I think the advantage to being a whale remains with the income, even using the suggestions I offered.
While the actual count of upvotes and quality interactions (comments) would drive a post up the stream for "visibility" the whale vote would still have more monetary value.
I see this as a way to allow a "good" post the opportunity at 10,000 minnow votes (about $100) or 10 dolphin votes (about $100) or 1 whale vote (about $100) or some combination of those.
This would also make it so that "whales" would still have to work for the upvote instead of getting "TOP" exposure for posting "hey there, I'm a whale" and getting $1,000 for it.
I mean, where's the value when a post that takes several hours of photography and research gets $0.10 while "Jerry Banfield is now on Steemit" makes $15,000?
Ultimately the market decides value. Just because someone spent hours on a post, doesn't mean it has value. Forcing value seems like it could corrupt the whole system. I understand what you are saying, but the freedom whale have is also due to the fact that most of them built up an audience long before we got here. I like how hard it is to get traction. I think it weeds out the people that are here for a quick buck. That is just me though. I think some of your ideas are solid and could possibly implemented, but I don't want to force value on something. Then that will mess with the whole system. I like how the market assigns value. One of my favorite things about Steemit.
@timeshiftarts you have won the FREE RANDOWHALE I'm offering. Just reply back a post that you would like me to use it for and I will pay for it. Please provide link. Congratulations and I really appreciate the good discussion. Thank you.
@timeshiftarts you have won the FREE RANDOWHALE I'm offering. Just reply back a post that you would like me to use it for and I will pay for it. Please provide link. Congratulations and I really appreciate the good discussion. Thank you.
I think the most amusing to promote would be this one ...
https://steemit.com/money/@timeshiftarts/increasing-the-value-of-cash
Even though I have many thoughtful posts.
Just sent it through. Just come back here and confirm if you can. I would appreciate it.
Golden ... Thank you very much
Thank you for having a great discussion. You rock. I hope it helps.