I think if we're voting on whether a reward should be higher or lower we should all be able to see the payout pending.
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I think if we're voting on whether a reward should be higher or lower we should all be able to see the payout pending.
The behavior of why we vote on content should not be based on payout value.
I think it should for me at least. And if you look at very old posts from before the stigma was culturally attached to the down vote you'll see that that was how it was done from the beginning with the early adopters.
https://steemit.com/steem/@nextgencrypto/steem-price-speculation#@steemychicken1/re-justin-re-nextgencrypto-steem-price-speculation-20160424t183611137z-20160424t184359738z
It's an interesting history lesson :)
Yes this is a hard thing to see past. Most of our voting and behavior on what post ends up making it on a trending page is based on the rewards. That is what attracted us to this platform and separates us from other sites.
People are focused on the money, which is why we have sites like http://steemwhales.com/ and pages like https://steemd.com/richlist. It's great for statistical data but most people look to it to see how much Steem someone has or their voting weight. Not everybody does this but the behavior usually comes up as "this post got downvoted and lost half it's rewards thanks to @berniesanders." In my opinion the reward value should not get people upset. We are posting content to share that is beneficial to this platform and others but at the same time, we are trying to monetize social media. It's like a catch 22...
I agree with your assessment. Trying to monetize human behavior, well, it's never been done before that I"m aware of...
Well thanks @stellabelle,
I keep pointing out that we don't see the behavior on other social sites like you do on Steemit. On other sites, we only see the amount of likes/comments and the report abuse button is tucked away in an expandable menu. You don't hear people making a post about how someone downvoted or disliked their post. That information to me, should be the last thing I can see. It's a part of the Steemit ecosystem in order to function so that is why it is difficult to monetize social media but I think it is a necessary direction we need to take to incentivize content creators to prevent a widespread of false information and content.
We're going to get there :)
Also, now that the posts have come down to a reasonable $ amount, I don't think people get so emotionally schizo about it. When I see a $300 post now i think, "Nice work!"
you may be voting on whether a reward should be higher or lower. Personally, I vote for either the post was good and deserves my vote or not. I don't care what reward they are getting.
I think of it like fiscal policy. If this were a tipping system I would look at it differently, as they could have made 10K on a post but if I liked it enough I should still tip like everyone else. That wouldn't affect the rewards of other authors.
you and I are not going to find common ground on this... as far as I am concerned, the only influence you or anyone else has is by deciding it is a good post and voting or deciding it is not worth your vote. Not for you to impose your ideas of what value it can have.