#steem

Promoting The Upvote Culture

I had quite the light bulb moment last week when I was reading a brilliant post by @khaleelkazi

In it, he talks about what we need to understand when it comes to being an author or creator on Steem. One of the points he discussed was what he called 'Upvote Culture'...

Arguably one of the best aspects of the Steem blockchain is that we can 'reward' the content we like and depending on how much Steem we have staked, can be anywhere from a fraction of a penny for the author or sometimes hundreds of dollars.

It's what Steem was known for and I know this frustrates a lot of folks on the blockchain...

We don't like to talk about 'the rewards pool' as a selling point to bring people over to Steem. We want to be known for so much more, and rightfully so...

But it's there! And it's part of the DNA of Steem.

Personally....I think we should celebrate it!

And I know, it's going to dry up eventually and there is only so much to go around...Which brings up the point of downvoting. We've beaten that dead horse...

Let's just say I live in this 'naive and utopian' mindset where...

This will almost always be at 100% for me!

Sure I will downvote spam or abuse, but at the end of the day...If I don't like what you post, disagree with it or how much you are receiving in rewards...I move along.

And this brings us back to the 'Upvote Culture'!

The culture of supporting and rewarding people that are, dipping their toes into the blockchain space for the first time.

People that may have had dreams of writing a blog, mustered up the courage to do so, and took that leap of faith!

Or maybe it's a content creator that is sick of being silenced on traditional social media. And they are here to get their content seen, without any fear of being 'silenced'.

That's the beauty of the Steem blockchain...We can reward these people!

We can, as @khaleelkazi states, TIP these authors and creators to show our appreciation for their hard work. And to me, that's just down right...Awesome!

The biggest benefit is that it brings creators and regular folks to the blockchain. Who may have never dove into anything 'crypto' related but here on Steem, they can use it and earn it every single day.

This is so powerful!

Forget trying to figure out what should be considered 'quality content'...If you like it, upvote it. If you don't, find another Steemian to upvote...Believe me, we have some amazing people here on Steem!

And while the arguments rage on 'Crypto Twitter' about how blockchains need to focus on adoption and actual use cases, we're sitting here smiling :)

Don't underestimate how powerful your upvote can be! Even if it's just worth a fraction of a penny....

It shows people that they are appreciated. It shows them they are valued. And it shows them that they can have a home here, on Steem, to grow and be rewarded daily.

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Comments · 23

@trendotoken(59)· 2411d
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@andrewn(50)· 2411d
i understand the need and purpose of the down vote. I can agree it needs to stay for spammers & abusers. But I choose YES voting. Positivity & Community can be contagious. Let make it Upvote, upvote, upvote and share. a powerful platform will evolve.
@arcange(79)· 2413d
Congratulations @jongolson! Your post was mentioned in the Steem Hit Parade in the following category:
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@azircon(79)· 2413d
Jon, nice post. Perfectly fine to describe your view and act towards it. However, it doesn’t make it right. Please let me explain.

You have 28K SP at the moment and your current post is currently enjoying a $9.40 reward; which you graciously donated 15% to steempress and rest goes to your wallet. All nice and good.

Now all day today, yesterday and days before that I downvoted a Korean cartel with a kingpin with 1.3 M SP, earning $40 a post, (2 post a day before, now only one lately due to constant downvotes). With $40 a post, 7 post a week is $280 just to this one person. My single 100% DV is about $3, I probably spent 10 of them on him so far and his immediate family. That $30 I redistributed to this reward pool so that YOU can get $9.40, if I haven’t done that you would probably get $9.39; yes Jon that’s today.... or at payout, not in million years in future when Dinosaurs will rule the earth :)

Plus it’s not only just me, there were 4 other individuals consistently downvoted this particular individual so that his shit-post gets zero reward. So now without that your current beautiful post will be $9.20 perhaps, yeah today, or at payout. Still with me, or the math too hard for ya?

Upvote and downvote are equal and opposite actions. You mentioned if I don’t like a content I should move on. You also said “opinion downvote” is unacceptable; but there is nothing wrong with opinion upvote. Excellent, Jon!

Enjoy your $9.40 reward without some of us, it could have been $9.20.... $9.0.... $8???

What have you done for me specifically lately Jon?

Sorry that’s a rhetorical question. Have a great day, man! I am glad you are here ;)
@ikarus56(62)· 2414d
After my absence, I will still have a positive look at the upvote culture. It's a part of the DNA of this blockchain. You yourself have the possibility to give an upvote or not. Good post!
@azenza.news(42)· 2414d
Great Content, Great News, Up-voted & Re-Steemed to our growing online readership.
@paulnulty(55)· 2414d
Nice One, I'm an upvoter not a downvoter, alway's focusing on the positive...

