RE: Big Pay out and some lessons learned about stimulating comments vs payoff. About Randowhale
OK, I like what you are trying to do here @the-traveller you really have some valid points.
I agree that true value (not only monetary) comes through meaningful interactions. I'm not sure if your approach to this is the right one though (it could be).
You say it yourself, that Steemit seems rigged in some ways, so content without value gets upvoted. However I personally don't encourage people to make great comments in exchange for rewards. It's not a concept for me.
I think that people here should make content and comments by them selves without any monetary rewards in mind.
The main reason to post and comment on Steemit should be to create, share knowledge and have fun.
With that being said, I think it's great to see people like you experimenting with the concept and trying different approaches to help this community grow.
So I encourage you to keep doing what you do because I'm not even sure that my approach is the right one. Different people just have different objectives and things that motivate them.
I hope my input has at least some value to you.
Keep Steeming my friend :)
Absolutely. I might be totally wrong and this might be totally backfire. That is why it is an experiment for July which I think is worth having. Is it wrong to pay some people for their honest efforts?
Dunno, does not seem more wrong to me than the current upvote incentives, they seem to be totally rigged against worthwhile comment by new writers.
If the maximum curation reward comes from "discovering" a post that is guaranteed to go big through pile on effects because the author already is a high earner something is profoundly wrong. I say "don't play games you can't win (yet)"
Mind you I would not complain if I generated such a pile on effect myself , but say I get a 2000 SBD payout , I would find it awesome I pay out 500 SBD to a few constructive people EACH.
I think steemit.com operates on different rules, true generosity is what gets you ahead in the end, because there is no ceiling. It is not a Zero sum game, I'm pretty sure that what I give away today will come back to me tomorrow... I know that this sounds pretty hippie but it B a consequence of the properties of steemit as a platform : because it is frictionless and because the SBD i give away is matched with SP I keep accumulating. So my account grows while giving away half. It is basically like affiliate marketing, give up some percent to grow the whole thing exponentially.
I base this mostly on Kevin Kelly's new rules for the new economy
But l might be totally wrong, hence the experiment. It's gonna be fun finding out though !
You have some good arguments my friend, and I don't think it will backfire at you. It's just that we have two different approaches lol :)
Your comments have made me think about some stuff. It will take some days to think it through :)
This is a good and constructive way to exchange ideas, so I appreciate hearing your thoghts on this :)