I don't think 50/50 will change anything. As an author, it would suck. Even if 50% goes to curators, you still have to remember that 50% is distributed amongst all curators so I don't think it will make a significant difference. It is still better to be an author and have 50% given to you as opposed to 50% given to however many people upvote. DTube already tried the 50/50 split and it didn't work. On YouTube, you don't make any money as a curator or commenter yet it still has good and authentic engagement.
When people find that engagement is more fulfilling than earning money, that is when people will connect more and consume content.
We shall see. I feel like it would change things big time but not sure which direction. That's why I'm excited to see and at the same time, gotta be prepared.
I'm trying to make my balancing life being both creator and curator right here.
Because it's totally a different system.. We really gotta stop comparing these 2 but you do you!
Thanks for the thoughts and let's see!
Of Course it will change something, the amount of rewards the creators get for starters. And all this talk about it encouraging engagement I find it as a mere speculation, it's not a guarantee, it could go either way, is it really worth risking loosing content creators over? If this was to pass, the rewards would be demotivating for creators, some posts, like Mo said, take hours to put together. I have friends like @harshilpatel who take days to come up with a single DTube Vlog. Because they value the quality and the kind of message they are putting out here. You think it's fair for their rewards to be reduced by 33%? Because that's what's going to happen.
Another thing, content creators are the most valuable asset of any platform. If they stopped creating there wouldn't be any need for this platforms. They bring the value. Without Value a platform is as good as dead. As such, it's very important to make sure creators are well appreciated, in terms of rewards in the case of Steemit. Keeping in Mind Not Everyone is a Vlogger.
Great to See your train of thoughts @waybeyondpadthai
Yes, you are right that it would demotivate authors. It would suck for authors to get only 50%. My first sentence was regarding engagement. I don't think 50/50 will increase engagement because if money is your incentive, it is still better to shit post and earn an entire 50% of the rewards than comment/upvote and only get a small piece of 50%.
IMO, even if you made it 100% curators and 0% author (I don't recommend this at all), people will only engage for the money and upvote at random or just find the highest payouts to upvote.
Probably so..I agree with you on this one.
It would in turn counter all that we are trying to be and promote as a community-Quality content. It's not worth the risk. The truth is, there are a few bored and probably greedy high stakeholders that want to disrupt things, keep us distracted from what is most crucial at this point, SMT'S.
Money motivated engagement is so hypocritical, whatever happened to doing things from the heart?
If people realize that they need each other for more than just money, you will get people doing things from the heart. If there is no need to bond with others for anything other than financial success, then people will tune out and not waste their time with other people. This is essentially what is happening on this blockchain but things are changing very rapidly.
Exactamente amiga!
Great to see your train of thoughts as well and I actually kinda guessed it what would be coming from you. I do agree on the points totally <3