"The more we value things, the less we value ourselves". – Bruce Lee

The upvote is all about that... Showing appreciation for the person behind the post and how much we value their contribution of content, information or "value" they provide as a person.
@howyf2(56)· 2414d
Great post I am grateful to everyone that upvotes

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@elbrava(59)· 2414d
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@adetorrent(78)· 2414d
While I recognise the (equal) need for downvoting and upvoting, I’m more in the upvoting camp than the other. I think most people are like this. Perhaps it’s from the asymmetry in the Universe where matter slightly won over anti-matter 😀

The exception of corse is that legion of -10% downvote bots😂😂
@sigskeie(48)· 2414d
Great!! thanks a lot for putting this out!! Still working my way nice and steady...And soon full STEEM ahead!! Success!
@flaxz(75)· 2414d
That is the way too look at it Jon, if you focus on the negative then negativity will focus on you, just law of attraction basically, keep promoting the upvote culture and stay awesome.
@ghcamry(56)· 2414d
I am all in on upvotes and just got some good mentoring from @crusin. And yes, we are affiliate marketers. I don’t apologize for wanting to make a buck.
@bradleyarrow(77)· 2414d
All I can say is I agree 100 percent.
@ph1102(79)· 2414d
I still don't believe that downvote (as it is presented on the platform) should exist... The right definition will be FLAG (as it was before) and that part should be changed...

I'm still a newbie here, but some kind of reducing rewards for flagged content, or taking a second look at them, idk...

As it is now, it SHOULD serve to keep rewards pool cleaner, but if we scratch the surface that "opinion downvoting" take a big percentage of downvotes, and that is a very BAD thing for the whole image of STEEM.

Upvoting culture is a great thing, and I hope that more and more people will notice that... I would like to have see something more "in-written" because if we expect that everyone is polite and great, that will not happen ever...
@joshman(74)· 2414d

disagree with it or how much you are receiving in rewards...

I will agree with you that opinion downvoting is a dick move. But... You do realize the reward pool is both a fixed and shared resource? That means the more people who "move along" when they see abject over-rewarded posts, or posts designed to milk the system, the less rewards there are for the people actually working hard who deserve them. One reason the rewards have improved for you, for me, and many of your readers is there's folks out there willing to not look the other way when it comes to exploiting the reward pool.
@denmarkguy(79)· 2414d
Personally, I tend to only focus on content I find has value (to me) and then I'll upvote it. On the rare occasion I flag something, it's blatant spam or plagiarism.

On the whole... I guess I both agree and disagree with you.

I agree on the idea that we should focus on highlighting the good... and that's my strategy. My downvote status is nearly always at 100%.

On the other hand, I also feel that many of our woes can be traced back to a "collective" marketing strategy of pitching Steem-based venues as income opportunities, rather than investment opportunities or places to public content.

Why is that "bad?"

Because of the mindset of who's predominantly attracted to that mindset. If the focus is on "make money," then the quality of what people bring to the table will take a back seat to the efficacy of that content to simply generate dollars, independently of whether it's worth anything.

Can the two co-exist? Absolutely!

But we keep talking about wanting Steem (the token) to break out of its slump, but that's gonna be tough because people expecting to make money will be token sellers rather than token holders, so we end up pricing ourselves down...
@maddogmike(68)· 2414d
I agree with you its much better to upvote. In my opinion you don't even need a downvote option. There should be Upvote and if it's abusive or spam then a Report Content option or something like that. I really don't understand the option to take away from people especially when it's only for a difference of opinion.
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@definethedollar(75)· 2414d
I absolutely agree with you. If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. No need for downvotes (except for real abuse like you mention).

I really don’t like how it seems the devs and witnesses have given up on Steem and wish to relegate it to a utility token where the “value” of the blockchain comes from tribe tokens and community smts. One of the biggest selling points for me was (and is) that I can EARN more Steem (and thereby influence) by doing things on chain.

I hope to see more people with the viewpoint you’ve shared here. 😀

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@russellstockley(70)· 2414d
The beauty is that there is so much content on the blockchain that you have a plethora of posts to choose from, when you find someones content you like then follow them and see what they write all the time, I will also look for newbie posts and not only upvote them if its within a realm of what I consider non abusive and also make a comment for them as a mode of encouragement. Ther is a culture of upvoters that do nothing but upvote and do so just to add to their value. I would like to encourage everyone to actually make a comment, show that the post has been actually read and respond with engagement. To me that is what true community is all about
@cruisin(49)· 2414d
I love giving upvotes and having the power to decide how much I give. So the better the content the bigger the upvote. And on CTPtalk I can give a healthy upvote to awesome creators. There is also a few other tribes where I now have a bit of power in my upvotes it is nice to be able to reward people for doing. Long live the UPVOTE