Full flattening of the reward curve is an extreme economic change that I'm for and believe most of the community is ready for.
BUT, I think the flattening should be enforced gradually over at least 6 month to mitigate unintended consequence in user behaviors to this change.
400% boost of the voting power is too drastic an economic change especially when combined with the flattening. I've once written about that subject at length (got lost on slack) and agreed this parameter was too high BUT As new Steem frontends and completely different use-cases develop the mechanism to make this change should be periodic and new delta % change found though witness voting process and not as a HF. (more on that in another post)
I thus recommend voting power change to be lowered to 2x max or postponed for when we have evaluated the usage pattern brought by a flat curve and a more functional UI on steemit.com. One that does not encourage groupthink though a prominent trending page but give comprehensive access to less popular content.
I agree with these points. I do believe going from rshares^2 to linear is a drastic change. And conflating the results with another related change to vote power is a poor idea of a bundled feature change.
One of the intended effects of lessening the curve was to give comments a better chance of rewards. But if people are voting with 2% of their VP with every full-power vote, will people vote for comments then? The argument is that people can adjust their voting power, but more cognitive load is not something that should be intentionally introduced to voting decisions. It's bad enough already.
The rationale for going to strictly linear is that there would be too much complexity or too much of a node performance hit with other curves. To their credit, some Steemit developers did sit down and put a good deal of effort into coming up with some Steem-friendly reward curves. But they were scrapped for one reason or another. I believe @arhag claimed that it would be possible to lessen the curve without flattening it, while still sticking to computationally cheap math, but I don't remember more details than that.
With all that said, it's basically too late now for debate, unless witnesses were to not upgrade like with HF17. But that is unlikely to happen from my point of view. The best that can be hoped for is that the people leading the development of Steem and Steemit learn from errors. It comes slower to some more than others.
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@aggroed made a good post and the sentiment is the same everywhere but it never is rationalized why and how going against the consensus of ONE CHANGE, is wise or intelligent in the least, but I disagree with the flatter reward curve being a drastic change, the drastic change is like @aggroed said, the one not being discussed because of the flatter reward curve.
https://steemit.com/hf19/@aggroed/shaved-whale-balls-and-mega-circle-jerks-the-economics-of-hf-19-a-witness-update
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Yup the linear thing is almost irrelevant, the 400% increase of potential power per vote is somewhat drastic, but very exciting :)
I wouldn't care if they increased it from 0.5% to 100% either lol. As long as they would give everyone the slider that is...
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If you use eSteem app you have a slider under settings. I am not excited about it, and I think that was done mostly to mitigate flag wars or abuse while giving the large accounts the chance to more power, a compromise in between and exponential.
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I think it's done for the little people. Users with > 500 SP will have the slider for more accurate curation. There are so many more little people (over 95% of the user base probably) that will all have 4 times as much power because they have no slider. We'll see how it goes, it can't be that problematic. More problematic than the current implementation seems impossible to me. It's horrific right now.
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Yes, I think you're right, that makes more sense than my "IT'S A CONSPIRACY!" lol
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@pfunk great reply here mate seems like you said comments don't get many up votes . Keep on steeming on
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I suggest supporting and promoting some of the other Steem apps with differentiated functional UIs so that users are less reliant on Steemit which, as you say, encourages groupthink through a prominent trending page.
https://steemit.com/chainbb/@cryptoctopus/how-will-different-steem-apps-influence-our-behaviors-chainbbtrail-updates
I am eagerly waiting for @Zappl and the character limits it brings.
http://zappl.io/
Short posts and short replies need less time to create and consume and thus allow for more time to communicate and connect with more people.
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Short posts can be very powerful these days so powerful they can move markets.
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It doesn't make sense to me why we needed to have both changes included in one HF. I am all for the linear reward curve change as I think it will help "even" the playing field at least somewhat. However, the voting power change doesn't seem to be helpful to really anyone but the most casual users of the site... and I for one am not sure why we should be catering anything to the casual user?
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INC always does few changes without testing ;) but this change seems not bad
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The world population is casual users. Steem is dependent on having the largest network effect in the long run, so it is crucial that it be a desirable system for everyone, not just hardcore steemians.
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I think it's possible, for better or worse, that Steemit ends up being a network for the elite.
