Though I'm not a fan of blind voting, I do know for a fact most receiving auto-votes did something right first, consistently, in order to EARN the promoter's attention.
Yes, autos don't break the PoB model - voting on crap does. Autos don't have to vote on crap, if they are well set.
Then it's like a moral obligation rather than a contract. The act either continues to improve and draw a larger crowd, or the act chooses to slack off, take advantage of the situation, then that behavior comes around to bite them in the ass, all while every other promoter noticed, limiting the act's ability to earn and gain traction in the future.
I have mentioned the same. I know that I get autos and I am sure not all read every post, but I want to make sure that if they do read, they would vote on the content anyway, either as they enjoy it or they find it valuable enough to support for others to enjoy or use.
Anyway, auto voting makes a lot of sense when you realize your content is a product and you are a contributing member of the entertainment industry. Auto votes make very little sense if the product is just some human offering shortsighted opinions about the nothingness they discovered while vaguely paying attention to things they saw somewhere in their vicinity.
I think this comes down to originality. No one can find what I write anywhere else on the internet - only on Hive. A lot of what people tend to write is relatively generic and similar can be found on a myriad sites.
I still don't autovote though. I love simply wandering around and getting paid to be entertained.
I added a few a couple years back and I have my "baby" account with the Hive Engine tokens trail a few accounts (including min) as I can't keep track of what is what and where with those. It does a pretty good job out there by itself. most of my stake is active though and manual.
I am glad autos exist, as I think for many it simplifies some of their activity without feeling like they are missing out, but I do hope that the change will clean up some of the maximizer activities.
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And that is such a tragedy of wasted potential. If it's new, yeah! Get it out there; but the dinosaur way of blogging, attempting to place magic keywords that have already worked for countless others at the top of a search result so the consumer can spend one minute grabbing their answer, then hitting the back button and leaving the site, forever. They call that a 'view' and for some reason it's "valuable." Meanwhile the rest of the search results are the same article spun a different way. So, lame.
And it's why I'd take the time to write a post like this highlighting the importance of applying personality to the product. People are connecting with this product right now because it's you. Even when writing something that's not really a trade secret, but is, I still remembered to apply my usual chaos. That's how I do it and there's 8000 other ways, since apparently, we're all one in a million, or something, I dunno.
That line was kind of a joke. I just think it's funny how I worded it.
And yes, a change will change the maximizer's behavior, but a maximizer gonna maximize.
Everything is driven by views, regardless of the reality of it. I like that we don't have to fall into that model here, though many people call for it.
Yes - so make make the most valuable way to maximize, the most beneficial for community/growth/purpose/health....
This platform can do better when the consumer is presented with an endless supply of 'impulse buys'. Just like Youtube. Once you get them here, you keep them here. Even when they do stumble into the platform because a search led them here, they have no clue they can earn a bit for leaving comments or supporting work. Most of the content on Youtube isn't viewed because of a search. Shares on social media drove traffic that way, then those people stuck around to see more.
Suggested to them by a bot trying to maximize advertising revenue. And they still stay there....
Most people in a cult have no idea they're in a cult. Robots make excellent cult leaders.
On a sidenote, there's a bit of a debate happening in the "here's" link...
will go have a look :)
If you want to take a shot at writing an article about the things I've been trying to say for years, have it at buddy!
Near the end of my previous life, it was my job to go around pitching ideas meant to turn a mess into a success. Eventually I ran out of problems to solve. Pitching nearly the same idea here for the past few years is turning into a nightmare. In a decentralized world, pitching an idea doesn't mean it's the only model to follow, it's simply one of many; but more often than not pitching an idea in a decentralized world is met with the centralized state of mind where people can't see beyond what's in front of them.
Here's a prime example of promotion and auto-votes gone wrong. Voting completely blind. We're paying $100 for a pamphlet designed to steer traffic away from the platform. Completely backwards. Totally ridiculous.
And also on a side note, it's worth mentioning, none of this really works if we don't have actual consumers browsing content and looking at top slots, scrolling down as they go.
Yeah, I don't get that kind of voting - there is no value in it. I also think that people who have a signature of crypto addresses to send to, shouldn't be voted unless a charity :D
Yes - consumers are needed. Perhaps some marketing will help. However, even if the viewer count is low, I think it is best to have a habit of not voting on shit.
Remember when attracting creators with sizeable outside followings was a way to attract consumers here?
It's funny how that logic slipped through the cracks and now we pay them to send consumers away. That account is one of many that treats this place like a dumping ground and offers no value.