A Bit Curious Contest #2 100 SBD in Prizes - 7-10-18
There were a lot of great replies, and a lot of feedback, thanks to everyone who participated. When I started to go back through the comments and send out the prizes to the winners I realized that there was so much engagement I decided I'd spare a little more than 100 SBD.
10 SBD Winners:
@ulqu3
@salmanbukhari54
@charitybot
@ayushjalan
@averageoutsider
@dyinkfinity
@syllem
@maquemali
@nathen007
@carlagonz
5 SBD Winners:
@alexmalone
@kiani007
@sol.ahmad
@jonnahmatias1016
@crokkon
@jerr
@yennarido
@bobbythegreat
@abrahamcera
@cuddleme
1 SBD winners:
@jadams2k18
@tsnaks
@honey-pot
@gbindinazeez
@nids209
@franqueff
@haseez
@felander
@oivas
@tsnaks
I will continue to go through the replies and I may possibly send out a little more! Thanks again to everyone who engaged!
Contest Information
I will attempt to do contests weekly, if time permits I will do them as many times per week as possible.
I learned quite a bit with my last contest from all the users who participated on the subject about why they use Steemit. With the plethora of engagement that the previous contest received, I've decided to find out what it is about Steemit that users dislike. The contest will last 24 hours and winners will be chosen then, may the best responses win!
Contest Subject: What do you dislike most about Steemit?
Contest Prize: 100 SBD
1st: 10 SBD
2nd: 10 SBD
3rd: 10 SBD
4th: 10 SBD
5th: 10 SBD
6th: 10 SBD
7th: 10 SBD
8th: 10 SBD
9th: 10 SBD
10th: 10 SBD
The rules are simple:
#1 Comment on the post about the contests subject.
People that have an absurd percentage of self votes and never "spread the wealth"
I'm curious as to what do you mean by self votes? Those who have a lot of SP and upvote their own posts instead of upvoting others?
Everyone should upvote their own content, but the ones that only do and will comment on others without any vote given (like/hate - let them know). When you use a site like steemworld.org and the self votes for someone are in the 70% and up, how does that encourage others?
Everything is broken, you have million+ SP accounts delegating only to bots, you have people with lots of SP only voting for a few friends with similar SP, and so on. And then you see them vote trading even in the comments section, people try to vote for notable/already wealthy people to get support back in popular threads, it's all pretty disgusting.
I didn't know about this, I guess running this contest will be a good learning experience. In a way it sounds like it mimics real world economics where the rich get richer and the poor continue to struggle to make a dime.
I didn't realize that voting is basically monopolized here by the SP wealthy.
You'll probably get a good perspective on how users who need the money experience the platform.
It does, it really does, wealth concentrations in crypto are terrible across the board and we're no exception to the rule. A handful of accounts own most of all the SP that's powered up, and singular votes can make or break someone's chance to be a top 20 witness.
Because of the not-so-elaborate pattern of the thinly veiled vote-for-vote players with similar SP levels here, small SP players just get by trying to enter as many contests and creating content for any of the curation orgs/dapps they are able to. It really doesn't help that only a 0.02 STU vote or above cashes out at time of payout, anything below that is rounded down to 0, and with over 300 SP I barely do 0.03 votes at max power so unless minnows were more coordinated it's harder for them to help each other out with their starting 15 SP.
The last major breakdown of whale voting patterns I've seen showed it was kind of split, where some whales just power themselves up, and some whales vote or delegate to community projects. But everyone seems to be cashing out at least a little on the side as a hedge as the price falls.
Do you know that initially, 15SP used to give $0.01 upvote? Suddenly everything has changed. With 300sp you can barely give $0.03 upvote. That is bad news for those of us who are way below that.
Our chance of growth is pretty slim. We just have to keep doing what is right.
Yeah when I started it was around 0.01 to zero depending on the day. It really is, they need to make it so it doesn't round down to zero, it is really discouraging for everyone. It used to take more steem to create an account as well, now it's only 0.1, used to be 0.5, and was even more before that.
Ah I haven't heard of steemworld.org, I'll look at it shortly. I can understand that, only upvoting yourself and not upvoting others can be discouraging for your followers and those who upvote your content. When I first started I tried to upvote everyone who commented on my contest / introduction posts. Though I shortly found out that you actually have a voting power meter that's refilled over time so your votes are worth more.
Since then I've been trying to vote less so I can give more to those who engage in my content.
I dislike here in steemit that mostly people created multiple accounts and manapulate the main cause of Steemit. Mostly witnesses and big whales are the owner of bots and also effected the reward pool by voting their multiple accounts.
Actually I'm fine with the multiple accounts thing as long as you're posting different genre of articles.
For example, you can have a channel solely for artwork or for photography and your main channel for all kinds of other stuff. It's like how YouTubers have a second channel for vlogs and stuff. It's the same idea, just a different application.
Thank you for making this contest here I will leave you a list of things I hate about steemit.
What bothers me the most about steemit are the few possibilities that a person with little steem power has, that no matter how much effort he uses to make original quality material he never receives votes or adequate remuneration.
I am also bothered by people who are responsible for discrediting the work of another.
I am annoyed by people who are in charge of making contests and do not pay what I agreed in some cases I have denied others.
It bothers me sometimes to pay bots and that they give smaller votes than they should be.
I am bothered by the healing accounts that with the excuse that they help some people, the great economic benefit is left by a small dome of managers.
First I would like to commend you for running a contest with simple rules, a good distribution rate and generous awards. If I had the ability, I would be more generous with 'my' contest awards too. These contests are a good way to keep people engaged here on steemit, learn about the platform and increase their earnings.
