The truth and lies about 25% curation, why what you know is FAKE NEWS.

bubke (60) · 7 years ago

You better vote on a stupid comment with no votes and after 30 min, i guess that will give the expected 25%?

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fredrikaa (70) · 7 years ago

Wrong. You earn far more by upvoting a post with close to no upvotes at 30min, and then have a whale or a large number of people upvoting that post after you, than voting on a random comment that gets no more upvotes afterwards.

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lexiconical (72) · 7 years ago

"You earn far more by upvoting a post with close to no upvotes at 30min"

Yeah, and while we're at it, seen any good unicorns lately?

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themarkymark (78) · 7 years ago

Comments you can see 25% because usually, they have only one voter. But posts, it is almost never the case.

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whd (63) · 7 years ago

you can see actual average curration % on steemdb here is photo

also check out following
curation calculator https://s3.amazonaws.com/yabapmatt/bottracker/curation_calculator.html
and ilustrated guide how curation works
https://steemit.com/curation/@miniature-tiger/an-illustrated-guide-to-curation-from-the-simple-to-the-complex-with-real-examples-from-past-posts-part-1

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5 votes

valikos (64) · 7 years ago

Useful information ;)

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3 votes

cryptokeepr (61) · 7 years ago

I think there needs to be an adjustment to the curation / author split in order to attract investors who would buy STEEM, power it up and hold it, and earn that way (thru curation). If steemit was also advertised as a platform that pays good dividends to "investors" it might attract some curators willing to invest instead of people who are given the idea that they can just write a crap post and earn a bunch of money (that's how you attract spammers and scammers and people who post crap that clogs the "new" feed).

Maybe I'm missing something but I think in order for STEEM to appreciate in value significantly curators need to get bigger rewards. Otherwise the author / curator balance will remain tilted and authors will keep cashing out continuously and keep driving the price down.

I'm not suggesting a huge change, maybe make it 67/33 or 60/40 or something. IDK. Just one guy's opinion.

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abh12345 (76) · 7 years ago

Check @blocktrade's recent post for his view, along your lines I think.

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cryptokeepr (61) · 7 years ago

I’ll definitely be interested to see what @blocktrades has to say on the matter. They see the stats of how much steem is bought vs sold. Thanks for the reference

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abh12345 (76) · 7 years ago

no worries :)

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taskmaster4450 (78) · 7 years ago

Why would you need that when I read that over 70% of STEEM is held in SP?

If that is the case, a large percentage of the existing STEEM falls under your category.

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juvyjabian (72) · 7 years ago

Increasing the proportion for curation might cause an issue because of the possibility that the rich are going to monopolize it.

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cryptokeepr (61) · 7 years ago

There is definitely that aspect of it. But it could attract more investors (the rich) who could drive up the price of steem which would benefit everyone holding STEEM, even the minnows (bigger payouts, etc). I can understand where you're coming from though. The rich already kind of own the system right now anyway and it seems like no matter what is done they'll find a way to stay on top. That's just the way it works...iMO

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lovenfreedom (64) · 7 years ago

the golden rule: He who owns the gold rules

whatever we do, the rich will never give up their power over us. There's more of us but they have the upper hand, they pay us to kill, steal, slave for them and that's what they call community.

A new system is needed where the rich slave for the poor :) If you're rich it should be that you're curating/writing etc and actually bringing in something here. But as it is, the poor produce everything and the rich just reap the rewards.

There are some poor reaping some rewards. Carrots? to draw the other poor in.

Steemit is just a small version of reality. Hopefully we'll all learn from one another and help each other as much as we can.

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4 votes

romeo-chimezie (36) · 7 years ago

You painted a clear picture. No matter what we do, no matter our efforts input, the rich always find a way to stay on top the poor

That is the ugly part of reality

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edb1984 (49) · 7 years ago

But as it is, the poor produce everything and the rich just reap the rewards.

Marxism. It was wrong then and it's wrong now.

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juvyjabian (72) · 7 years ago

Yeah right, there's always this difference between rich and the poor :)

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tipu (67) · 7 years ago (edited)

OK, but why its not 25%? Because of self voting?

