I said this before and I know this isn't likely to be implemented but we need a section in the UI which lists a projected return on investment or revenue generated from each proposal. If it's zero then it should say zero so people know it's actually a donation.
Supply sinks needed
As much as people worry about so many forms of reward pool abuse, don't we need to have some idea on how these voting patterns could help raise the price of Steem? Otherwise it's moving Steem around and then that Steem gets sold for less and less and less.
So can we have a more sophisticated set of options, with options to review or rate the ideas within each proposals based on some criteria? If it were Google Play Store we would have some ability to review what we purchased right or we can see how others review the idea or see some kind of discussion panel where people discuss it?
Not every idea I saw on Steem DAO looks bad but we do need to curate very intelligently.
On the topic of supply sinks we can:
- Support projects which have a business model which burns Steem.
- Support projects which have a business model of locking up large amounts of Steem.
- Support business models which have some means of bringing revenue in the form of fiat value into the Steem ecosystem.
- Support projects which offer to improve our ability to quantitatively compare, track, measure, different projects according to select criteria.
These ideas in my opinion are what I can offer for now but I think we should begin the discussion on how to increase revenue. We have Steem DAO, and Steemit Inc did their part by cutting costs. I suggest an alliance form in the Steem community to agree to delegate Steem Power to support projects which are trying to improve revenue generation, revenue sharing, or supply sinking.