RE: Power to the poster, and some safe shallows for the noobs.
The reputation score is both a help and a hindrance.
I've been here for a couple of weeks and I've noticed that if one has a score of 50+ then people will upvote anything they post. It could be the last toenail they clipped onto the loungeroom rug and people will upvote because they know others will upvote so their curator payout will be higher and they get to score some points with someone with more voting influence.
If one's score is lower it is more difficult. I have been posting images of quite high quality (if I do say so myself) for 2 weeks. I get great feedback in lovely replies, but not as much upvoting as I might have expected. I believe this is because an upvote on my post is not a safe bet. It might not return a high curator payout and, worse, it might even bring their average down.
I don't know if there is a solution to this, and I'd be hesitant to offer one because I love the reputation score. One of my favourite things about Steemit is that my feed isn't clogged with cats and buzzfeed articles like my facebook feed and I believe it is the reputation score that maintains this awesomeness.
Please also don't take the above as sour grapes, I am just making an observation. I'll gladly do my time in the low ranks, continue posting quality content and slowly climb the social ladder... You know... If it's not too much of a risk for you to upvote my posts... :)
Wish that where true, that with the score from 50 plus. :)
Haha maybe it's just the impression looking from down her at sub-40 :) I was kind of hoping it were true, I have so many toenail clipping photos just ready to roll out...
lol and lol to the previous
Upvoted and followed.
I think there is quite a lot of that, although total followers makes a big difference too.
I think reputation is sometimes forgotten compared with other measures of success like steem power.
I'd like to see people trying to improve their rep to enjoy the privilege of commenting on more exclusive posts.
It would be a great reason to stay engaged during a price drop too.
Thanks Matt :)
I agree, I think the value of Steemit as a social media platform is in the quality of posts and the engagement of the audience, and I think Steem is a good motivator to post quality content, but I hope there is a way to stop people from trying to shortcut the system.
Really, quality content delivered to an engaged community should be its own reward, and the potential for money is a nice bit of icing on the cake :)
I'm all about the followers.
People trust me with their eyeballs, makes me happy.
I like that philosophy :)