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RE: Follower Count Report for Monday, August 15th

in #steemstats8 years ago

Replying to your last post here, so you see a notification.

I find it greedy to see people who keep their voting power as high as possible

Greedy is a strong word. I see it as effectively understanding your responsibility as a network influencer and putting your vote where it will make the most difference. I've thought a lot about this, and even hid all the dollar signs for 24 hours to understand it better. If your vote doesn't really impact anything other than increasing a counter (compared to the change in payouts, reputation, etc), that might discouraging.

The other result could also happen where everyone votes with low power votes (as the bots have been doing) and people lose interest in the system because they see 100 votes but very low payouts, which, if we're honest with ourselves, is one of the primary reasons many people are here compared to other networks which don't have the same motivational system built in.

There is a concern about the "famous authors" issue, but it could also just be seen as the 80/20 rule. I don't think that will change any time soon. Also, people can be rewarded for finding new up and coming authors. Popular conversations allow unknown authors to get a huge audience to their ideas and new followers. I love joining popular posts for that reason (and for finding new, excellent thinkers I can follow).

It almost sounds to me you have some judgements on how people should use the site and if financial incentives are involved, that's some how greedy or wrong. Am I reading into that too much? I also care very much about relationships here and, ironically enough, my highest payout post highlighted the importance of not focusing on the money. Just posting with no comments doesn't lead to real relationships and, I think, over time, will not be rewarded (both socially and financially).

Some here believe money is bad. I don't. It's just a tool which, depending on how we use it, reflects our values.

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