Why reward people for being first? Top content makes it to the front page on other sites because it gets shares even though the people get nothing in return.
Maybe a curation lottery would be better? It incentivizes curation while requiring less work on the users part. People would curate more in general simply because they would want to put more upvotes out there.
Another idea is curation could be more like farming. You till the soil and the soil gets better the more you work it. If you don't add any nutrients to the soil after time it will be less efficient however.
For example, a post with more unique user votes will give more curation rewards. While a post that acquires less unique users votes are rewarded less over time. Maybe a cap on how low the curation for a vote can go would have to be implemented but there's my full 5 cents.
In the past I've suggested randomizing vote order at payout.
Hey, glad to see you're here. I like that suggestion too, I can hear people complaining about their luck right now. lol
Really though, it's surprising what people will do for free.
I ran it past Blocktrades and was told it would be difficult to pull off on a blockchain. Scratch that plan.
I think the biggest untapped resource for us here are the millions who spend countless hours hitting 'like' buttons and leaving comments, with no chance of ever being compensated for their time. That's the crowd this place would benefit most from, especially when they bring their money with them, knowing full well they can have it back if they'd rather go back to not earning.
Any moves that make this platform more appealing to that crowd I'll support.
You're absolutely right about the people not even getting noticed. It's always been that way, but I guess that might just be social media.
Lets take some psychology classes to learn to help people feel included.
I'm not talking about the people not getting noticed. I'm talking about attracting many more who notice things. This has always been a stage with more performers than there are people sitting in the seats, watching. Of course it's going to be hard to get noticed if there's plenty to see, but not many around to look.
Ahh that makes sense. I do believe Hive can be big like some of the main social apps out there. Getting money for upvotes was enough incentive for me.😅