I liked the contribution bit. It helped me understand high payouts for some creators who I could say contributed a lot to the betterment of the platform as opposed to some amazing content or art. This is a great way to differentiate between the two core peoples that make steemit what it is. I like your proposed ideas, especially to delegate voting power to flags and even a separate downvote pool.
However this also in my opinion takes away from the sense of community. We as a community need to come together and decide what is more important? Curation rewards, or giving our favorite author rewards they may very well deserve, or do we want to come together as a community and sacrifice some downvoting for the sake of protecting our investment?
Not doing anything won't give us different results, and if I know one thing, there is some serious power in numbers.
For the sake of I've not been here long enough to be a worthy downvoter, I would still be happy to sacrifice my 2 cents to stop the rewards pool issue if it meant that my mere 2 pennies helped save the world. Ok maybe not the world, but at least the rewards pool
I know, ROI. Stakeholders. This is great. It only takes 5 days to power back to 100% so I fail to see the problem.
With the thousands being stolen from this public purse I would think one week or one month even of less pay to correct the issue would benefit everyone. I'm also pretty sure that once again, power in numbers works.
As I promote this platform the more talented and logical individuals who see this can also see the problem and are staying away. Even exploring other steemit-like options.
It’s a great point/view. For the larger stakeholders though, it is a lot more than a few cents. It is several hundred, sometimes thousands of dollars per day. It would be nice if the stakeholders were willing to give that up for the betterment of the community, and some are, but at least currently it seems not enough are willing to make the personal sacrifice for the greater good.
Yeah I understand. Some individuals are more about personal gain. Hundreds or thousands yesterday was not enough. I mean I get it but that kind of thinking stinks. Not at all surprised and I still think that this will get resolved sooner than later. Especially if we put together some downvote delegation like you suggested.