Dear @emergehealthier
I see it as a step in the right direction because it is an attempt to address a problem.
question that we should ask is: what problem is being addressed here? It seem that all focus is related to price of STEEM and ensuring that short-term demand will grow and short-term selling pressure will be put on hold. To benefit "whales / investors".
Proposed system can only work if so called Whales would actually start delegating their Steem Power to quality curators. That would indeed allow those curators to be rewarded for their work and benefit entire platoform.
I'm simply afraid, that this will not happen. That at the end most whales will continue auto-upvoting publications of very few people, with their powerful votes and without putting any effort they will start earning x2 more than they did so far.
It surely would encourage them to slow down with powering down, which in effect would most likely bring up the price of STEEM. But that is the only positive outcome. And what would happen year from now, when those "whales" would start dumping this easily earned STEEM?
I wonder if you would agree with me on this one.
Yours
Piotr
Thank you @crypto.piotr for sharing your thoughts. I didn't mean for my response to be mean I was solely concerned about the price of steem. It was just an observation that fear may motivate people to sell out just before or after the hardfork.
I see the changes as motiving people to change how they interact on the platform. WIll people respond to the new incentives to change their behavior? I don't know.
Will content creators see a drop in their post payouts. Yes, because the change is intended to motive curation. While some may be disappointed by this, others will be okay. I receive many small votes on my posts but don't have a lot of people who actually read them. I hoping it provides me with the opportunity to engage more with others on the platform.
I also think that it will help grow communities on the platform. I have enjoyed being a member of the @upvoterbuilder community and have met many interesting people whose posts I enjoy reading and interacting with.
I'm committed to staying with the platform. I see the possibility for the future. I remind myself that it was a new type of social media interaction and that it has grown to include Dapps, new interfaces, and games. Yes, there will people that are only looking out for their self-interests and may not change but there are many wonderful people I never would have known if not for Steem.
In the event that in a year or so the whales start selling steem and it reduces the price, I will be adding to my account. I intend to grow my account and use my influence to better the platform. During the crypto bear market I was able to boost my account from minnow to dolphin. I continue to delegate and reinvest my earnings into the platform, Dapps, tokens, and services that I like and use.
I understand your concerns about whales and their effects on the Steem ecosystem, the problem lies in the fact that Steem is decenteralized and there really nothing that can be done other than offer motivation for them to change their behavior.
Dear @emergehealthier
Please do not be concerned. Your previously response definetly wasn't mean :)
Appreciate your comment and your time. Have a great sunday.
Yours
Piotr
Thank you, enjoy your Sunday also.
Thanks a lot @crypto.piotr, I appreciate your contribution and support a lot.
My fear as I have always expressed is that a lot is based on assumptions that people will act in a certain manner but we know that some people are so unpredictable.
About the 50/50 curation thingy, I see very good content creators earning less than a dollar, as a member of @upvotebuilders i follow a lot of members and read their post on actifit, literal works and a whole bunch of stuff. They get their upvotes mainly from the various communities they belong to, their network of followers are like most of them and are only able to upvote them in the $0.00 to $0.05 range. It has been rear to receive upvote from whales as their focus is most times the big guns like themselves.
How this change will make whales start voting smaller accounts of good content creators is what I still do not know. And that is where the fear of content creators earning less comes to play. Because for me as a content creator if it is the same people that'll still keep voting me after HF21, then definitely i'll be earning less. What will turn the big whales to my post to give me those double digits I see is what I am still trying to figure out. Lol.
As regards the stop to power down of big whales so that they can actually earn more via curation is also an assuming thing, because there is no stopping them from continuing to reap more profit from Steem price gain if there is going to be such.
Price of Steem is another thing, will HF21 really cause the price of Steem to pick up or drop even further? I don't really know.
I know I am in Steem for the long term because of the so many good works that is built on it, the Dapps, Games, various UI and of course a lot of developers that keep coming up with great and exciting new stuff. The freedom to post and interact with people has been great, making friend and hearing from people all over the world in an instance is something you can't beat. So, I ain't going no where.
I wish a lot of whales are like you though, engaging and encouraging smaller accounts, that alone is a great boost and motivation to do more. And that was what I got when I started and in my little way I try to do the same even with a tiny account with so much leased SP. Lol.
Good content creator need encouragement and how HF21 solves that problem with the 50/50 curation is something I am still banging my head to understand. Thanks.
Dear @ketcom
Not a big deal buddy :) I like you already, I found your content interesting and I respect the fact that you're engaging with people. I like to support valuable users on Steemit and you're surely hell one of them :)
Solid question buddy. Hard to tell. I'm not very positive about it.
This assumption comes from the fact, that current change will create window of opportunity for those who would like to abuse this system for their own benefits. And this assumption is based on my strong believe in humans "greed".
In my opinion most serious stakeholders will slow down with powering down to see how much more will they be earning after HF21. I may be obviously wrong, but I still think that some part of "whales" will share similar mindset.
I'm pleased to hear those kind words :)
ps.
What is main goal of @upvotebuilders ? Would you mind telling me about "business model" of this project?
Yours
Piotr
Are you on discord @crypto.piotr? My response is getting bigger than I had anticipated.