@knircky, Ned Made an announcement today regarding SMT.
I am not sure if you seen it yet or not but below is the link.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@ned/rocksdb-and-smts-announcement
For me ( @rentmoney ) I don't think adding more tokens is the solution for Steem success. As noted in Ned's previous announcement there was a massive lay off in the steem team. Currently Apps / extensions are using Steem resources for free. Nothing is free in this world and if someone wants to run an app / extension then they should contribute to the bills. Placing adds up would go along way as well to bring in revenue. New users need more room to post and comment, the RC system is too restricting. Simplify the user interface. Sometimes less is more.
@rentmoney I concur. Trying to force a load of projects on the Steemit ecosystem to "add value" may ultimately result in disappointment given the type of overemphasis being placed on them right now.
Ads are the solution to a lot of problems. I don't get everyone that feels ads are evil. Just ignore them and make them so they can't grab any personal information from the users and who cares if there is a header ad we need to scroll past to get to the main content.
Agreed, I think what some fear are an abundance of adds.
For sure everything becoming a huge billboard would be annoying. But with targeted ads in a few key places there can be revenue without annoying the users and slowing down the experience.
Dear @thedarkhorse, i would have an idea to not make invasive ads as choose to see them or not; if you have enoght RC you do not need to see them so you can select no ads, but for whom have no RC and SP watching some ads can be good to recharge them power in order to be active member of community. After HF20 Steemit become an elite platform, no spam, no user without power, so if this is Steemit is not my place...:((
I love the reduction in spam...that part is great. But something needs to be done to help the small guys out. I currently am giving away 50sp delegations to small accounts to help them with the RC issues.
Personally I think ads for all unless they want to pay to remove them.
I agree with you @rentmoney ads will go a long way to help the situation at hand.
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I think we will end up having them. While there are some that are negative to the idea there're also plenty that seemed to have warmed up to the idea.
Yeah you're right. Taking beneficiaries rewards and putting up ads are the two points being raised and argued upon.
Steem is currently low in price and for me, beneficiaries wouldn't yield much to cover the costs.
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Yep I am aware! I still think additional efforts other than steemit are required to move this blockchain forward and wanted to hear what others have to say about it.