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RE: Poll: Would You Like if Steemit Sold Advertising and Shared the Revenue with Us?
Really good question! I think that the biggest downside to ads is the editorial aspect. Who gets to decide what ads are allowed? If nobody filters them then that allow illegal or inappropriate ads to be displayed on my posts. If someone does screen them then we would need a system to ensure the integrity of that position. What if someone takes bribes? What if someone is politically motivated in the screening? I just think there ads would introduce too much downside.
Thanks for contributing to the conversation. I hear what you are saying and they are all valid points, but I have to imagine all of these problems have already been figured out by other websites. I can't remember the last time I saw an ad for anything illegal, and I have to imagine it would be easy for the guys running Steem to filter out any inappropriate ads. Why would we need a system to ensure the integrity of the screeners? Wouldn't the screeners just be the folks who run Steem?
All of those other ad platforms are very centralized and closed in nature. Steem is decentralized and open. There is nobody who "runs" Steem in the same way that other websites are run. It could be a Steemit only feature but then we lose a lot of the benefits of the blockchain and become more closed like other websites.
This is an interesting point I have not considered because I am still learning. How would advertising make us lose a lot of the benefits of the blockchain and make it more closed? Closed like how?
The blockchain allowed for a trustless environment. If we give that power to the Steemit team then they would have to do it off chain and we'd have to trust them. This is currently how the promoted tab works.
I'd prefer we use the blockchain as much as possible. Taking this off chain allows for abuse.
I think I understand. My brother agrees with you as well btw. So what you are saying, is that, when the Steemit team makes decisions about advertising, it would be done without any connection to the blockchain, and you're saying this is a bad thing? So let me ask you, don't they (the Steemit team) already make decisions off chain? Was every single aspect of this site done through the blockchain? I'm talking about things as mundane as the UX and design of the site itself for example. Second question, is it theoretically possible to make advertising decisions on the blockchain?