Hello Laonie,
thank you for your vote of my post https://steemit.com/food/@knozaki2015/i-travel-the-world-part-17-porto-di-oneglia-featuring-jason-jason-bourne
you mentioned that new users are leaving the platform again. Do we have any data to back up that statement.
I know myself how hard it is to gain traction on Steemit. If you get whale love, you are good to go, but 95% of the users are earning close to 0.
I understand that most users are frustrated that it seems to be a lottery game (who gets the whale vote) but i think this is not true.
I think it would be great if the Repurationscore is somehow calculated into the earnings calculation. (for example the more high rep holders vote, the more the earnings go up, thus pushing a post from 50cents earning to maybe 5$, that would be a lot for many people here)
solely relying on he rep score will open the doors to attacks (users gaming the system)
but its a very interesting question, which way is the best. but anyway, even if its change to Rep score based payments, anybody trying really hard can make it on steemit.
You have travelled a lot of places, i hope i can travel the world someday . :)
The rep scores are easy to manipulate, it's not a good idea to use that instead of steem power.