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themarkymark (78) · 7 years ago

Only because of votes in the first 30 minutes, self-votes are typically inside of the first 30 minutes, but a lot of other people vote earlier as well so they can get first in line for curation rewards.

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grintsch (54) · 6 years ago

It's funny how that's enough already for such big effects. @themarkymark what's your take on whether that's a good or a bad thing?

Posted using Partiko Android

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paulag (73) · 7 years ago

right up my ally, love this post, the approach, the questions you asked of the data. We need witnesses like you !

Steemit on

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mattclarke (68) · 7 years ago

That's really interesting.
Thanks for doing it.
I know some people are reluctant to re-embrace the 50/50 author/curator split, but it looks like it would be closer to a 65/45 split in practice, which I think many would find more palatable.

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4 votes

abh12345 (76) · 7 years ago

I wonder how this would work for folks leasing to bid-bots? Do you think they would be more inclined to pull SP back out to curate with?

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mattclarke (68) · 7 years ago

I went into detail here although I didn't touch on bidbots at the time.
We can't stop self upvoting, so we have to offer a better use for that voting power.
Curation is and always has been the answer. It's no surprise, based on Markymark's observations here, that careful, considered curation isn't a priority.
I can see a real shift of appetite here, which is fantastic to see :)

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abh12345 (76) · 7 years ago

Cheers Matt, just read that post, a fine effort (so take my reward here retrospectively)

I can see a real shift of appetite here, which is fantastic to see :)

Yes indeed, if only the ones with the appetite held the SP to feed the hungry. It's happening though, slowly..

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personz (66) · 7 years ago

but it looks like it would be closer to a 65/45 split in practice

This is an extremely important point. @blocktrades, take note of this

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tarazkp (80) · 7 years ago

well, 65/35 @mattclarke ;)

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mattclarke (68) · 7 years ago

Lol. I meant 65/35.

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personz (66) · 7 years ago

Derp! I read it as 65/35 anyway, so we good ;)

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ecoinstant (68) · 7 years ago (edited)

65/45 would be 110 percent - Sounds good but would lead to more inflation.

Ah yes down here others have noticed as well ;)

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mattclarke (68) · 7 years ago

I can't edit either, as he's screen grabbed it :p

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personz (66) · 7 years ago

You can edit it and should, just add a little note saying you edited it, that's what I always do.

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mattclarke (68) · 7 years ago

It's all good :) we're all friends here.
Besides, I noticed before anyone else.
That's gotta count for something.

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ecoinstant (68) · 7 years ago

That totally counts!

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abh12345 (76) · 7 years ago

This is good news and means that using Bid-bots will in fact lead to a greater financial reward than stated.

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markangeltrueman (67) · 7 years ago

That's good news?

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abh12345 (76) · 7 years ago

For Bot users, yes?

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markangeltrueman (67) · 7 years ago

I guess so :). I'm not a bot fan any more.

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abh12345 (76) · 7 years ago

how come?

Are the reasons financial, ethical, political? :)

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markangeltrueman (67) · 7 years ago

Its mainly around upvote bots - i feel that genuine manual curators will be turned away from up-voting posts that have a large number of bot-generated upvotes on them. It could be that im misunderstanding the whole way that curation works however.....

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abh12345 (76) · 7 years ago

Yes I think they are, and do turn away from bot voted posts.

You could stick a vote on the post a few days in when the interested has faded though?

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markangeltrueman (67) · 7 years ago

Yeah, i do think that could be an idea, but then that's obviously not something that the bot owners want as it would reduce their potential curation rewards. For the person who spends time posting good quality content and gets very little reward (which is, unfortunately, the inherent nature of Steemit), I don't really have an issue with them using a bot to get a few extra cents for their efforts. I just worry about the demise of curation, which could in turn, send this platform into a self perpetuating cacophony of bot upvoters as people struggle to get even the slightest reward for their posts..

sanmi (64) · 7 years ago

Could it be because people voted before 30 minutes and the rewards went to the author ? Also if the author self voted, then he takes maximum of curation rewards, is that right and could influence this calculation ?

