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RE: If you could vote with a lot of stake for a week, how would you use it?

in Ask the Hive2 years ago

This is an interesting proposition, @acidyo. I've always had an issue with the Hive blockchain, and that is rewarding new onboardees. The truth is, most newbies come first for the reward, and later they discover more opportunities, I've managed to onboard a few persons here and there, but the majority finds it hard to stay longer as they don't find their efforts rewarding, with most time, very little or no votes on their contents. Even as someone who has stayed about a year on the chain, it is still hard to cope with having no votes on my post, especially, when I have judged personally that these posts aren't low efforts (I worked as a curator in a content company, so, I know a thing or two about best practices in content curation).

At this stage, it is hard for me to onboard more newbies, as I don't feel capable enough to support their efforts on the chain. Even Ecency points aren't reliable, as I keep receiving refunds here and there. So, with such a massive delegation and no clause attached, I will be embarking on a massive onboarding campaign. Living in a country like Nigeria, 2 dollars per day for 3 hours of work is enough to lift someone from poverty to a bit of comfort. Thus, with such a delegation, I can help an upward of 40 persons (onboardees) to make value from the content they share (at least, 3-5 posts weekly per individual, even if its upvote worth $2, it's better than nothing, as time goes on, they would carve a way for themselves on the chain, as I don't intend building an enclave around them and myself, I just want to help them feel comfortable enough to stay longer). As time goes on, the level of support will reduce, to accommodate more onboardees, and undervalued users already on the chain.

Another important move is trying to support existing and undervalued bloggers. I can rightly estimate that 7 out of every 10 posts are undervalued until the end of the curation window. As someone who occasionally collaborates with the Leo team to produce weekly roundups, I've seen a lot of content that is of such high quality that no one comes to see it. Upvote is a way of sharing/showing love!

Definitely, I would provide occasional reports on my curation efforts, mostly daily reports. With my curation rewards already earned, I would be abusing the system if I upvoted myself. So, I would have to detach from curation trails that would result in self-votes, as well as unplanned votes. And for automatic voting, while I really crave this, I believe it should be earned overtime as a reward for exceptionalism. However, I think for the most part, all votes must be purposeful and intentional.