Q3... so your answer is _ pander to the whales_ .. that's great, but what you end up with is a bunch of empty calorie, pandering, cheerleading posts with no real content whatsoever. (I give this some credit in that it has some content to it) As an example, 3 $2k plus reposts of the "i think steemit is great" max keiser tweet.
Or upvoted posts of fake hot chicks intros like Jenna Marbles.
Also, I disagree that critical posts attract people with no steem power. The problem is even poeople with a considerable investment have no effect on voting reward... to have an effect worth more than pennies, you need an account with a six figure dollar value worth of steem power.
The fact is, any post even remotely critical isnt going to get traction, even if its constructive criticism. A fantastic example of this is the guy that posted about DDOS vulnerabilities before the ddos attack happened last weekend. But you probably knew that.
And before someone makes the "youre just jelly" argument. No, im not. I never set out to make any money posting on steem, ive done well enough investing in it... I think its just a shame that there is so little content on the front page (and i think that it will ultimately drive users away and drive the price down)
Interesting. I did a search with my browser, and the only phrase I found "pander to the whales" was your comment. The next time you quote someone, perhaps don't "put it in quotes" especially if they did NOT say what you quoted.
If your interpretation is that what A3 said, it didn't. Try reading it again... especially this properly quoted part:
"write something that is stimulating and interesting to not only whales, but all types of funded steemit users"
Notice A3 says to write something that appeals to "all types". So if you read "pander to the whales", it's time you read it again, this time, with an open mind, and perhaps you might understand my point a little more clearly.
Also regarding Q8... you might want to incorporate the new rules for reference (that you get penalized for sumbitting more than 4 top level posts per day)
Very helpful, thank you very much.
I don't really think my use of quotation marks there, in context, indicated a direct quote. But to avoid confusion, i have removed them.
The following is taken from whitesmoke, and is a use of the quotation mark found in most style guides (and the manner in which i intended the use of the mark to be taken):
I do understand your point. I simply think its based on a false premise. The types of posts most likely to get paid at the moment simply don't bear it out. Your previous post on your blog seems to indicate that you know this.
A majority of that, is simply because of the endless scroll problem. Another factor is that normal users like to upvote content with already large $$. This isn't the fault of the whales themselves, it's a community perspective that we're going to have to address at some point.
I think the devs are aware, and are making tweaks and adjustments already. It won't stay like this sigmajin.
Its not a fault of the whales themselves, no. But its two unfortunate side effects (voters like to follow whales votes and whale votes effectively sticky posts to the top of the page) that amplify an already huge disparity in voting power. A disparity, incidentally ,that is growing, not shrinking..
At the end of the day, this will hurt the whales more than anyone else, because if 2 cents worth of voting power costs $100K, no one is going to want to buy it, and the value of the SP they hold is going to tank.
Keeping it real with class . Intelliguy almost lead you away from the high road. I predict bloggers will now take the effort to defend their work or respond to untrue allegations. This is positive in my opinion . Sharing thoughts or calling BS in an appropriate manner will increase real conversations. Well done Steemit , getting humans father a head .
I wish you could quantify how you feel I "almost lead you away from the high road". I really didn't try to do that..
I agree with you that increasing conversations between bloggers is great though.