its not a confusion on steem 'vs steemit for me. its a rather easy distinction. but like it or not, steemit is still the main face of steem when it comes to blogging and creative content.
Content valuable for steem. how would you define that? and what seperates that from what should be funded via SPS
You're a Steem veteran. Of course the confusion around steem vs steemit is not a problem for you ;)
Content that is worth enough in return for possible sell-pressure to be generated. Many people are saying that whales, early miners & steemit inc. are creating the most sell pressure. And that's somewhat true (I've never seen freedom powering down), but there is still sell-pressure being generated by the inflation from the reward pool. And most investors won't just throw money away if it's not giving something in return.
I didn't really expect that the SPS would be that hard to get funding from, at least at this point of time, but it is. And it's actually great. Because already, some proposals have been submitted with ridiculous amount of sums. And it's important to keep the threshold high, so good proposals will receive funding.
Now, this is where "content valuable for Steem" comes into play, as it doesn't require some kind of threshold. Instead, everybody can vote on the said post and will receive the payout after 7 days. However, the payout is not guaranteed. On the SPS, if your proposal is approved and stays approved, you'll get a guaranteed amount of SBD.
Do project updates not get cashed out? and devs don't fund their projects with the rewards pool? you have never seen freedom power down because he makes enough from leasing he does not have too.....I don't see that being powered up very fast, do you? Yes there is sell pressure from inflation, and shitty spammers and content. but fuck all is really going to good content in the general schemes of things. we wont attract good content creators if they come to steem and thing they gotta write about steem. and thats how trending looks.
Im not sure I am seeing a resonsable arguement on how trending looks good or even better.
That's the trending page on youtube.
The over concern about trending has been going on for almost 4 years.
"Good enough is eough"
I would tend to agree. but I am a marketeer/content creator and writing stuff on topics where people get emotional or that touches on peoples pain points is good for traffic and the strategy works time and time again.