnow satisfaction. Site engagement. Other cool buzzwords!

And just to demonstrate, as well as make it a habbit here are the links!

I like the idea of tribes. So this post of musings on current tribes based system by @l0ki was an interesting read for me. It has references to ancient Iceland and blockchains.
Posts by @papa-pepper usually have more traction. I use some of the stuff that he mentions for smoothies outside of them. Maybe it would give you ideas of things to add to your other drinks and food too.
And here is another idea in the same vein as outlined in this post, but that uses the monies: Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) by @voltarius. I still advocate sending it as Steem Power.
As my input into driving steemit towards Virtual Town future out of four predicted by @mada with a scenario matrix I link. Ta!
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