What most people seem to complain about on steemit, is 'mostly' related to 'earnings'; and the various methods we might employ to increase them. e.g. bots, curation trails, auto voting, vote trading etc...
Though I used to dislike those things which appeared to be just 'a club' type thing, as time goes on, and I learn a bit more about how these things may benefit 'anyone' in time (with consistency, and effort) I no longer am against such mechanisms to grow our accounts here.
What 'does' bother me still is the continuous rules in place here regarding 'how' rewards are paid out/distributed. They are certainly discouraging to everyone, not just newbies. One of the worse is something already mentioned here by charitybot regarding the 'rounding down' of .001 and .002 minnow votes to 'ZERO'
That is certainly one BIG slap in the face for 'all' members with less than .003 in VP...and greatly discourages posting, commenting and retention on the platform.
@dustsweeper has emerged as a method to help combat this great loss to newbies, but even their help is limited to 'your' votes to others...not both ways unless the person who votes on your post is also a @dustsweeper member.
That's about it for now. Once again, thank you for this contest.
I appreciate your comment. Unfortunately not everyone can afford to give such generous rewards, technically speaking I can't really afford it, but I'm considering it a paid learning experience. So in the end the benefits outweigh the costs for me.
One of the first things I looked into / saw on Youtube was a video about bid bots and how to earn a % return with them. Which is one things I'm currently testing. Through testing this I also realized that they offer not only a potential return, but visibility. For me this is what many would call "killing two birds with one stone".
If I can actually earn any % of return from a bid bot, then I'll reinvest a percent of it to grow, and give a percent of it away like I am now.
The rounding of votes worth can be problematic and discouraging for many, especially from a psychological standpoint. Getting a $0.00 vote kind of makes you, in some ways, feel the content you posted has the same value as that vote.
Thank you for responding @bit.curious with your input. Good luck with the 'bot' experiment, and best wishes in your journeying.
I really dislike how hard it is for your posts to get noticed among all the spam posts and how posts that aren't very unique or original are making lots of money when they're essentially plagiarized or don't have any (what I consider, at least) real value or don't engage people to communicate and share ideas/thoughts more.
Beyond that, I'm new to steemit, but I'm liking it so far. I just feel like I'm gonna have a hard time getting any recognition in the massive loads of posts that pop up. I suppose maybe that's another dislike for me, how chaotic the different pages and tags and topics are and how hard it is to sort through the stuff you don't care for, to find the stuff you DO care for.
Just my two-cents.
But hey, I'm new, what do I know? :P
I also think this is a good way to get people more involved. I feel as though the posts that ask other people about their own opinions/feelings/thoughts about things, are the ones that are truly valuable, as it invites people to express themselves!
Thanks for reading my comment!
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the only thing i dislike here in steemit is that most people are just here for the money. they forget how to really connect and interact. others may have paid BOTS to do voting and replies just to earn badges and increases their power. we become less of a human, slave under technology. plus the voting mechanism here, most are selfish. they couldn'y even give 100% of themselves and yet those that have high powers who give/share less are the ones who wanted the biggest shares of payouts. i wonder where exactly EQUALITY can stand. some could not afford bots, so they settle for what is left, they settle for what is less. they get things the hard way.
but this is not a lost case, i believe there maybe light at the end of the tunnel.
I didn't even realize that badges were a thing here, I thought it was just some bot that had posted them on my previous posts. In general many do not know how to connect or interact, even when it comes to person to person physical interaction. In part technology is to blame, and another is that we live in disposable societies. When government treats us as basic cogs in their machine, and disposes of us as if we as humans hold no value, everyone else follows suit.
The loss of humanity is largely due to how you put it; everyone is a slave under technology.
Yeah true.. in my own little way, i try to connect and be part of something. Im glad there are still like you who write makes appealing topics that gather interest in people. Somehow creates interaction through argument or a mere talking out loud some insigths. Keep it up sir!
First, the constant unending spamming bots that go commenting everywhere.
Secondly, THE CONSTANT UNENDING SPAMMING BOTS THAT GO COMMENTING EVERYWHERE.
They do seem to be quite the nuisance!
I think what I hate the most about the platform is it's inability to filter out original content creators out from the whole bunch of other people including spammers and scammers.
Minnows are forced to either use dirty tricks to get their content visible, or simply join another minnow support group where the chances of their development are still low considering the fact that those places are usually filled with other minnows who are fighting the same problem.
On the other hand, the spammers and scammers take advantage of flags and downvotes to intentionally make others' (original/quality) content less visible just so that their spams can be broadcasted to even more people.
The worst part? Minnows can't do anything about it personally. Their only option is to complain to whales or steemcleaners, because if they start flagging spams, they risk getting their own content flagged by the whole group of spammers which they worked really hard for.
Thanks for the contest, @bit.curious!
You make a valid point. A system to filter content other than just selecting a tag would be helpful. I'm just curious though, and I'm not sure if you'd know the answer to this, but do most minnows reinvest into growing their account?
If they go through the means of using dirty tricks or support groups as you say, do a majority of them take out every cent they make, or do they reinvest it into gaining more visibility, etc?
As from a personal experience standpoint, anyone who struggles to earn any form of money, tend to always take what they earn and not put any back in. For the most part they do not have an investors mentality, but a survivalist mentality as they have to struggle to make ends meet.
@bit.curious
At this point, it's a little tricky to answer because there are two different types of minnows:
But then again, you can't help others if you can't even help yourself.
Can't speak for others, but im pretty new and plan to keep reinvesting until I start making enough to impact my lifestyle.
It may be very strange if I have to comment on things I do not like in the steemit app, because I really like this app.
But I have one thing I do not like about steemit: lack of upvote by steemit or upvote successors from steemit users who have steem power above average