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RE: Believe it or not, you can collect evidence for propositons by running tests.
You could also just look at how distribution is happening on smoke.io, a Steem clone set at 50/50.
You could also just look at how distribution is happening on smoke.io, a Steem clone set at 50/50.
yeah I have to say so far I have been pleasantly surprised at what a big difference 50% curation (combined with no delegation and consequently no bid bots) makes on smoke. It gives the platform an entirely different feel - I have been on the front trending page with about half of my posts, based solely on it being quality marijuana content. I didn't even try to capitalize on whatever steem rep/followers I have built up, I am not using same name over there (smoke.io/@thunderfuck for reference). Never in a million years will I be on the front trending page of Steem based solely on publishing quality content, nor will anyone else, ever, unless something big changes. But I don't know that you can tease out the effects of 50% curation from the (probably bigger) effect of having no bid bots, so I am not sure how much we can apply to steem from smoke.
Bid bots are a different factor but to see the distribution potential of 50/50 smoke is a possible case study.
I don't really think you can untangle the two things. Yes, you currently see larger stake holders voting on content over at smoke.io, much moreso than here on Steem. But if there was the opportunity for greater ROI through delegation to bid bots on smoke, would we still see the large stakeholders voting? Maybe, maybe not.
I honestly don't expect it would change much here on Steem to go 50/50 split. Even with 50% curation, curating other authors content is still not the optimal play as far as maximizing ROI when compared with self voting or delegating to bidbots. We already know that the majority of large stakeholders will act to maximize their own ROI, so 50/50 curation wouldn't change much. It would just make it so that the stakeholders who act altruistically for the good of the blockchain at the cost of their own short term ROI are not sacrificing quite as much by voting other people's content.
Thanks for the info, didnt know it exists.