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RE: WHY ARE SOME OF STEEMIT BEST WRITERS LEAVING? ARE YOU FEELING IGNORED? WHAT CAN WE DO TO INCREASE RETENTION OF CREATIVE WRITERS? DO WE HAVE ROOM FOR SIMPLE SOCIAL POSTS? HOW CAN WE BALANCE BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA AND CREATIVE CONTENT?

in #steemit8 years ago

I just joined, but I wanted to throw a couple of ideas out there. As far as curation, it seems like a few more tools would be useful. While Economic Incentives are good, not everything is money. I read one rather nice post, but then suddenly it had naked people in front of me. Sorry folks, but I want a kid friendly safe for work site. I read a post on communism; the author was badly mistaken; and had gotten into a dogfight in comments. It just didn't seem worth joining in the fight, let stupid people be stupid. I saw some articles on contrails theory. Now i will admit I enjoy a good conspiracy theory every now and then, but I do draw some lines. I like a wide variety of ideas, and I love the idea of free expression, but I just don't exactly know how to deal with those. There is a saying, if you have nothing good to say; don't say anything at all. It would seem like a few more buttons, might help. In the south of the United States there is a phrase. "Bless their heart," which fits. People say that one someone does something stupid, accidental or foolish. Having the ability to rank article of thoughtfulness, effective writing style, new or creative thought, safe for work, factual accuracy, political content, and clickbait might be valuable.

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Perhaps having a tool that allows people to toggle "NSFW" content on or off globally would help? By default it would be off and people would have to tick a waiver that says they are over 18 to view it (much like a lot of adult/porn sites).