I'm opting in. Out of pure curiosity. I'm a newbie, a noob, a minnow without much coding skills. But I've seen enough on this platform to make me doubt the direction it's taking. I applaud the efforts for a fresh perspective, but to be honest I've got also some doubts on the Calibrae project.
- Will you have enough lasting resources with your team to keep up the necessary efforts required for a smooth and fast flow of transactions on the blockchain, and the flow of the blog interface?
- Won't the principles on which you build Calibrae be exactly the same? Isn't it prone to fall into similar pitfalls?
From my point of view Steemit isn't a finished product. Looking at the top left of my screen, there's a constant reminder that this is still BETA. I think features and improvements will be rolled out in the future. Probably the rewarding system itself is also still under construction. We already see that discontent over it's current state of affairs leads to disappointment and ultimately abandonment.
What do you think your chances are at creating a better, more balanced, more encouraging, more rewarding experience for everybody to end up with a platform that ultimately brings Internet's finest content?
I really believe it's the quality of the content in the posts by the members and how that's rewarded that will prove to be the ultimate deciding factor for becoming a leading platform. The concept of a blog post site on a blockchain, rewarded via a crypto-currency token system is a true gem in my opinion. It was only a matter of time until this brilliant idea lands on multiple new initiatives.
Don't want to sound to negative here. But just please be 100% sure about your base principles, about your vision, about your abilities and about human nature in general. If you are going to do it, do it right. And for what it's worth, as a minor minnow, you have my respect for embarking on this adventure.
Thanks for your elaborate reply, much appreciated. If it wasn't clear from my comment, I'm opting in :)