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RE: Separating Content by Type: Making Steemit a Buffet and Not a Stew
I don't think it is should be divided strictly by type, but I do think that separate categories, like reddit (which can each enforce their own rules) should be implemented. For example, a news category may include links, or pictures, or articles, as long as they are about news. On the other hand, some categories may implement strict rules about type.
The biggest problem with organization currently is multi-tagging. When TIL became popular, authors starting adding TIL as secondary tags, and their posts would show up in TIL as well, even if not at all, even if not conforming at all to the (unenforced) expectations of the TIL section. That quickly made the TIL section reader-unfriendly, leading to a decline in popularity.
If the content were organized by type, then the submission editor could serve a gatekeeper function in terms of requiring a video in the video category or limiting the number of characters in a post, etc. Yes, it would be fine to have mixed content and overlap for certain categories. What you're suggesting might require more intensive curation within categories or tags. I am not against this, but it is a big job, so we need to think about how the market would incentivize that that sort of gruntwork also.
I don't disagree but as I said above the biggest issue is how multiple tags are handled. If people can just throw in TIL as the fifth tag on their post because TIL is popular, even if it is the right type that is still going to make TIL useless.
I agree. I'm not sure what the best approach is with the tags, but glad we are having this discussion and getting people thinking about it.