It's not that easy as it might sound. Nobody has enough resources to hand out 50SP to every new user.
At some point I've created a Proof of Engagement based Resource Credits boost: Power Up for hyperactive newbies! which added some gamification. It would be awesome to implement it as a part of most popular front-ends (you are active? perform some tasks to get short-term boost in your RC).
While "the promo" is no longer there, I'm still willing to #help newbies, all they need to do is to reach out to me on the Steem.Chat
One of the ideas was to separate delegations of Resource Credits from Steem Power delegation, but eventually there were other priorities on the table.
Why separate? Because we don't malicious actors to game the system and milk reward pool (Think about 10k accounts, with 50SP each)
Hey @gtg, I have a question for you to ponder. Why don't they just make the "price" one pays to make comments lower so the RC issue ceases to be a problem? I'm sure they can price a comment however they want, so why set it so high that it deters someone ever getting started? If you want to milk people for other things (RC-usage wise), then it could make up for it. But to create a system where people can't make more than a handful of comments a day seems ludicrous for a social network platform. Its actually an anti-social action that is repelling newbies from ever taking hold.
That's not easy task to solve either. Lower cost for comments means more risk to spam the blockchain. At the same time I fully agree that it can be a huge repelling factor.
I'm a huge fan of gamification and I think that proper handling it on UI/UX side of things would help a lot. While playing Diablo, ages ago, nobody was repelled by the fact that your hero couldn't do much at the beginning and had to rest, and be more careful with every step.
Currently the only people that can spam the blockchain are those with high resources credits. I would rather we went back to the Nice Post two word spam comments, that everyone could make, than the 100+ Meme spams on one post, which only the large SP holders can make, most of which are disgusting.
First thanks for the reply... and I'm with @bashadow on his comment to this, I had no big issues with the 2 word spam in relation to the spam that comes from those with RCs to burn. I think while it was a noble attempt to reduce spam, they went way too far and killed the patient. Without new users, this will be a very limited social site. Which is ok if that is what they want I guess. Again, thanks for the reply!
Dear @gtg
Seriously I enjoy your little discussion you're having here.
Your previous post 'Proof of Engagement based Resource Credits boost' definitely brought my attention.
Anyway thx for sharing your opinion and I wanted to ask you for small favor. Could you help me and Juan?
ps.
Also would you be kind to support @steemchurch and help them win 20k delegation?
Competition is really fierce in that contest and a moment ago we were just behind SteemitBloggers:
Perhaps you could ask around your friends if they wouldn't mind support our small initiative.
I would be very grateful :)
Link to contest:
https://dpoll.xyz/detail/@theycallmedan/which-steem-project-should-i-delegate-20k-steempower-to-for-1-year/?rep=33&sp=3&age=30&post_count=10&stake_based=0
(vote on Steemchurch)
Yours
Piotr
I don't know enough about it to make informed decision so I would rather pass on it.
Dear @gtg
Thank you for your kind comment and for accepting my invitation to Juan's publication. Thx for sharing.
ps.
I'm not sure if I ever mentioned (probably I did) but I'm helping group of friends win 1st place in small contest. Is there any chance you could help out and open this link to dpoll?
https://dpoll.xyz/detail/@theycallmedan/which-steem-project-should-i-delegate-20k-steempower-to-for-1-year/?rep=33&sp=3&age=30&post_count=10&stake_based=0
And drop a vote on SteemChurch.
I would absolutely appreciate it.
Yours
Piotr
Sure.
Yes, I've already heard about it, but as mentioned before, I would rather let others decide.
By the way, I'm not a fan of delegations as ways of supporting communities as that can easily lead to degradation of quality.
(IMHO better way is to empower manual curation efforts, not by direct delegations, but using
wiseinstead (or similar projects)).Dear @gtg
I just had a pleasure to read this old comment. Just wanted to let you know. I appreciate you taking time to share your thoughts with us.
Seriously respect for your amazing comment.
Yours
Piotr
Greetings friend @gtg.
I congratulate you and I admire you for your initiative in helping new users. You are big!
I greatly appreciate the acceptance that my publication has received.
I am extremely surprised by so much support. Thanks from my heart.
I take this opportunity to ask you a favor.
Knowing these difficult times that Venezuela is going through certain communities have decided to show it´s support by delivering food throughout the territory. Also giving it´s vote of healing to Venezuelan publications in steemit.
For this I am pleased to address you on behalf of my friendly communities @VOTOVZLA AND @STEEMCHURCH. Do you know them?
They are currently opting for a 20k SP delegation sponsored by @theycallmedan. This delegation would allow us to help more people and in a better way.
Maybe you can participate and VOTE for @STEEMCHURCH. Here I leave the link:
https://dpoll.xyz/detail/@theycallmedan/which-steem-project-should-i-delegate-20k-steempower-to-for-1-year/
Have a blessed day.
Yours, Juan.
Thank you.
As for the contest, I don't know enough about it to make informed decision so I would rather pass on it.