The onboarding methods and the cost associated for new accounts kind of lead me to think that.
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We will end up disrupted by a network for the non-elite, in that case.
I would also say that the financial elite typically have less time to be posting to a social network, and thus a higher vote-power consumption favours them. The people favoured by low vote power consumption are those with loads of free time or bots (which are neither the masses nor the elite).
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Glad to see I'm not the only one!
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Aggroed, we want to open up a witness account together with couple of my friends. Can you please let me know of a good guide, and let me know where to start. Once I have a witness account I can make sure you are not the only one :D
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There's a million guides. I like working with @someguy123 and he has a guide on his wall for HF19.
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Thanks, I will take a look at it.
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meep
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You're the only one that feels this way. Why are you against the rest of us?
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meep
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Fine, as long as you have a good reason.
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meep
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I think it is impossible to design the ideal rules upfront so experimentation is important to reiterate closer to something that will generate the desired behaviours. The voting I see is too focussed on earning through what looks like robovoting for authors that already have successful (high earning) publications. Good for them but on a system level that does not achieve the stated goal of finding good content. Established authors are already "found".
On the other hand, there needs to be some sort of predictability, if someone with hundreds of (new) followers is upvoted but that does not translate to earnings that will demotivate. It is not healthy that the only shot you have at a decent earning (10's not 1000's of SBD) is to be found by a whale. That simply won't scale and getting earnings with ever increasing content becomes more of a lottery at best and nepotism at worst...
Too much surprises or inconsistencies with the reward system and people will disengage.
I think it is better to experiment now and risk breaking stuff in the short run rather than allowing a faulty feedback system to persist which can cause much greater damage.
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Here is a great post by @liberosist that visualy shows how big of an impact it is to go from a squared to linear curve. We all have difficulty grasping exponential functions this makes it a lot easier to understand!
https://steemit.com/steem/@liberosist/post-hardfork-19-whale-vs-current-whale-visualized
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400% does seem like a drastic change to make all at once
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@alphacore 400% is a fair wack I guess
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I think your idea really makes sense since public reacrion should be considered when making decisions for people. This could reverse progress of steemit and as such be implemented in stages.
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@transisto thanks for sharing but I tried to understand the post but i guess I am slow or still new to Steemit...I am very much interested to understand :
Is it possible to compile another post showing the curve and graphs and more pictures so that some of us who are interested may understand better.
I look forward to your next post. Thanks
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Steemit Inc. is rushing two significant economic change to the steem blockchain in one update with 1 week notice. Unfortunately I don't think you'll have time to grasp the full implication before it's done and you are affected by it.
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If the change in voting power turns out to be too much, there are a range of options to mitigate it. Front end changes can have an impact, as well as another voting policy similar to the one enforced by @abit and @smooth.
We're still in a move fast and break things stage, IMO. Giving every change enough time to have a rigorous analysis of the impact requires that we take years to make tiny changes. We don't have the luxury of that kind of time.
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There's a lot of money in Steem currently(I'm basing this on the market cap). If we consider Steem to be a startup type company I agree we still need to take risks but a month - 2 month long buildup might be called for.
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I think there is a big gap between 10 days and years. Also the more often we HF the smoother the process will end up anyway. (should we put the 2x - 4x in HF20)
Also asking for UI change from steemit.com is one thing not every frontend might be able to adapt as easily.
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Also the more often we HF the more likely people will get use to it and the less fluctuation in value there will be leading up to a HF. If we again treat this like a startup being able to update frequently and stay up to date could be a huge advantage compared to other crypto.
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What kind of useful data would you expect to see in 10 days? If you are measuring systemic issues they usually take longer to crop up.
Are you expecting a second fork in short succession?
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Not data on the actual outcome but thought process by the community, stake holder and the witness on the change.
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I agree with the points you brought up. Someone on Steemit also brought a big point that, "It's now easier to vote for yourself rather than voting for others". His point was that, it will require you to post 10 comments and self-vote. As of now, same member will be required top post 40 comments to use his full voting power for his own use (selfishness)
I'd completely agree with you on 2x voting power as maximum. We should wait and see the effects of linear rewards first than making multiple big changes which could affect the economy in unexpected way.
