Overall @whatsup from what you are seeing after HF21 and downvotes, even if it’s still to soon to make any final conclusions. You think it’s been positive?
Also from all the problem list to fix on the steemit ... Do you really think downvoting should be putted on the top of the list of most important implementation to fix and address?
It’s really interesting to see other social networks going the opposite road from steemit. Hiding like counts (Instagram) and even planning to remove the like button (Facebook) after intense studies that show it can improve engagement without caring about numbers or even prevent online bullying and potencial opinion fights...
I am genuinely curious to know more details about your overall thoughts about this since you are much more active than me here and must see every day examples of good things and bad with the new implementation...
Other social media sites do not give out money, so they have the ability to exclude dislikes (downvotes) Since we do not have that ability without getting robbed blind by scammers our choices are to stop giving inflation rewards to authors or do a better job with downvotes. The choice is that clear.
Of course there is good and bad and even ugly things happening. Our internal math only matters to us. No one outside of this tiny community cares about it at all.
The thing that I want to think about is how do we get Steem and it's apps some attention.
The petty little wars don't bother me, most of it happens because our community is so small and overly personal. When and if we get more users, most of the petty conversations will fall away.
That's why I'm focused on NewSteem.
Yes that make sense. Hope your wish for the NewSteem is right. Would be great one or two years from now, check the timeline and see it was the obvious choice to bring the much needed improvements to the platform.
In my opinion, I don’t think the real problem is the numbers of users signing in. There should be a clear focus on making the platform the best place it could be for the people already here. If that happens and there more people staying that leaving more will come along, increasing the numbers in the end. In addition to that I think is better few people producing great content and adding value to the platform than just having a big number of active users but no one contributes or the ones that do are the minority’s.
Also when we speak about Money we always know it will change a bit the rules of the game as a social media. Where’s is money scammers are always getting in but even social media without money, scammers are in there. For example in terms of buying followers to increase reputation and deals they get from brands and their exposure.
With time I am curious to see if this addition of the downvoting and other feature implementation of the newsteem will really clean and make steemit a better place to get in or push away even more users that with those 'small wars' don’t feel comfortable staying and be a part of those fights.
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