Some ideas:
- What if you required that all steemauto users either pay a monthly fee OR vote for @mahdiyari as witness? I don’t think that’s outlandish to expect from us since we do benefit from (his? her?) work. I’m sure most would pick the latter and that could increase their rank enough to cover costs, right?
- If that’s not adequate, what about a flat enrollment fee plus an ongoing commitment to keep your vote for witness?
Basically I would really dislike having to do a monthly thing. Steemauto was huge for me while I was taking a break from here, knowing my (very little) SP wasn’t going to waste. I’m already at capacity with who I upvote when I do some manual curation so I would really rather not add to that list. And I don’t think my upvote is worth enough anyway.
I can't include witness vote in any deal! people should vote their witnesses by researching. That is like voting for a president!
Yes, I understand. Thanks for your suggestions.
I realize that under most circumstances that would be totally inappropriate but I think that since all of us steemauto users benefit so much from your hard work and that it’s clear that you make a major contribution to the platform that it’s reasonable to expect that we support you. But I do admire your ethical stance on this!
Another idea: curation trail owners pay a flat fee for starting the trail and then a monthly fee depending on the cumulative average SP of the trail? I’m sure some of those people are making a hefty sum of money off of it. If anything should be a pro feature that’s probably it. Comment upvotes too. That would still make the features most people use (autovote posts and autoclaim) free.
I'm always here for your great ideas:)Thank you @malloryblythe
Thanks for being awesome and making such a great tool that saves us all a ton of time and permits us to not live our entire lives on Steemit if we want to keep up with our VP. ;) Really though, you rock, and I'm happy to be giving you my vote.
I respect your integrity. I do up-vote witnesses that provide public - RPC nodes. A little witness vote begging on the steemauto page, wouldn't hurt. ;)