Im happy to hear the new rules roll out. The 25% cut is a killer for someone like me who only uploads videos via Steemit and no other posts and my payout is already so low, although I understand that you guys work hard and need the pay. I noticed the new Dtube rewards, and am very thankful.
Before Dtube I was just writing a blog and linking my videos straight from Youtube and when Dtube came along I was very happy that Youtube had a viable competitor, although I earn less this way since Dtube takes the 25% I'm glad to have my videos all in one place where people could easily watch them rather than having them in old steemit blog posts that get lost. Are you guys thinking about maybe having set playlists for videos as I have a huge amount of videos now stockpiling and would like it if my videos are viewable via playlists too.
I was curious to see how the Dtube votes work. I agree that more diversity is needed since I see the same Steemians with a high reputation and normally rather decent payouts constantly get a Dtube upvote, and big ones at that and I upload daily but never get a vote. Not that I expect it but I do wonder if its because my content isn't good enough or that I slip through the radar or simply that the voter wouldn't be interested in the types of videos that I do so doesn't watch them. Is there only one person manning the Dtube votes or several and are the videos that are being voted on being watched. Not that I expect an upvote from Dtube but I do wonder why the same people are constantly getting upvotes when theres plenty of great videos that I see that could benefit from it too. It seems that whoever is voting for Dtube is only voting on certain types of videos, in my opinion.
Yeah I completely understand, its purely what the curator is into, but it does that mean whole communities might get ignored. Unless you have curators manning each community it is always going to be biased. Im Uk and normally post around 9am - 12pm, but sometimes I do post later on in the day. Depends on my work and what I am able to do. I only post once a day so I assume I probably slip through unnoticed too.
I don't expect anything to come easy and I'm grinding on Steemit everday, I may only post once but Im very active on the platform. It's just a little disheartening to see the same few get upvoted so easily when others just as hard working don't stand a chance.
I've noticed that the same group of people can get more than 10 large Dtube upvotes a week and it's just standard for them. One Dtube upvote a month would be a big deal let alone on nearly every video that a user posts. Im certain there's alot more videos that the curators can vote on that would be equally as good.