#dpoll

Should We Introduce a Curation Reward Slider?

The debate about changing the curation reward economics is ongoing. Some people have suggested an alternative solution: let the users decide how their post gives out curation and author rewards.

Basically when you create a post, you have a slider like the above. The slider determines the % of the post rewards which will go to curators. If you don't use the slider, a default value is used. Witnesses could decide on what the minimum and default curation rewards are. I would suggest they could go from 0 to 100%, but a more conservative approach could be 25 to 100%.

Would you be in favor of such a system?

Arguments for and against can be made in the comment section.

Maybe

I don't know

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Comments · 49

@tiger-zaps(61)· 2678d
Voted for
- No
@igster(63)· 2678d
This would just probably lead to "curators" piling up on these posts no matter the content quality.

I still feel raising the curation reward up as a baseline to make manual curation actually worth while will save this place or even better, actually make it mainstream eventually. To who'm this place works fine the way it is now? Everyone is either selling majority of their votes, or even worse, just voting themselves or inner circle. What good authors we may attract, they'll soon after leave because we don't have anyone trying to find them and bring them to public eye. Of course it's questionable how many views our trending get these days, other than those who just want to kiss some authors ass in hopes of upvotes. I've also noticed how many of the regular bidbotters just offer tips to their "readers" for some action, which they benefit from directly. @ned @andrarchy ; When will you put end to this madness?
@abh12345(80)· 2678d
https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@miniature-tiger/curation-earnings-analysis-with-stats-and-thoughts-on-50-50-curation-system-proposal-1556541324925

The analyst seems to think a slider would be a good idea, but one for the voter, not the author.
@jeffjagoe(77)· 2678d
Voted for
- Maybe
@elevator09(75)· 2679d
Voted for
- Yes
@rem-steem(78)· 2679d
Voted for
- Maybe
@arcange(79)· 2679d
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@wendika(47)· 2679d
Voted for
- Yes
@maxbullion(55)· 2679d
Voted for
- Maybe
I'm usually one for giving people more choice, however sometimes I worry that Steemit is too complex and that acts as a deterrent for some of the less tech savvy.
@bxlphabet(66)· 2679d
Voted for
- Yes
@vimukthi(76)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@marki99(62)· 2680d
Voted for
- No
No. If anyone can choose his own percentage it doesn't mean that every choice will be in the self interest of the whole
@xplosive(72)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@deathcross(78)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
Yes, but... I think people are willing to donate only a part of their income/wealth to unselfish purposes. It depends on the person, but maybe between 5-30 percent...
@southernwolf(54)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
EDIT: Adding my comments here since voting on dPoll using keychain didn't allow me to comment. I think a curation slider would be the best approach to this current situation. This would allow authors to decide who should reap the most reward from their posts. If this ability was available currently, I would probably give curators more of a reward than they get now. However, I still believe the author deserves to reap the greatest reward from their posts and so I would still give myself the larger percentage of reward. I do agree with the general idea above of having some limits on it, maybe 25%-75%. However, there are situations where being able to give curators 99% of the reward could be useful, such as getting your name out there through large voting. I ultimately have to say that I think it should be up to the user as to what percentage to choose, whether that be 1%, 50%, or 99%.

What's most important here is choice. The ability for an author to decide who is rewarded the most and how big that reward will be. The ability to choose is what's most important and adding such a slider would be very valuable to the Steem community.
@pjau(64)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
That sounds cool, but if it were to be added there would definitely need to be some sort of indication of what the values are on the frontend.
@abbak7(74)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@dpoll.curation(60)· 2680d
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@ausbitbank(74)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@geekgirl(80)· 2680d
Voted for
- No
I don't think this would solve the underlying issues. It is a good idea, but I doubt it can have an impact on improving two issues: organic voting & increasing interest to buy steem and power up.

I think these kinds of changes should be universally applied, so there is no confusion. I think 50/50 standard split can achieve that.

I personally think curation reward should even be 75%. This would encourage organic voting and increase interest to buy steem. More people buying Steem will increase the demand and price of Steem, which will result in higher pays for authors. At the same time, authors can also be curating, so I doubt the authors would be at a loss.
@bluerobo(70)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
I have not heard that one before. Great idea
@amkn6590(64)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@ili0braz(64)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@michealb(67)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@kabir88(61)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
The more choice and flexibility we can give to authors the better
@condeas(68)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
very interesting
@nigelmarkdias(67)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@akomoajong(66)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
I think this makes sense but then a question comes in. Will there be authors that will offer more than 25% curation rewards on their posts? I don't think I will, to be honest!
@suntree(60)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@bobskibob(61)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
I like this ...

I for one would do a 25/75 or more for curators on all of my posts just so I get more upvotes
@joshman(74)· 2680d
I'd say a big YES with the caveat that the structure chosen be highly visible in the newsfeed. The structure should be known prior to drilling down into an article. It could also be a criteria that could be used to filter content. I think this approach would really show that a person owns their own content, for the benefit of the curator or not. Curators at that point can decide on whether or not it's worth their time to consume it.

Some examples at the extremes: A charity blog could crank curation all the way down to maximize support for the charity, while a benevolent orca or whale could crank the curation reward all the way up as a way of giving back to followers. There is a valid business case for each end of the scale.
@abitcoinskeptic(75)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@joshman(74)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@tarazkp(86)· 2680d
Can't vote from pill at the moment. I say yes. I suggested this about 1 year back I think. There has to be a clear indicator on the post/feed UI to show the curation percentage on each post.
@remotehorst23(65)· 2680d
Voted for
- No
@hairy(67)· 2680d
Voted for
- I don't know
To be very honest, i don't know.
@immanuel94(73)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
It is already possible to turn off curation rewards, even no front-end uses the option and the curation rewards seem to simply vanish (I think). It should be visible how big the curation reward is for a post if there is such a slider. =)
@faizan-ashraf(64)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@therealwolf(77)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@faizazohaib(64)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@abdulmanan(67)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
100 % agree, Reason it, most of the curation reward is going to the useless bots who auto upvote your posts. It should be changed or bots should be banned.
@faraz33(65)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@zohaib336(67)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@johnhtims(58)· 2680d
Voted for
- I don't know
@salahchiva(60)· 2680d
Voted for

Yes 25 to 100% good decision
@asadchughtai(69)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@sanach(71)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@demotruk(75)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
@ikrahch(73)· 2680d
Voted for
- Yes
This System should be Introduced Soon!