RE: I Will Upvote Constructive Comments by 5-10 Cents - Let's Improve Content on Steemit Together
@anonymint Your comments impress me as always, upvoted! I also commented on that insightful comment you linked to in the comment above :)
It would be great to have all comments flow organically although I'd argue that the beauty of Steem is that we can offer authors such as myself an opportunity to create a community focused on giving and receiving through the medium of extra SP purchased. SP is what gives me the motivation to write a lot and to write well now because it offers me the option of encouraging constructive comments in a way that would not be possible without it. I wouldn't be spending all this time writing articles and comments if it were not for SP (or I might but I'd not go all-in from the very beginning as I have).
I want my readers to think, "I could comment on this FB post or reply to this tweet or I could give my feedback to this or that Steemit top author, but I won't get rewarded for my insight. But @blockchainttmft always rewards me for my insight and makes me feel appreciated, I think I'll go post my comment there".
Yes I can see that motivation but I’m contemplating if it is perhaps too one dimensional. People have a myriad of triggers on their priorities. For example, an addictive game might take precedence over earning SP from comments. So much so that the user might even be willing to pay more than just his time for playing the game. Or even a business app or access to a technical blog might provide more productivity utility than the earning SP from commenting. One might even comment for free on a technical blog because they get more value from it by doing so.
As for your case of wanting to earn more SP, I have a solution for that in my design also. The more you use the system, the more tokens you get just for using it (presuming you use it as advised) as well as driving the value of your tokens higher because the system gains more sticky use.
It is likely too one dimensional and I intend to rethink how to change it as time passes by. Maybe I'll only be so generous until a point where I have 1000 followers and show people that there is value to be had in reading my blogs. Until then I think an incentive such as the one I created makes sense.
A business with an incredible product and little to no marketing has little to no chance of succeeding and the opposite is true too. I am considering the most effective ways of marketing my blog and the value people can get from reading it and interacting in the comments.
You will not make anyone rich from upvoting comments. They are more likely to value you for attracting them to Steem, if your blog could actually reach people outside of Steem.
(And my Bitnet if I ever get it launched is going to be a much more ideal way of you achieving that)
I have serious reservations about both the product and marketing of Steem. But for the moment, it is probably the best we have available for blockchain onboarding and blogging.