RE: [CLOSED] Do You Care? Earn With One Simple Click!
I might be repeating myself, 'cos I told this to a couple of people already. So forgive me if you've heard this conspiracy theory for which is quite some proof before.
Earlier this week, someone contacted me and asked me if I wanted to join a project for oracl-d. If you hadn't heard from.it before, take a quick look at their intro post here.
I've been reading quite some stuff from the big stakeholders these last few weeks, and the combination of Oracl-d and what I have read in those posts is that many of them don't think this is a social.media platform, but an investment opportunity.
If you want a credible investment platform that can attract people who want to invest hundreds of thousands of Dollars in, you have to make a good impression, and have something to show for: a platform with high-quality articles written by writers who know a lot of fancy words.
Here's my assumption
You don't want a potential investor, who is about to invest a large sum.of money to see the posts that are of lower quality. You know: first impression and all. So the logical step to take is to limit the number of posts that form a high risk of not being top notch. Redfish were the first victims. The top only want serious newbies who are good enough to see a future here, and thus are willing to pay for play. No more freebies, no more fun - if you want to attract big shot investors, you can't have a site filled with stupid memes, silly posts and nonsense.
And I get that.
But erasing all the smaller accounts is not the solution, a lot of them can bring real value to the blockchain, once they get settled in and figure it all out.
Meanwhile, some big stakeholders post even bigger nonsene, and not just once, but all the time. But he is so powerful they can't erase him like they do with the newbies.
I understand their vision of an investment platform. After all, if they can get people to pump a lot of money in Steem, the price and credibility of the coin will go up. But this is definitely the wrong approach.
(Everything above is only a theory bzsed on what I've read here and there so I might be completely wrong about everythin. It's just... my gut feeling tells me I'm right about this one, and the damn thing is right very often)
I resteemed that a while back because it is something I wanted to look into.
And like you I have kept it in mind as I watch things unfold.
I think you may be onto something. You actually may have given me another piece of a puzzle I have been mulling over for a while.
I have been able to see how the investors are needed. Also the SMTs coming into play so that large companies can use their own token reward system.
It is very obvious the "social" aspects will go through some pretty radical changes. I feel like a lot was hinted at with the "hive" or community features.
I have since I arrived here been thinking about the why behind the "quality" posting. At the time I was thinking if I figure out what was the purpose behind rewarding content, then I could know what to produce.
Also I kept reading this is an "experiment" I wondered exactly what was being tested out.
All I could come up with is that all these people doing all these posts were basically feeding Google. Could it be that is what was being rewarded. Think about it almost any topic you search there is a link back to Steemit.
"Quality" post is driving traffic. Not only that but ones with lots of comments would rank higher. Google loves a site with tons of fresh content on a daily basis.
I think you have nailed it. I also think I may be very fortunate to have gotten in when I did. On the one hand I have met some amazing people, learned a lot, and had an experience I will never forget.
On the other hand I am thinking it could be very advantageous to get involved with a few "communities" now.
Seems like there may be potential for one or more to really take off and be very rewarding.
I know you are involved in a lot of initiatives. I think better up my game. Just posting and commenting will not be enough.
Ooops sorry been trying to sort these thoughts for a while guess I am happy to encounter someone who is seeing it. I am just bouncing ideas.