Hi!!! super long day. and another one on the horizon. but the most amazing, difficult, purpose-driven opportunity that I've had in about 4 years. (had another amazing one that ended then!) Special needs people are incredible.
this little guy I have... I hope the person who did this to him will rot - for a very long time.
my mind is depleted hehehe but I did go up and read your message and Acid's and I love that you both were so committed to trying to find ways to strengthen the idea. But, I'm really thinking that someone else would probably be much better to make an initiative like this happen. Because you both are saying things that just aren't making the connection in my head. The way that I think is just different, not better, not worse - different. And if I had was sitting in front of you both at a table - and trying to really make this work (and if i had the time LOL) I would sit there and brainstorm and learn, and adjust and rally and train and do it all. But I was hoping to help to implement this with 3 people that I trusted, train them on the concept and equip them - and then support them from the background as needed.
I completely hear what you both are saying - not enough trust, worry of scam, people not able to afford the 1HP/1%, and all the other things you listed - Instead of me revamping the entire thing, I think it probably just makes more sense for someone who is more in tune with the needs of Hive (as far as DHF, rewards, etc) to set forth the proposal. (And I think some people already have some pretty serious initiatives in mind)
But I'm happy to have at least hopefully added something to the mix. If at the very least - gotten people talking.
As I said to acid - thanks for your willingness to continue to be part of the conversation and add a lot of depth and thought to this... I hope that the "powers that be" have been scanning the comment sections and adding in your thoughts to their plans! hehehe
Have a good night (or day!! lol) heading to bed for another full day with one of the sweetest angels on the planet!!! :)
My brother is special, as they say. Good guy.
And I'm not worried about your project being a scam. Concerned this particular approach could open the door to competitors hijacking the trust something like this service builds within the community, and using that trust to take advantage of others by offering something similar then burning people, as they do.
There are a lot of moving parts on Hive.
You say 1 HP, but with a total of 7 accounts delegating stake there's already 1166 HP in the account. And that vote is only worth two cents, while one post shelling out 1% could bring in 10 cents, even a dollar. 1% doesn't sound like much but it adds up really fast.
So if I was in that room you speak of I would have suggested monthly payouts or something along those lines to give back the surplus rather than making it appear as if you're building a whale off the backs of the people and their work which might not be intention but that doesn't matter. One thing you don't want to do here is set yourself up to be on the receiving end of a community uproar two years down the line. You've seen those posts. Stacking a pile of money with the promise of payout means, eventually, people demand you shut it down because they want their money.
But I guess it doesn't matter now...
And if people really were scanning comments looking for ideas that actually solve issues, I'd go straight to the root of the problem and suggest a simple proposal system like what we already have that allows community members to report menaces abusing their downvotes. An appeals system. Community could have a look at the case, vote, and if it's decided someone is being a menace with abusive downvotes, the community's vote of approval would trigger the muting of that account's downvote function temporarily. What does one gain by being a menace with their downvote if the community can simply switch it off. Problem solved. And of course I left out all the finer details since I'm just talking to the clouds.
Anyway. LOL I could just keep going and going and going but I think I'll stop there.
I don't think you should give up entirely but that's not my call either.
Have a nice day.