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RE: You are a Zero | The Dust Threshold
If most steemians especially the newbies know about this threshold and did not have enough passion for what they write, then most people will not be motivated.
There are some people who have enough passion for what they write but we can't also neglect the fact that we are all here because of the payout. So if all effort turns to dust then what is the gain apart from attracting readers and impacting knowledge on them.
The threshold will not only affect spammers but steemians that are struggling to get something for their efforts and this will increase the power of bidbots since most people will now rely on it.
I hope the threshold will be put into consideration to favour the new but struggling steemians.
I do understand that they do want to take action against spammers, but they should try to find a solution which would not harm any of the groups within the Steem Ecosystem!
This will be extremely hard.
When I did read through all the answers, I did make some conclusions.
There are different groups of users, the investors against the genuine users.
All groups of users have a different view about how steem should evolve.
And maybe most of all, the current whales and higher ranked Steemains did forget how hard it was in the beginning and don't understand that it even got harder to get noticed!
You are right @fullcoverbetting. They should also remember that starting on steemit is a struggle on it's own and if someone can continue to struggle to get noticed they why should their post be "a dust"?
My jaw just dropped on the whole concept of the dust theory.
People especially from Third World countries like mine don't have the capability to invest in Steem Power and to be told off in such a way that if their post or comment didn't reach that threshold then it simply meant it was not important enough.
A lot of posts of whales are like WTF because they have the power means they can reward themselves to be significant.
Not everyone can invest in Steem Poer but at least they can put in an effort to accumulate it and these efforts should be recognized.
I won't blame the whales but they should try and go out of the circle and add more steemians to their circle.
Indeed there are some people that does not care if the pay outs are low and is just writing their passions but some people are moved by the promise that it will eventually pay out. So all those comments that people leave and receive 1 cent upvotes thinking that it will all add will have the rude awakening that it is dust.
If there is a promise to get something for every effort, then why will it be so hard to fulfill that promise someone else has relied on and using as a motivator?
They just have to look for a means to favor everyone on steemit and deal with spammers.
If i like a comment and try to show my appreciation that means it just a wasting of time.
I hope they will think this through.