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Perhaps I'm a noob, or just dumb. But, I don't get any of this, and I'm confused whats happening.... No idea if it is good or bad.
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Totally agree with you!
Please help for the minnows !
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One of these days, I'll know what I'm doing here...
@pocketechange
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Well thats the system we have in place with steemit
Follow me and I will Follow You
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Great thoughts.
I agree.
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I agree .. lets see how this turns out 😥
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I'm not sure what's the overall feeling of people about this. I'll be looking. I think it might be okay but that's mostly a guess.
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I think the feeling is One Change at one time.
After that it's consider something better than increasing voting power expended..
SP works exponentially but not voting Power, or like aggroed and other have mentioned we need to consider the relation in between the one voting and the one getting the vote.
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One change at a time is the ideal situation now sometimes trade off need to be made.
I agree these change to HF19 can be a bit drastic. We'll see how it goes. I'm pretty much in favor of it right now.
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One change at a time is the wise solution, a "situation" that is as common sense as it gets.
I am not saying that sometimes two different things could get bunched together, but I am saying change one thing about one function and not two.
We have a chance to understand how these changes affect the platform, and we shouldn't squander them, how many times do we need to go through voting curves and vote depletion, wouldn't it make more sense to take every opportunity you have to measure these major functions early on?
I think the sentiment of wait and see is there because people are finally getting a flat reward curve, and they are grateful for that or at least sympathetic, but I don't think that they will hold the same sentiment for HF20.
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I heard the hard fork increased power is only available for those under 500 steem power.
I have no idea if that is true, or where to ask the question...
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@transisto I think your right 400% could be a bit much
Would be good to give good incentive for new users thou look fw to future plans
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I do not understand the post clearly. But what I understand voting power change. and voting power 400% change can be a drastic economic change. But I think. if most new user getting help using voting power. it may help the community. I found a new user if voting daily. do not get anything regard if less steem power. So what they are doing vote their own post or other people post. its waste of time. so new user can not understand the platform correctly.
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I did a post asking people if they have noticed any difference since fh19 application...
I had a resounding yes, they have noticed a massive drop in their votes and their incomes. Its has had a negative effect on the steem starters and is a massive redirection of the ethos.
Time will tell but in the early stages its not looking good.
Reality sometimes does not reflect intention
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Enthusiasm to read your next post, but at the moment I'm a bit confused. I'll be following you @transisto
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@transisto great post some great information for sure steem is on it way up viva la steem
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Hard fork sure has been interesting.. your thoughts??
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There's going to do up and down in voting reward, emotions, drama. Then things will improve.
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my thoughts are the same..
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Hey. Interesting idea but I didn't fully understand it, I also think that the implications of 4x and flattening were not properly considered. But I can't think of any specific consequences, do you have any specific examples of what this could provoke?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I look forward to reading more.
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hi @transisto , I've mentioned you in this post. I hope you you can read. thanks :)
https://steemit.com/introduce/@jenniferbagz/new-here-steemit-2017624t111142572z#@fernwehninja/re-transisto-re-jenniferbagz-new-here-steemit-2017624t111142572z-20170627t052141362z
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This is called spamming, I know people want to be nice and just ignore it but I think if that's the approach you can only expect others to think it's ok and follow suit with spamming, it's almost as bad as upvoting such spam.
I don't want to flag you, and I'd rather hope this helps to direct you elsewhere, possibly the chatroom under the hamburger menu in the channel postpromotion ;)
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Sorry for that. I guess you are right. But we do not have much options. Most of the time (95%] i read the article I am "spamming" If I realize it interesting and I have something to say about it I always do it. Unfortunatelly most of the time, articles are not about the objectives we are interested, so you can not actually find the real people who could be your natural followers. There is no much content about conservation in general, sustainable agroforestry in tropics, law enforcement in wildlife, bee keeping and other things which we try to improve here in Kedjom-Keku. Thank you for your advice. I would appreciate even more tips how to succeed on Steemit. There is no much time remaining for the forest. If you could try to read our articles may be you could find another way how to help us. Thank you.
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Well not to go off topic completely, but you will do better if you focus on the tags/keywords, for example sustainability, crowdsourcing.
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ok, i am going to try all possibilities. Don't think it makes me happy to usi this approach. Thanks again
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