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RE: How to reward the effort and not the post - a proposal for real-life activity reward systems
Ultimately the reader only benefits from what's posted on the chain; not from the effort expended in producing it.
I can see the value in proof of work; but I think it works best case by case, like having to take a selfie in front of a specific Christmas tree for example.
If a steemian sets a task and a reward, then by all means; but if the protocol is rewarding busy work, (at the expense of brain work), we're heading into Labour Theory of Value territory; and there's nothing there but headstones.
Very valid points! I think that because we are doing 'work' for reward rather than being rewarded for being productive and useful, it is becoming a bit like a day job trying to post on Steemit to earn a crust (honestly anyway).
My proposal is about making the effort part of the process rather than using the post itself as validation (because what can a cat picture really validate in the end?), and if it involves more real-life interactions then it will reduce the likelihood of people spending time posting in quantity rather than quality because it is easier to earn better rewards that way.
It does need to be a case by case scenario, and there is no algorithm that can cope or deal with that, which is why we need to put control of the system/community back in the hands of humans for now at least :D We just need to find a better way than having to input the geolocation rather than allowing people to photoshop themselves in front of the said tree for example...