There is just one problem with this master plan of yours.
A lot of people here has a misconception about the quality of posts.
They don't see any reason why their posts are of sub-quality/(not the HuffPost quality).
Believe me, when I started on steemit, I used to write/edit for a few accounts here, who were not native English speakers, so they welcomed my help and paid a few sbd for it.
But after a while, they figured that quality posts have nothing to do with the earnings here. So they kicked my ass out.
There is a 0% chance here that a high quality post will earn more money than a low quality post.
People have got so used to the general sub quality posts here that they feel if a post has more than 600 words, it is of high quality, and it doesn't matter if those 600 words mean anything or they are ultimate bullshit.
So the thing is, unless we have some whales, who are serious content consumers, nothing can be done to improve the quality of posts here.
BTW, I love people who are looking for solutions instead of just complaining, and you tried for a good solution, so cheers!
There will be strict guidelines for post submissions. Look at any legitimate publication for countless examples.
No. The writers are not writing so the whale has something interesting to read while he takes a shit. They're doing it to create massive amounts of content for him around a certain niche that can be monetized in dozens of ways IN ADDITION TO the payouts from SBD/SP.
Yay. Go me.
So you believe that this will work?
If it is implemented on a large enough scale the ln yes, absolutely
Quality is also hard to quantify. I have seen posts in my niche diving who wouldn't make it past an editor but who are interesting for me.
I think adding communities where you have like minded readers would also help but off course this is easier to establish in a small niche like diving then in the big communities like travel where you need a higher level of quality to jump out.
That's true!
At some point, quality is subjective. Sure, there are obvious shitposts, but I've seen great articles presenting great concepts once I get past the punctuation and grammar from people who are writing English as a second language.
I agree fully. Not only quality is subjective, but also, people do not take the time to analyze the standards that make a post good or bad. Hence how people think long posts have high quality. But I think there is another problem with @yallapapi 's solution. It is to make these people (whales and dolphins) come to an agreement. They have no incentive to do so, just like in any societal system. As such, I think it will only occur if the people underneath them put the pressure on them. Some form of revolution. I have no idea how to do so in a peaceful and orderly manner, any suggestions are accepted.
Revolutions are seldom peaceful!
The incentive for them is to have a business passively built for them from scratch, or one that complements whatever business they already have in addition to more payouts from using their SP.
Here's a suggestion: no.
There is no way to "pressure" them into doing what you want. They are essentially doing the equivalent of plundering a dictator's economy before the country falls apart.
The "incentive" to them is the following:
Basically, more money for less work. And a solid business that will last even after this platform dies.
Complaining does nothing. Either help the solution or try and play the game and win at it.
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