where Quality gets Rewarded - only at Steemit/Steem
The first ever crypto based Social Network Steemit is back on track; The dynamics has changed considerably since the recent changes to the Steem blockchain distribution rules. Quality contributions seems to get noticed again!
You may ask: "What is Quality?"
Answer: "That is a very difficult question to answer, since it is so subjective!"
image by @edje
Discussing Quality
The other day I was discussing with some colleagues about the quality of music - more specifically - electronic music. With Amsterdam Dance Event happening as we speak, a topic of heavy debate! A very interesting question raised in this discussion was: "When a large group of people - the mass - likes something; Isn't that quality?"
Belonging more to the purist side of electronic music, I started responding: "This is not true", but then I figured I should not be opposing this definition. In the end: Anything can be Art; Anything can be Quality; Since "who" determines what is Art and what is Quality?
In general, I don't have a firm definition of quality. When you ask me, I would state something on the lines of: "Art and Quality is something that Sparks Interest and/or touches our Emotions in whatever way." Hence quality is very subjective.
That said - although I didn't do any research on this topic - I can imagine quality can be determined objectively, to a certain degree. However it'll be very difficult to determine the required parameters and algorithms. I certainly hope with the big attention to AI development, this will be something that we will be able to understand and determine better and better over time.
some Analyses
With regard to my own content contributions to the Steem blockchain and analysing my most rewarded articles, it shows that quite a wide range of content seems to have enough 'quality' to deserve good rewards. The content ranges from collection of photographs to music, opinions and truth finding.
I was not able to find a common denominator in my top rewarded articles, other than the fact all these articles took considerable time and effort te create in terms of content as well as formatting. With this I'm not saying at all that quality is determined by time spend, or format! Proof for this is that some of the articles that took most of my time, didn't end up high on the reward scale after all.
some Examples of Valued Articles
Below, I include my top 5 most rewarded articles published last few weeks. I hope this gives you an idea of what is rewarded by the Steem community. Note that more than 95% to 99% of the rewards on these articles, are given by manual curation (teams & individuals), not by auto voters, not by paid votes, not by self votes. This should provide proof Steemit is getting a cool place again; A place where quality is rewarded again.
a Photographic Story
Music & Stories
Research & Opinion
Music & Stories
Steem / Steemit Curation & Call for Action
If you will, show me the articles you think have some form of quality; Simply link them in the comment section below; I'll curate them and you may get some additional rewards added :)
NJOY STEEMING
qsounds music library with more than 300 entries | A...K | L...Z |
steem blockchain curator for @illuminati-inc and @qsounds
Hi, @edje. Nice writing about what would be considered quality.
So, may I suggest one of my most recent music posts? Here is the link: https://steemit.com/music/@wiseagent/album-review-jesus-is-king-kanye-west.
Hi @wiseagent. Certainly a post that in itself deserves some value, hence I gave it my 100% vote. But, what I don't like is the fact you milk the system by posting each post two or three times. You may say: I do this in different languages. But still, add the three languages in a single post. Once written an article, it is damn easy to translate it and get your auto voters voting for the same content, and curators who do not look into your channel to give votes regardless. Keep up the good work, but please consider to add the different languages into a single post.
On steem?
Self proclaimed community watchdogs are actually hacking and stalking people.
This group https://steemit.com/@steemspeak is ran by https://steemit.com/@fyrstikken, They are hacking people that enter this discord server https://discordapp.com/invite/sqxV63P . Once you are hacked they profile you long enough to know all of your activities. They introduce workplace gangstalking visits and bring it to your attention cleverly and discretly so only you get it. They are very covert and tricky with everthing they say and do in this server. Some claim to have worked for or are working with the FBI and the NSA. Mixed with decomisioned traders and coding criminals, Its a scary mix of creepy people and thier intent is to drive you crazy and deplete everything you have ever aquired in life, even your freedom.
My hacking started with them introducing ransomeware that has options, dump my coin or delete my system drive. They acnowledged this to me in the server as it happened.
This hacking and stalking is done so they can manipulate the target to pump and dump for them. Threating and Making victims wear head phones, so nobody in your household can hear thier dramitization towards you. In 2017 this server was sidemarked as a drama show for entertainment purposes only as en excuse to say whatever they want all the way down to killing a politician. They have a server side command called "hey asshole" making a promt come up instructing everyone to wear headphones. They want everyone wearing headphones so nobody in your vicinity can hear them mess with you. Fystikken says its because of "mic feedback" but once your a target you get exactly why they make eveyone wear headphones.
With headphones on they subliminally direct victims with very low suggestive whispers mixed into their radio shows music. Combine this with them being able to manipulate their own individual outputs sound volume, which they control on the server side, they can pick what individual people hear and what at any given time. They decide who you hear on the server and change the volume controls for them. They can make some really low or off for those trying to investigate. They control who hears what and know who is who.
This team will find absolutely everything they can about you prior to using thier sugjestive and threatning program. They Introduce pictures that mean something only to the target, inducing paranoia while they watch and listen thru all of your circumvented devices. They are very aware of what makes you tick. They know your work schedule and use it for work stalking along side of this. I received multiple threating letters to my work and home addressed to my screen name from this group.
Fyrstikken tells people to sell their houses to buy crypto then dumps it on them. He has done many pump and dump scams. Quatloo being one of the first I witnessed and was done multiple times thru 2016 and 2017 them. It should be investigated for fraud. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=655793.0
You writing such comment; Make all these allegations; But provide no proof at all?
Owwww, you also came in with this message with a downvote! SERIOUSLY?
Shame on you to try to disrupt Steemit and Steem with smear campaigns like this.
Inspired by @stephenkendal who launched a I Love Steem campaign on Twitter, I created the article above and used it to promote Steem and Steemit on my own Twitter account. Be inspired as well! https://twitter.com/hggnooo/status/1185919999225073664