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fknmayhem (70) · 7 years ago (edited)

All upvote rewards in the first minute go almost completely to the author. With only at minute 30 all 100% of the upvote rewards are shared along the 75/25 maxim.

Given that more popular authors/whales usually benefit a voting trail they tend to get more of the share which otherwise would have been distributed 75/25 because many autovotes are before the 30th minute, those with more SP often even taking a higher penalty because their weight in the curation matrix is higher and they will still come out on top.

So if a whale self-votes within first two or three minutes, barely anything of their upvote is shared with the curators.

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themarkymark (78) · 7 years ago

It is all the votes that happen within the first 29 minutes 59 seconds that change the actual curation rewards percentage. Self-voting is the other factor, especially when done in the first 15-20 minutes.

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sanmi (64) · 7 years ago

Then may be we should find a statistics based on that, to get the clear picture.

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marty-arts (65) · 7 years ago

great post.. I also use that button "upvote post" while writing.. and this is not the first post I read about the voting and rewards situation on steemit... I think it should be changed!

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kartiksingh (65) · 7 years ago

excellent research ...everyone here believe that author will get 75% and curators will get 25% . I read many blog every one saying the same..Thanks for this information ...it i really helpful for newbie like me

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pagandance (55) · 7 years ago

nice post!

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taskmaster4450 (78) · 7 years ago

Very interesting. The numbers speak for themselves. I love when people dig into the numbers and pull out the facts. It makes life so much easier.

The question is what is more important, authorship or curation? I understand the need for curators. However, when you look at the task if issuing an upvote, even if the person did actually read the article which we know is rare, how long does that take? Compare that with the 30-60 minutes required to put together a good post. Is not the writing of the article more important. Besides, if no article written, nothing to vote on.

Since we know most upvotes are either bots or people voting their friends, I am not sure the quality of content is ever considered.

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kusatsuri (53) · 7 years ago

I totally agree with you! It's not like curators shouldn't be rewarded at all, no! But in my opinion, authors are doing most of the job and trying hard to write a good quality content. It is nothing that can be done in a minute. (Well, depending on the quality of course)

Besides, if no article written, nothing to vote on.

And the fact about most people don't even read the posts is quite sad .... It's like the author is writing everything only for himself.

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sevlom777 (47) · 7 years ago

The more you know...

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steemcenterwiki (59) · 7 years ago

Thanks for sharing! A link to your post was included in the Steem.center wiki article about Curation. Thanks and good luck again!

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unconditional (37) · 7 years ago

Any system of rewards that often allows many good or great posts to be relatively unrewarded while other posts get relatively huge rewards for not being that much better is deeply flawed and needs to be changed.

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manishmike10 (63) · 7 years ago

I knew it!!! Atleast now we have a bit of a proof. Maybe we need to have a 100% check on this. One person upvotes a user at 100% and no one else upvotes him. Than we have a clear picture.

@themarkymark you should try it out. 🏧

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gniksivart (67) · 7 years ago

So is this stated somewhere in the white paper or is this just false information that is being spread to minnows?

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themarkymark (78) · 7 years ago

The white paper explains it all but you only see these percentages when all the rules come together in reality.

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gniksivart (67) · 7 years ago

Got it. Just trying to figure out if someone just made up the 25% or it was based on something (figured the whitepaper).

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themarkymark (78) · 7 years ago (edited)

It is 25%, the problem is that only works if no one votes in the first 30 minutes (which is another rule in the white paper) which never happens.

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gniksivart (67) · 7 years ago

O yeah completely forgot about that.

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mjrcrypto (37) · 7 years ago

You got a 100.00% upvote from @mjrcrypto courtesy of @yabapmatt!

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patrice (65) · 7 years ago

Great Catch! This sheds a whole new light on the profitability of some bid-bots & low quality posts. A fix to this would help curb low quality spam content with less flag weight.

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rashley01 (49) · 7 years ago

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postpromoter (63) · 7 years ago

You got a 4.77% upvote from @postpromoter courtesy of @themarkymark!

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fourfourfun (55) · 7 years ago

You know what, some sort of post analytics feature would be awesome for end users to see what is going on.

