It was Richard Taylor who said that man rarely thinks about things that go beyond his means for sustained survival. Today, a large percentage of Steemians are on the platform primarily for the financial gain. No doubt I'm also here for financial rewards.
However, while i want to attain a high reputation score in double quick time too, I'm also concerned about my general steem experience. As a result, I've compiled a list of three vital factors in which i feel Steemit can and should improve upon...
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Before i begin, i must admit, I'm no tech whiz or geek who knows how the magical world of the internet or science works. Nevertheless, i do believe in that magical world. For if a referee can blow a whistle in faraway Spain, and seconds later i can see and hear the sound in West Africa, then of course, i choose to believe my suggestions here are not otherworldly...
- SPEED
I want to believe that I'm not the only one concerned by this. We live in a fast paced world today, and no one wants to sit around and wait while an upvote, reply, or resteem button keeps rolling non-stop. We havent got the patience anymore, but this isnt all about the patience. I'm no fan of comparisons, but surely if Steemit is to stand heads above other conventional social platforms, then this factor ought to be addressed, blockchain or not.
TAGS
This aspect is somewhat debatable, but i still feel strongly that it is important enough to be broughy to the debate table at least. Five tags for a post is in my vkew too many. It makes the possibility of a quality post disappearing in an enTAGlement of sorts quite high. No matter the content, three tags should cover the subject matter dont you think? These days you would find a lot of posts with unnecessary and eventually fruitless tags simply serving to dwarf more appropriate posts. No one wants to scroll through thousands of hays just to find a needle anymore. To avoid people running to google instead, this should be worked upon.SPAMMING
Oh now this is a really touchy subject, and i know a lot of people have complained on this subject. I will however tell why i deemed it necessary to add this. A few days ago, i came across a steem account (i cant remember the name). This account had a really high reputation score. However, there were no posts on the blog. When i checked the comments made by this account though, i was ethically hurt. This person basically sent the same message (something like "this is the best post on steemit, i upvoted ya heard?") to countless number of posts, thousands i think. As a result, he/she garnered followers, upvotes on the comments, etc. I asked myself, must people always find a way to cheat the system? Then i realized, the system itself has lottle or no preventive measures for such habits... Surely there is some technology that can be added to the platform to check these...
You can also read @papa-pepper 's post about abuses too... https://steemit.com/abuse/@papa-pepper/open-letter-to-steemit-inc-the-witnesses-and-the-whales
There are some very insightful points in the post and the comments as well...
One other thing i wanted to add was the issue of rewards for comments and short posts like zappl and co... Perhaps to reduce the seeming abuse of these, there should be a limit on the rewards available for them. If this isnt done, them perhaps all sort of trash would probably be posted using these means, all for rewards...
Finally, i know I'm still new here (a minnow and all that), and my voice may not be heard, but this is steemit, and i know the community voice matters, so please resteem if you feel these improvements ought to be made...
Steemit Forever...
Release the Kraken! You got a 11.62% upvote from @seakraken courtesy of @seesladen!
Thank you for collaborating with me to promote this post as explained at https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/10-ways-to-fund-a-steem-growth-project.