RE: Game of Flags - a "fun" Redistribution Game - WIN STEEM by flagging
Hi @beanz,
This is an interesting post, and there has been a lot of discussion about @steamsports lately. I voted for your post, but I am not going to flag anyone. I do think it was a brave post and I want to leave some feedback.
I have mixed feelings about Steemsports and I will try to explain why.
I have made a decision to not vote for the Up and Down Games whether it be sports or even worse, let's compare these two people physically. I don't care for this idea at all. I want to use my vote to encourage more content I am interested in. (Which is a bit of a joke, because even at 4k SP, my vote doesn't mean much.)
On the good side of Steemsports is it does keep users engaged in the community who aren't bloggers and it gives them a chance to earn some steem. Without Steemsports we might have lost some of those users.
I do not know if they "manage" how many posts they do a day, but that would be helpful, if it wasn't so often.
The good news is I think the Free Market it going to handle it. There are now too many people trying to cash in on the idea, and it gets boring.
Great thoughtful post. Thank you for hitting post on it. :) Resteemed for discussion reasons.
Thank you @whatsup. Personally, I think the free market is failing to handle it because people are failing to see any value in their vote - whether that be for upping or lowering a reward. (Just as you've said just now)
Thank you for the resteem too :)
That is a good point. I hope that people will feel like they can comment honestly on their thoughts on this post. It would be good to get a feel for how people think about Steemsports. I know there are some who really value it, and find it is a good way to build some steem. I don't want to lose those people before we get a better solution to gambling on SteemIt.
Yes and that's the trouble I guess... We don't really hear the voices of those who give up and go (and when we do we don't want to hear them).
Sane people who conclude that the system is rigged would just leave and not come back. That's what I believe is happening and I strongly doubt that steemsports is keeping people active.
I used to work in a bookies and I can imagine showing this to my punters. They might show some interest until they find out how much people are winning (nothing) and then even they would lose interest and these are people lived in that shop when I worked there spending 50c to a euro at a time.
It will never attract new users unless they come to write for them.
Agreed there is little to no value in gaining new users, perhaps some value in retaining some that are here and frustrated though.
Yes. Retaining them until they leave out of that frustration.