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boomerang (56) · 7 years ago

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isnochys (66) · 7 years ago

hmm..when I use steemdata, and 2017-12-04 as date, I get 731 posts with payout on that day.
Author rewards: 1455
Curation rewards: 322
-> 22%
So we are good within the 25% as curation reward.
Nothing to worry about:)

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sneaky-ninja (59) · 7 years ago

This post has received a 4.90 % upvote from @sneaky-ninja thanks to: @themarkymark.

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pollux.one (68) · 7 years ago

I am not much of a "maths-guy".
Just a thought (that would possibly explain some things OR sum up your post in some lines):
Would the math be right (75/25) if you calculate the curation into the rewards of the author?
Payout author = 75% + author curation reward
Curation (others) = 25% - author curation

The opportunistic conclusion to this would be: Stop voting for selfvoted stuff + look for really good content + Selfvote only just before payout

The best solution for steem would be: Stop selfvoting (even with sock puppets AND boosters) + vote what you really like

Long term gain > short term gain

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malos10 (64) · 7 years ago

i like how you explain it all, simple and fun <3
we learn new things everyday!! is interesting to know that in fact steemit doesnt give the 25% of the pai

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steemreports (64) · 7 years ago

Good observations - I hadn't thought to check this!

Because the steemdb seems to show only the vests rewarded, whereas authors also receive SBDs, the actual curation percentage depends on the proportion of people using the 50/50% versus 100% power up I think.

It looks like the split is between 10.8% and 21.5% to curation anyway, certainly not 25%.

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is4r (54) · 7 years ago

Sungguh luar biasa @themarkymark. Saya baru saja mengetahui dari posting anda yang sungguh sangat mengejutkan. Ternyata benar menurut hitungan matematika bahwa kurasi slama ini tidak seperti yang telah dipersentasikan. Trimakasih telah berbagi. Sukses selalu untuk anda.

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max1994 (1) · 7 years ago

I wonder how this would work for folks leasing to bid-bots? Do you think they would be more inclined to pull SP back out to curate with

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jepu (59) · 7 years ago

thanks for the info! really learning a lot from your posts

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randystiefer (59) · 7 years ago

I've known this for awhile. There was a time where you could get a rando whale upvote, a minnow booster upvoter, and a ninjawhale upvote all in the first 5 minutes of your post and get 100% of the rewards because the 100+ votes from all the trails would kill all future curation.

Curation Isn't working the way it was meant to work. I think a return to 50/50 would help.

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parcke (37) · 7 years ago

I still don't understand it yet, but I'm sure I will eventually. I do understand blockchain, and mining(to some degree). If "they" say 25%, then they need to come clean and clear about it if it is not true. If it is true then give us a lcear and concise blog on it, or a wiki(?) post.

However, I will Resteem this.

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randystiefer (59) · 7 years ago

It should really say in a perfect example 25% will go to curation.

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https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@miniature-tiger/analysis-of-curation-percentage-by-post-payout-and-net-votes

miniature-tiger (68) · 7 years ago (edited)

Hey @themarkymark,

I ran the numbers across November (excluding those with beneficiaries). I get 18.1% on average. So clearly not 25%, but higher than the SteemDB number (I'm not sure why this is so low).

We can assume larger whales and popular posts curation rewards will be less than smaller authors with fewer votes.

Yes. For popular authors the ratio drops off quite a lot.

For posts with higher payouts there is also a drop off in ratio, but less marked. I guess high payout posts are a mix of popular author posts and surprise hidden gems coming to light (like with curie).

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themarkymark (78) · 7 years ago

18% has always been the number I've gone off. When I checked around 100 posts, I was around more like 16%, but if you took entire Steem probably closer to 18%.

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karencarrens (58) · 7 years ago

Really good post. Greatly appreciate the insight! You have me calculating percentages now! It's addicting. :)

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toofasteddie (70) · 7 years ago

Very interesting despite maybe we all are little bit more confused now than before your investigation... :-)

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themarkymark (78) · 7 years ago

tl;dr or mithfi

the reality is more like 84% author / 16% curators.

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betterperson (48) · 7 years ago

It is a mind-blowing. Let me bookmark it first then think it again.

Thanks for sharing.

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