I echo the sentiments here. Steemit is not a free lunch but a helping hand for those who wish to help themselves. Those who wish to partake in the platform ought to have a vested interest and incentive in powering up some steem in order to increase their own capabilities.
10x the current capacity seems fair to me, although personally i would have liked to have seen a tiered system... ex 200x for those with less than 25sp, 10x for those above, etc.
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Although I would prefer:
Of course, I think that can be tinkered with, but you definitely need a sliding scale NOT JUST multiplying everyone by 10. THAT WILL NOT DO WHAT YOU INTENDED WITH THE CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENT/PATCH. The goal is to totally HOOK the newbie, not frustrate him/her and drive them off the platform.
Not a good idea! What would stop an abuser to have 100 accounts of 25 SP instead of 1 account of 2500 SP?
That's fair. But I'm not sure how much harm it would actually cause. First of all creating new accounts now more or less requires a creation fee burn - so be my guest.
But even if that wasn't the case. Management of that many accounts would be a headache apart from bot utilization. And then if it was 100 bot accounts, it would still be better than what we experienced under HF19 given that people could already have done that (except with unlimited "RC" use at that time).
At least with a tiered approach, you subsidize those who are still trying to experience the system rather than turning them away.
power to the people! haha