I don't like the idea of a few whales being the ones deciding who is happy here and who isn't. I have always been of the opinion that we need a better distribution for the system to work. With my approach I go one step ahead by effectively creating a bunch of small orcas for the voting. They admittedly can't vote on the same post multiple times, which may be a flaw. But there's more in the community who can push them higher. If we manage to see less disparity in the rewards, and no good content going unrewarded, we might be able to make everyone happy.
I don't get how playing the guy who decides about making it or breaking it on an internet platform requires balls.
It would reveal your preferences and personality.
It is easier to hide behind proxies.
Did you ever consider to go undercover and just start a random blog ?
Try putting a lot of thought into a post and then get some half-assed unpersonal upvotes for it, getting as much as the next persons shitpost.
Or better:
Do you not think there is a post out there every day, that deserves a full upvote and to be on trending ?
Or like this:
Is it not how you train a dog ?
You can not reward them each and every time, but you reward them sporadically, which gets them super excited.
What you are proposing sounds bland to me and has no profile and it delegates your responsibility to other people.
I don't have preferences, I'm not a blogger, not a social media person, and generally not very interested in strangers and their lifes or creative output :D
I'm not hiding, I just leave the decision of what's "quality" content to others who can evaluate that better, over a more diverse spectrum.
I never considered having a blog at all. I wouldn't know what to write, and it wouldn't be fun at all for me. No matter the upvotes it would get. I would assume that what creative people really need to feel their work valuated are engaging comments though.
Dogs are rewarded very regularly in the beginning of the training. When they do something extremely well, they get a bonus. And only when they already know to do something you cut down on the rewards.
I may be a bland person without profile in this space, I don't mind. And that's why I distribute the big responsibility which comes with an exceptionally high stake to others who fit in better.
That's a fucking preference :D
I'm sure you would have a lot to share with this world - imagine my face, lol