When you place too many restrictions on a platform, it just causes people to lose interest and eventually find something else
one of the only things holding steemit together is the fact that you can make money on this platform
if people arent allowed to like what they like, upvote themselves as much as they like ( something thats built into the code ), or are told when and how to do something on the network, all thats going to happen is someone else will make a new platform, where people can do these things, and eventually people on steemit... will no longer be on steemit
the only reason we have such a huge number of people who sign up everyday on here is because someone else told them in a forum that they could make money
if reddit or instagram started giving people money for posting content steemit would be a deserted waste land in a week
I agree with @moderninvestor. If there's too many rules, it becomes difficult to use. I'd like to see Steemit stay as free (as in freedom) as possible.
I totally agree. Earning money is the big selling point of steemit. If this is taken away, what's the selling point of steemit?
I agree with you, but don't you think there is something wrong with the current system when users are incentivized to only upvote their own posts and comments every day? If every user on here adopted this mindset things would go downhill in a hurry...
@jrcornel you're right one of those things that has gone wrong with Steemit is making people think that it is their new work from home/work office where they can make money. This has gradually divided the community through segregation and other unnecessary external sites. The other day I tagged KR in one of my post and someone was bold enough to let me know that only posts made for Koreans should be tagged with kr. Yet we are supposed to be networking with eachother socially. I even found another post tainting @craig-grant and @trevonjb. I joined in June and I am disappoited already with the level of fake love, and greedy people regardless of the self upvotes. But it's life, we just have to deal with it.
I sometimes upvote my own comments so that they are seen, but I don't do it all the time. It's very unlikely that every user would decide to only upvote their own posts and comments. A lot of people are here to network with other people, as that may be much more valuable then just getting a few cents by upvoting your own stuff.
In any case, I'm happy to be here. Wish I'd started using Steemit sooner.
The problem isn't with getting a few extra cents here and there. The larger accounts are able to allocate 10's and 100's of dollars per upvote, and if they wanted to they could direct that all towards their own comments and posts, which in the current system would actually give them the most "bang for their buck". Which is exactly why I think things need to be tweaked...
We want a system that incentivizes helping others while also helping yourself.
That's why I think point 3) is the way to go: Increase the curation rewards!
So you say people who are here primarily for the money would all leave? Wouldn't that be just great!
Most truly interesting bloggers I know blog in their free time, for their pleasure and on platforms where they are not financially rewarded for it.
Hmmm, I was going to write that I don't believe anyone should be allowed to upvote themselves - but you raise some very good points. In fact you're spot on and have converted me.