Thank you kindly, both for the up-vote and your pertinent comment @ironshield. :c)
Very much agreed that commenting is an excellent way to engage in community... engagement.
I personally am hoping to see self-upvoting be made less attractive - or simply no longer allowed - but I remain open to other thoughts on the matter.
Yes people will always 'follow the money' - or the whales, regardless of the system concerned. Vote-begging I find is less of a problem with newbies - simply quick education can fix that - and more of a problem with professional beggers who have been around long enough to know that such is a rather low practice.
Quite agreed. Once Steemit moves beyond being seen as a money machine - I would expect the quality to rise. Fortunately many have moved beyond this already.
Agreed also that better accessibility through a better, more powerful user interface would be desirable. However I think that such should only come after the core paradigm is adjusted and found to be working well without clear avenue for exploitation. Otherwise the better UI might result in Steemit going mainstreem - the transition to which might be similar to that between the calm waters of port, to the rough open seas.
Thank you again for your comment! :c)
It seems like the quality of content on Steemit varies with the value of STEEM. When it goes down, the money-chaser loose interest. Like the high-profile steemian (I won't name names) who when STEEM dropped in value, declared "it's just an investment to me now", meaning he won't bother spending time making posts when they're not worth as much. @ironshield
It's good to have VP that becomes exhausted, to encourage more careful curation, but It would be nice if voting power regenerated faster. Waiting 3+ days to get back to near 100% is not productive.
See, I want to give you a $0.07 upvote. But then, I want to give everyone a $0.07 upvote! @ironshield
Ha! And I thought that 'my' voting power was fried :c) At this rate I think I'll soon be holding off on up-voting comments as I don't want to spread dust around ^_^
I really wish that I didn't have to wait until 500SP to get access to the vote% slider. :c)
You don't have to wait for 500 SP for a vote slider! Check out post about vote-sliders for minnows like us! Spread the vote around! @ironshield
Vote Percentage Slider for Minnows
Oh! Kay! That sounds very promising and I 'will' be looking into it!
Thank you @ironshield! :c)
Well said. @ironshield