I hope to see this grow. Of course not everyone has the same taste in themes as you. I am refining my recording set-up to try to improve my videos.
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I hope to see this grow. Of course not everyone has the same taste in themes as you. I am refining my recording set-up to try to improve my videos.
Thank you. Yes, I hope so too! Let's give it four weeks and see what happens. I look forward to seeing and hearing your improved recording setup.
Your point about the weekly themes is one to consider, yeah. This is definitely different from other open mic events. The way I see it, the themes will keep the players present to the moment, sharing the same time and space, as opposed to sheer randomness.
Another point regarding the themes is that the Steemit Open Mic was littered with people trying to cheat the system. This must've been a point of frustration for the hosts, I imagine, because it was addressed repeatedly in their messaging. With weekly themes, we know people are crafting their content fresh each week, and I think there is value in the newness.
This 'cheating the system' was often undertaken simply because we live in an unequal world, and previous open mics were fashioned as a competition with real cash prizes.
The cash being crypto of course.
But this small amount of capital is/was a lot for Venezuelan's suffering an economic depression, for example.
That's the reality of this platform, it spans so many dimensions it has the potential to give someone their bread and butter for the week in a poorer country.
Yeah, that's a good point. Maybe it's the prize pool that caused the trickery. It's going to be interesting to see what happens, and I want to be flexible, open to shifts. Maybe a prize pool will present itself here, for example. I think it's natural to add a "Tip Jar," splitting the earnings between the participants, so I'm planning to implement that right from the start.