RE: Reflections on the Benefits and Growing Pains of Project Curie, Steem Guild, and Other Curation Projects on Steemit
Well I think the voters who "voted for it " are ultimately the whales. It's not what wins the most votes. They are trying to predict what content will make the platform do well. I am just saying they are wrong about what market the platform serves. Serving out of work authors by overpaying is not the right market. I think there is a much bigger market for short 1-2 page post (not links) and comments and being paid to vote. That's what's new about steemit. Paying someone to write a long article has been done for a hundred years. And even the professionals are exiting that market. No one has tried paying someone to curate before. Not until steemit. Plenty of time to fix though. I have been powering up lately because now it finally makes sense for an occasional non posting user to power up (now = vest under 90% of virtual steem supply)
Keep pitching this. You have one whale nibbling at your bait (if not entirely hooked). I have a feeling more are hungry.
(Maybe saying "they are wrong" is not the most politically effective, nor the most accurate way to put it. We try things, see what works, and most people, even whales, are open minded enough to change and evolve. Maybe not all, but most. Perhaps it is more useful to suggest that it is time to try a different approach. At least, that's how I would try to sell it, and I may indeed be trying to sell it.)