WHAT?! You have got to be kidding. This is June first, not April first... This will kill it.
If anything, rewards for normal users need to be increased enough to make it interesting for EVERYONE.
Every post and comment and vote should give a user something, and users should be able to tip what they like too.
Otherwise this is just another board...
Well said. The pitch for this site to users is "post, vote, get paid". Many users of any site are lurkers. They won't post much, even links, but they will vote and many will sign up based on the appeal of getting paid for voting well (also the lottery aspect of voting early for a post that becomes incredibly popular e.g. front page on reddit).
Removing the curation rewards will kill 90% (or maybe 99%) of the appeal in terms of user signups and differentiation in a crowded market.
I like that idea ...
If I could choose how much of my voting power/Steem Power/STEEM/SBD to give to a content creator I would have a little more control or options from which to choose. Say I see a really good post and I can click a dropdown from 1%-100% (that adjust as I vote during the day indicating how much "power" I have left) and assign a voting power amount that I deem worthy of this post.
For instance, if I want to be a complete tool and give my post a 100% upvote, well I have no voting power left for anyone else and so be it. Or if I want to give 10 people 10% of my voting power then that's what I choose from the dropdown.
And perhaps also have the option for me to tip as well, give them a little something from my own personal stash of STEEM or SBD for the good content.
HI