Steemit - Brief opinion on Voting & Posting

shredlord (62) in steemit • 8 years ago (edited)

This is social media. People shouldn't feel like they should have to produce a thousand word essay or article in order to get a pay-out from Steemit. They don't always have the time as well. If you want it to grow into a mainstream thing, you've gotta be more open and less strict towards them with your votes. I need to place an emphasis on up voting what YOU like, and not just what trendy or hot stuff will benefit your curation wallet the most. "Good content" is a purely subjective term here and can stand for both posting & commenting. One man's trash is another man's treasure, beauty is in the eye of the beholder... I didn't want to bog down into details because I cbf'ed, but these are just some of my brief opinions about it.

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jedau (67) · 8 years ago

This is a nice, concise post. It really brings home a crucial point. I, myself, can't help but write a long post, mainly because it's my nature, but I hope people don't feel obligated to do the same. I mean, most of my long posts don't even get any attention, so I don't think it's indicative of the payout a post receives.

beauty is in the eye of the beholder

There are no truer words in terms of defining what a good content is. That's why I feel very negatively towards "tutorial" posts that tackle how you should write. People should just write what they feel like writing and hope that the emotion they put into it shine though. Readers might appreciate it and vote on it, but at the end of the day, what's important is that you are satisfied with what you put out into the world.

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veralynn (58) · 8 years ago

This!

I need to place an emphasis on up voting what YOU like, and not just what trendy or hot stuff will benefit your curation wallet the most.

Don't focus on curation rewards. Stay browsing the active/new pages and your feed. Get into these habits and others will follow. :)

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lihua (25) · 8 years ago

yes, Good or bad is subjective. Some one may be lucky to earn a good fortune from one article. But there are some requirements for a good articles. First, author should contribute to it, make it rich content, no grammar errors, styling presentable etc. The topics should touch the mass.

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shredlord (62) · 8 years ago (edited)

If it's an article, yea, I hold some of the same 'requirements' you speak of, but they are still your personal requirements nevertheless. 'Good content' doesn't just refer to articles. I'm just saying, a lot of people get the same feeling it's like doing school assignments, even uni assignments again. It becomes like work, in a way. Work, where many people spend hours writing an article only to have it earn a couple of cents. Once you've got enough followers, you don't even have to post interesting stuff to get up voted though - look at some of the dolphins and whales around in this case. As soon as you've got a following, all you need is a paragraph to hit the sky again. I don't want to piss the higher class off by saying all this, but that there is a problem in its self about flagging power which hopefully is balanced a bit more. Steemit's in beta & new, so hopefully it takes a more open direction.

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naifaz (48) · 8 years ago

I'm not sure how I missed this one but could not agree more.

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