You know and this just provides me with even more evidence than in the end when you're actually going to want is highly exclusive community.
Might not be good that it's easy to join. Something like anybody can read but in order to write you need to blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
Or something like the community is totally private. In order to read, you pay the community a tribute. In order to write, you contribute to engaging conversations with community members and......
Nobody likes any exclusive community except the people thinking they are the top of human being. Any blah is welcome on a blockchain if there is any community thought behind a posting, the wish for communication. You know exactly that there are gangs practisicing pure farming on your blockchain. Making maximal profit should not be the reason for a blogs posting. It always should be the wish of spreading a message or initiate a conversation.
By the way, these gangs make sure that potential bloggers as well as serious investors turn away from such a block chain in disgust. We could clearly see that over the four years on the Steem. So there is no point in belittling the problem or even trying to denigrate those who address the problem as arrogant separatists. Better should think about, how to avoid farming gangs.
Exclusivity, yes.
I agree that in case a short 'bla blah post' leads to a lively discussion in the comment section, it has served the community/platform more than a long, elaborated article with no comments.
However, most trending posts (correct me if wrong) show no or very little user engagement in the comment area, which in my eyes is a hint that in many cases their main purpose is vote accumulation/farming ...
Someone is basically using trending for staking now which is great because they could just dump the 1+ million Blurt but they are holding it.
I never really looked at trending much, it's better to cultivate your own feed.
Lol, I 'stake' a lot here, too, but I disagree that it's beneficial for a platform in the long run, if such behaviour is profitable: if big accounts just 'stake' (self- or circle vote), there is no reason at all for other, smaller users to join such a self-centered microcosm - and as we all know: the value of a (social) network is measured among others by the number of its users.
What are your long term plans for Blurt?
I am just a curious observer. I hope that you get a system running which is so attractive for new users and investors that the value of the Blurt token will significantly rise.
I have my doubts that removing flags was a good idea - but I will be more than happy in case in the end you could prove me wrong!
To be completely honest: I just didn't power down (at least a part of my Blurt) because it's not really worth it. Even if the value of my Blurt went to zero it wouldn't harm me much. So I decided to hope for the small chance that the value of all my Blurt may rise.
Nevertheless, I am always there to discuss with you about my points of view (what could be useful, what causes damage?), and for sure I accept if you disagree with some of my opinions. Just let's see what the outcome will be ...
Very cool. Happy to have you watching along on Blurt!
Nobody likes any exclusive community except the people thinking they are the top of human being. Any blah is welcome on a blockchain if there is any community thought behind a posting, the wish for communication. You know exactly that there are gangs practisicing pure farming on your blockchain. Making maximal profit should not be the reason for a blogs posting. It always should be the wish of spreading a message or initiate a conversation.
By the way, these gangs make sure that potential bloggers as well as serious investors turn away from such a block chain in disgust. We could clearly see that over the four years on the Steem. So there is no point in belittling the problem or even trying to denigrate those who address the problem as arrogant separatists. You better should think about, how to avoid farming gangs.