Quality is definitely subjective. To some people, seeing a photo with 20 words describing it is a waste of STEEM upvotes.
To others, they appreciate the work that led up to the moment captured by the photographers lens.
Same goes for something like a drawing. Some see a simple scan of something you drew and think it’s worthless in terms of voting and others see an artful piece that took hours to plan & draw.
This is why communities, SE and SMT tokens are so important with an ecosystem like Steem. It allows the people who appreciate photography to reward quality photographs and the people who love art to reward quality art pieces.
Same for written content. Some people want a nice, handwritten piece of content that dives deeply into a topic of interest. But that’s not for everyone.
I think a lot of people (too many) on Steem value content based on word count rather than actual substance.
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This is why we have upvotes and downvotes in the first place, and through them can express opposing viewpoints of valuation.
I definitely agree that SMTs in theory should change the game. If there is an SMT centered around low effort posting (twitter and instagram type posts), how those rewards are distributed is none of my concern in terms of being a holder of STEEM. The spirit of STEEM base chain is blogging, and in that spirit, highly rewarding a piece of content that doesn't meet a minimum of standards from a SEO perspective is a non-starter for myself and many stakeholders.
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