As promised, I've read your proposal, thought about it for a bit and came to a conclusion that it is a good idea. No surprise here :)
One serious obstacle might be that the Steemit owners seem to want to avoid ads of any art and nature. Maybe you can persuade them to allow in-house and in-community ads. It is well worth trying.
Good luck!
hmm... I agree. ads can be screened so they can make whatever rules THEY or the community wants to adopt. I know facebook has an advertising limitation - no porn etc...
Art and nature is a figure of speech :)
Let's just say any kind of ads. I think I've read in the book that they don't want Steemit to become yet another Facebook or G+
Steemit is already has a lot of ads driven to the tops of pages by the whims of whales. I'd rather see the format more like it is, but have commercially driven upvotes and high-rankings be limited with filters and clearly marked.
its a delicate subject no doubt. Why not allow ads to a certain steemit or steam level? It's an option, but I definitely do NOT want the clutter of facebook or G+ at all. Steemit has a unique charm that I have not seen in a while. And the money is backed well enough to work.
it might not be noticed bottom right, I am jsut being generous to the fact they have no ads at the moment - maybe one under the trending posts? ON TOP is a bit much, everyone does that. it annoys me with google for example. LOL
Yes, the rules for posting ads should be set and followed well and strict enough.
By the way, in your example, the ad is way down and to the right. I fear that it wouldn't be noticeable enough down there...
why ads of "Art and nature" can you link to that particular post?