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RE: Trust Disrupted: Bitcoin and the Blockchain trailer
Oh, I saw the link. Perhaps I'm just not clear on the purpose of SteemIt. I thought it was about generating original content.
Oh, I saw the link. Perhaps I'm just not clear on the purpose of SteemIt. I thought it was about generating original content.
Original content is nice, news is also another purpose. Have you ever used reddit, have you seen how many times the white paper makes a reference to reddit? same concept.
I understand that. But Reddit upvotes don't decide how newly generated currency should be distributed. The issue is that news sans commentary takes seconds to post and well-researched articles take hours. If "articles" such as this are accepted, over a long enough period of time these kinds of posts will outnumber think pieces, art, stories, and the like... because it's "easy money."
If you'd like to vote for your position in the debate, you can do so here.
Unfortunately, unlike Reddit, the reply chain ends here, so I have to reply to myself. Hope you get this.
I can see a need and use for news if SteemIt's front end were different. For example, news.google.com is seperate from plus.google.com. The same can be said for Yahoo!, etc. I'm not suggesting it should be separated from the blockchain.
I am not sure you are entirely right, steemit in its current form may favour a post that is news and as you say 'easier'.
But would it not be better to have more categories, those devoted to original thought, and those highlighting important news?