This is a good point, since any limit on spam-type comments would be beneficial and refreshing.
At the same time, wouldn't it also be a good idea to limit those POSTS that are " low-quality, irrelevant or spammy"? From what I've seen during my 10 weeks on Steemit, it's more of a chore to work one's way through the constant streeeeeem of posts with trivial content than it is to read through any short comments.
Of course, limiting the posts might defeat the whole purpose / objective of Steemit. Quite possibly, we just have to learn to live with all those insignificant posts, and learn how to weed through them to find the quality posts.
That said, I do agree with your comment re the "impact on blockchain size." While it may not be seen as a serious issue now, it could became a major issue once Steemit grows a few thousand percent.
You can always curate your own authors feed, if you don't like them. It's not very difficult, you can just keep following the authors you like and unfollow the ones that you don't. It will create a "bubble", that's true, and when you'll get "out" in the wild, you'll always see the sea of meaningless stuff, but that's happening in any sort of social networking setup.
I believe you are very correct when you say "always see the sea of meaningless stuff."
I guess there's not much we can do about it, except to simply ignore it. Kinda like many things in our daily lives. :-)
I never go on 'New'.
I just keep as many followers as I can keep up with, and let them resteem new, interesting authors into my feed.
I see. Sticking to "New" is probably the best approach.
I'll most likely do that after a few months, but since I'm still relatively new, I'm going to keep searching through various feeds, searching for Steemians to follow and working to grow my community.
Then, I'll feel confident to screen out the "New."
Thanks for the input / advice.
p.s. Actually, over the past week, I have been going on NEW for only one reason. I go to the INTRODUCE YOURSELF stream and read which ever ones attract me. I've found some well-written intros by people who clearly have plenty to offer, and who will most likely produce quality content.
I give them a bit of advice and an upvote. And if the conversation with them seems to be substantive / interesting / worthwhile, I follow them.
I believe that's good for the future of Steemit, and hopefully for me too. :-)
Good piece of advice. Today I'm completing my first week here, and I've been reading and learning a lot about steemit. I'm mostly interested in blockchain technology and crypto, but can also enjoy about any good and constructive topic in general.
The way I use steemit, is by going only to the tags I want, like #gaming and #anime... yeah there's a lot of spam... But even new section is tolerable when you only choose the tag you want. (can't say that for all the tags though....)
Yeah, in one year I hardly remember going on "New", it's like drinking water from a hose. After a couple of months I also stopped visiting "Trending" too and stick with what I can manage.
I visit the new tab way more often than I visit the trending tab.
But when I want to discover new authors to follow and read from, I often "snoop" on other people's feeds and @majes.tytyty, I think you might actually like that little trick a lot.
When you are looking at somebody's profile you just add
/feedat the end of the url and suddenly you get a stream of fresh content that is curated by somebody that you respect or follow. You get direct access to their feed with posts from the people they follow.Here are two examples:
https://steemit.com/@dragosroua/feed
https://steemit.com/@mattclarke/feed
You broaden your steem horizons a bit without having to swim in the sea of meaningless stuff!
Great, thanks. I'll keep that in mind, and will soon give it a whirl.
As I commented on @majes.tytyty, I don't go to new section but the only in the tags I want... I think sticking to what you can manage is the best approach!!
If the other option is to limit the good posts? then I'd prefer to live with the insignificant posts.
How about, taking a fee from the author for every post they make after their second daily post? this will lessen spam... right?