RE: ✳️ The Steem Purge - It Has Begun, Lean Back & Enjoy The Show!
I was thinking about this today actually. While I don't think actual spam should be rewarded or even posted on steemit, I think the standards of posts should be reconsidered. For example, you mentioned one liners. Most of twitter is one liners but that doesn't mean it's spam. So, if it's an original good thought, I don't think it should be considered spam or a bad post that shouldn't be rewarded. As new users come on board and get pennies for their 1st posts, it's not really worth investing hours into one post. Most of social media that steemit is compared to like facebook and twitter runs on people sharing links and pieces of content they like they and want to share with others. That goes for reddit even though some original content is posted there. The value of steemit can be that I can share a video I like with my friends here with a short comment with my thoughts on steemit and get some money for it and get some share of that post on other social media for the benefit of steem. Others who can invest hours into good content and feel it's worth it for them can do so. I think a healthy mix of both will bring this platform balance and quality that it needs.
I am just a newbie, a minnow in the pond. However, I know how important it is keeping spam and plagiarism out of a quality website. Among other things, it was those two demons that killed Bubblews. I support the clean up and laud Steemit for taking those two devels head on.
I definitely agree with you that not all single liners are spam and that good content can as well be very short. But unfortunately there are many short posts out there getting paid huge amounts without any value (IMO).
Regarding the fact that you get paid on Steemit I disagree that simple sharing of content should be rewarded with high payouts. Only the creation and for sure the honest interaction with content should receive remuneration as Steem isn´t like other social media. It got the potential to be ways better!
I just saw an opportunity to post my thoughts from that day because it seemed that's what you were talking about. I didn't realize your fight is against something a bit different. I agree that posts should be rewarded according to their value. Thanks for improving steemit.