Hey, good morning. I believe that the path to understanding is through DIALOGUE. Therefore, I thank you for the opportunity to talk about the topic, also for listening to the community, and finally the community for taking their time to share your opinion.
The role of Hive Members is to ensure that the Reward Pool is not used by people with bad intentions. Imagine, if we didn't have Hive's "Good Neighboor Policies", we would have lots and lots of bots using AI to share content 24 hours a day and drying the pool. Furthermore, if we left 100% copy of content, we would have people posting content from other users on other platforms all day long.
So, my opinion is that all content needs to have a purpose, share an idea, with something UNIQUE, like an opinion. That's why I believe that the posts need some originality. Now regarding the votes, I believe that it is something personal and you can vote for whoever you want, but at the same time, I think that valuing creative and original posts, in which there is added effort, is the best way to use your votes, because as some said one day the pool will cease to exist and only you'll need to trully like to post to reward it.
Appreciate you sharing your thoughts! Indeed, incentivizing originality of content is essential.
However, a lot of social media does exactly what you're describing: sharing copied stuff from elsewhere 24/7. It's very common on popular websites like Facebook, X, Reddit, etc., and frankly it's a good formula for success as it's easier for people to interact with and digest. A lot of that content does have its uses, hence why the sites are so popular, so I do think it has greater value than we may attribute here on Hive.
I also think that with microblogging (Threads, Decks, etc.), we're gradually transitioning into more of this type of content, although microblogging also has plenty of opportunities for originality.
Now, should it be rewarded the same way as original content? I don't think so, and people have made great points as to why it may not warrant rewards at all, yourself included (imagine AI bots collecting tons of rewards just for reposting indefinitely!).
It'll be interesting to see where we end up in a few years. We're entering quite a crossroads!
Yeah let's see what happens. Like some people said we may see a big change with Inleo Threads and stuff, something layer 2.
Yes, I was also thinking of having Layer 2 as a possible solution!
I'll definitely be making a follow-up post to this one once the voting period expires (assuming it doesn't cut into the monthly contests, rewards, etc.).
That's the magic of talking about it. We all can come up with ideas.