Mana vs Voting Power - What name do you prefer ? ( 2 Steem-Bounty Added )
HF20 has come and gone and many topics discussing the new hardfork and how the new system works have been created. Today I would like to bring your attention not to the mechanics of HF20 but to the name changes and get your opinions based on that alone.
For example with HF19 we had Voting-Power and with the introduction of HF20 has been renamed MANA. Now when I hear MANA I think of card games and nintendo games not crypto. I much preferred the name Voting-Power. Its a more stronger powerful name. The thought has crossed my mind that the success of Steem-Monsters influenced the name change but that's just a conspiracy theory I have.
The next notable name change is Bandwidth which has been replaced by R.C. Credits. Again this feels like something we would need to play a video game or a token that would be needed to play in a video store but I am indifferent to the change and like all changes it will take awhile for everyone to adjust to them.
So my question to you is, disregarding the mechanics on how each worked , what names do your prefer ? The older versions ( Voting Power / Bandwidth ) or the newer versions ( Mana / Resource Credits ).
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Steem Power has not been renamed!!
Voting Power was renamed to Mana, not Steem Power. Voting Power (which goes from 0 to 100% in five days and recovers all the time) is part of what decides the value of your vote. Steem Power is part of it too. You spend 2% of your remaining Voting Power (now Mana) every time you make a 100% upvote.
Notice in the wallet Steem Power is still called Steem Power:
Ah yes ... I made a blunder and will fix it in my post. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
What do you think of the name changes ?
Voting power was confusing. Mana makes sense because it works very like mana which is common in video games and people understand it. The association with video games isn't a problem for me as it brings the idea across accurately.
Voting Power was a bad name because it could refer to various things that affect your vote.
Thanks for your input. I feel as if Steemit is marketed towards a niche group already ( crypto investors ) and using words like Mana is keeping within that niche as I feel as Gamers and Crypto investors are over-lapping groups. I think it would be better to stay away from such words. To me Voting Power seems more straight forward for the non gaming new user.
If it's a choice between using a word some people understand, and using a word nobody understands, I'll go with the former. Mana works because it is more or less the same concept, but there isn't really anything else which so easily maps to it.
I don't view it that way but I do respect your opinion. Thanks for your thoughts on the name change.
Dear @rentmoney, you are an active member of our steem-bounty family, so i have pleasure to interact with you. As per your post question, in my opinion the meaning of RC is simply Road Closed!
Before HF20 i never look at bandwith and so for me wasn't important, but now after they change everything, they decided to filter users and now it is almost impossible to grown, so if you are super or middle class user no problem, Steemit is becoming a super platform, but if you are low class user (below 100SP) you are not more welcome in this platform, this made me very sad...:(((
Honestly. I try to always be positive about Steemit but come on. They took the already super confusing Steemit, Steem, SBD, Steem power and added/changed some of the terms. In case anyone is starting to figure this out, lets changes all the names around. A little crazy...
I agree ... Steem-Power to Mana name change wasn't needed. Lets simplify things instead of swapping one complex system for the next.
To be honest I'm actually liking the mana and the resources credits for exactly the reason it reminds of a game and give the effect of a game, which is how i view steemit and general. I actually said this in my post today!!
Also, Reminds me of card games like magic the gathering and steem monsters!! In retrospect i do feel this was a good Change!! I'm seeing a positive effect already!!
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Its Nice to see some positive feedback on the change.
Sometimes change is good. And since this platform is still in beta we can expect changes to take place.
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I am so torn. On one hand I am a nerd who likes RPGs and Mana and Resource Credits just sound fun to me. However, we have to look at this from a new user standpoint. We need to make sure that new users do not get confused so I think that Voting Power would be clearer to a new user.
On the resource credit vs bandwidth argument. I'm leaning toward RC on both a personal preference and new user standpoint. Bandwidth has an established definition and it doesn't mess well with the actual issue of cost to the blockchain. Resources aligns with what we are actually measuring, cost of system resources.
In conclusion, I think if we want to attract more users to our system we should stick with voting power and resource credits.
When I was finally able to get back on Steemit after the HF20 and noticed the name changes I'll be honest and say my first thought was "That's stupid." But obviously the people with say-so thought it was super keen! Fine. Whatever. I just check the numbers before going back to the way I was posting, voting, and commenting before. I still think it was a dumb idea but whatcha gonna do?
I prefer voting power over mana because the first is more explanatory and fantasy does not suit at all with Steem.
I prefer RC over bandwidth because it is shorter. Furthermore, the bandwidth name it is inaccurate as the new system consider more variables.
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Steem Credits!
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Steem Credits would of been a better option then RC IMO.
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I vote for voting power and bandwith. Keep it easy for new users if you wan to scale.
On a different note, worth watching this. I can't stop laughing:
https://steemit.com/hf20/@markangeltrueman/am-i-the-first-person-to-post-one-of-these-surely-not-fuhrer-hf20