it's still very soon in the process, we need more dolphins; thousands of them, that's what's at the core of the problem
I don't think the system itself is flawed, it's just still early in the process and the people complaining is just 1 of those hurdles the whales will have to deal with
to me the issue right now, is that dan and ned are not politicians, they don't understand how important perception is ... there's a growing discontent
while dan and ned are the ones giving everybody this idea that as long you write enough, do the layout and add some pictures ... you can make money ... they created the unrealistic expections of so many people
people are emotional; they were promised something and dan and ned didn't deliver ... at least, that's how they perceive it
and whether or not that's justified is irrelevant; they need to do something ... let it be purely symbolic, because looking at the stats; the middle ground is growing, so slowly but surely this problem is in fact being solved ... be it way too slow and people are losing patience
what I suggest; everybody gets 100 Steem Power (maybe from the @null accocunt )
and with everybody I mean; as much as possible, as long bad players don't get rewarded
and whether or not that actually fix it mathematically doesn't matter ... it's a gesture, it's symbolic
but the least they should do is acknowledge the problem ... people are losing faith
I never expected a high payout for that comic. Going in I knew how it would be perceived and I frankly didn't care, it made me laugh and I knew it would make many others outside the whale pool laugh. That was the only "payment" I needed.
I've made plenty off Steemit post and could never make another dime here and be perfectly happy. If anything I was over-compensated for many of my post/comments and with the number of post I make it all averages out just fine for me.
On the BitShares forum in the past, I was doing this same kind of stuff and received nothing for it, so I'm giddy to receive anything more than nothing here. Besides, when the other decentralized platforms go online I'm sure my comics that don't play well here to the whales will play much better over there judging by the number of BTC tips I received for my Tone Vays comic. ;)
The decentralized future is bright my friend! The more options content creators have the better it will be for all of us. If something doesn't go over well on one, we simply bring it to another venue and see how it does there.
But I will admit, if I were a comic, I would get more of a kick from bombing with a polygamy joke in Utah versus getting big laughs in Vegas. ;)
Apparently they get it now, I see a new option (that I've yet to try) where we can "boost" a payout or something. I'm trying to find something on it currently, but it looks like a step in the right direction (I hope)! :)