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RE: Reflections on the Benefits and Growing Pains of Project Curie, Steem Guild, and Other Curation Projects on Steemit
Thanks for the response. By top down I mean a few people highlighting post strategically instead of what they actually want to read. Curie seems focused on these medium type post.i can't imagine all the voters there like to sit around and read most of that stuff. I think they do it because they are imagining they are signing up good general content producers. Unfortunately it's not sustainable as marketing to get people in. You want the audience first then the content in my opinion. Still lots of time to fix this, it's just my diagnosis of the issue.
Yes, it's Medium-type content, because that is what voters have been rewarding for the last 5 months since Steemit was launched. Reddit-style links and shorter posts have not been well favored. Curie did not start that preference; voters did, and it seems to be supported by the design of the rewards on Steemit. Should we be focusing rewards on lesser quality posts instead? Actually, I have talked to several whales about experimenting with that type of curation, intensively curating in tags to reward good comments with small amounts, etc. Maybe that will work on here someday and I'd love to experiment with it myself if I had the time. I hope there will be enough support to try many different things and see what it takes to build up some communities. At the moment, I think we're supporting the growth of some really good ones and it's only a start.
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.)