It is a mixture. You need to post AND comment. You get more votes from posts. But you get more followers and attention from commenting and being active.
Eventually you can just post and let your followers help spread your content.
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This model, as pointed out by myself and @droucil leads to?:
WAY MORE CONTENT THAN READERS CAN DIGEST, and more motivation for posting crap to be waded through and thus tiring to users
So current model may be working for the network at this point, but over time, inflation needs to expand the block supply, and the network requires less content and more engagement to attract curation and engagement per post.
Otherwise it will only be the first 100K users that enjoy most Steemit rewards, and a time rip-off for all other users, faced with more content than they can ever browse through.
Meanwhile: We needed communities to help filter all this content, 6 months ago...
People don't need to view 100% of a sites content. In a day, a year, or ever.
Look at reddit for example.
Btw, I didn't really suggest a "model" as much as a method to get actual traction on one's own profile. They could do my suggestion on SteemIt, inside a community, in MSP, or anywhere else they are able to convert their peers to followers.
See the user I was replying to for the context of my suggestion. (It wasn't exactly related to the top level post content)
@netuoso I totally agree with you, doing both things is what is needed to start making a difference. The most important thing in mind is always, how can I add value with my posts, comments. I was thinking about this for so long, and then thanks to @starkerz I got into @timcliff video interview with @terrybrock were he explained very well how he made his own way here, and I reinforced my thoughts on how we can add value here for the platform or for some people.
It was @timcliff , @lukestokes , @blocktrades , @jerrrybanfield , @jesta , @elear who really inspired me in the panel help by @aggroed about the future of the platform, that I had to do something with mny knowledge and the time I had been on steemit. And that is when my idea of creating a full steemit guide of 11 chapters/posts came in, and I spent about the 3 past weeks working on them, and already published the first 2 chapters.
My aim with this complete steemit guide is to help new visitors, new users of steemit, and minnows to understand steemit and the steem blockchain as much as possible and in an easier way, and thus help them make their way on the platform easier from the beginning. And seems it is working in someway. I already got above 100 comments from new people on the platform, and trying to answer questions as much as possible for them, the best I can.
In my reply to @transisto post here, I added the 2 links to the 1st 2 chapters.
It would be great to hear your thoughts when you get the chance.
Actually, I wanted to give you thanks for all your developments for the steem blockchain, and the last one I saw was the one for people to get steem accounts fast with a credit card payment, with already loaded accounts. Thanks for that big contribution @netuoso . I believe @starkerz and @stephenkendal can connect that in the #promo-steem website they are working on.
Regards, @gold84
You're exactly right on stating that members should both create original quality content and comment! It's vital to engage one another here and to grow a following who support your efforts and are sincerely interested in what you have to share. "Great post" as a comment doesn't cut it in my opinion, and shows a true lack of attention, whereas a thought out comment that actually adds something of value even if it is simply encouragement, acknowledgement, raises a question, elaborates on the ideas presented are better and produce more of an interesting exchange between individuals.
I'm not sure I agree. I think that there needs to be space for creators that just post, and curators that just comment...
To be specific: the internet's done a pretty good job of identifying and nurturing the value of creators, although it's done poorly with rewarding them, relatively. But the commenters/participants have gone entirely unrecognised despite them being the core that makes everything on the net possible.
Don't get me wrong, I intend to do both, but I think the key thing that will set Steemit apart, is how it rewards the viewers, and sets up a positive feedback loop where better comments mean more value, and more value means better comments... and this is besides the additional fact that this loop also affects the creators with more exposure.