RE: Modernise steemit.com Interface (DAO Proposal)
Two observations from my impressions about the proposals of previous years. Basically, there's a political aspect to the system (assuming that the top-tier stakeholders are willing to consider SPS proposals at all, which is still an open question from my vantage point).
In general, community advocacy was helpful for getting proposals voted above the return proposal. Sometimes, (usually?) it was not enough to just post the proposal and watch it get voted up. Some cheerleading/persuasion was often involved. It seems to me that people commonly posted proposals with start dates that were weeks away, and used the intervening time to rally support for their idea.
Once a proposal goes above the return proposal, something to be prepared for is that it might float above and below it a few times at during the lifetime of the project. No idea if that would still happen in today's Steem ecosystem, but it's a possibility. If a large stakeholder votes for your proposal and also the return proposal, that leaves room for smaller voters to tip the scales.
If any of your audience supports this idea, now might be a good time for a bunch of posts about "Here's why I support this proposal." 😄 Not sure if I'll have time before your start date, but I might try to write one this weekend.
Good luck. Your proposal definitely has my vote!
The DAO proposal thing is not straightforward and it has always been very, very difficult to get one through. Nevertheless - whether promising or not, everyone, i.e. lots and lots of users, should vote. It may not help if the major stakeholders are not involved, but it sends out a signal. A sign from the community that it is interested in change.
Haha, I don't have much time at the moment either. But maybe it's enough for a short appeal with Gorilla's "aggressive" advertising slogan... ;-)
Ha ha! The slogan's a winner. VOTE NOW!
Things are probably very different now and I suspect there are large chunks of the community that aren't aware of the proposals system at all! I agree with all that you say and I like your "Here's why I support this proposal." idea.
I could be wrong, but the general community seems to be more "Do now then forget", rather than a slow burn. My expectation is that this is either approved within a month, or forgotten instantly - with a handful of users having the power to decide (or not) its fate.
I'm more hopeful than optimistic 🙂
Thanks for this reply
There are no checks and balances on the DAO and there is no way for the community to know that the funds being sent to the developer are actually being used for development... or that the costs are reasonable for the work etc. For that reason, I am against any DAO development unless there is a clear path to bringing in new users and new investment. Even then, I would want checks and balances on those funds. We have seen many times (almost every time) DAO funds go to developers and they either don't complete the task they claimed they would, or whatever they deliver doesn't really bring any new value to the ecosystem, and definitely not more than they took out.