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I like the idea and would love to try it! I have one small concern though. Since the incentive (money) is given to popular videos, why people should post unpopu

I like the idea and would love to try it! I have one small concern though. Since the incentive (money) is given to popular videos, why people should post unpopular opinions in Stemmit or videos in Dtube? That is, if I upload a video of a cat doing some funny thing I'll get more tokens (potentially) that with a super technical video.

tzfld 9y ago
Isn't the same thing as on Youtube? You get more views, get more money.
simonh 9y ago
Having a platform that incentivizes popular content should in theory attract popular content to the platform. This should attract viewers to the platform, thus increasing the viewership available to see your less popular content. Meanwhile, incentivizing popular stuff doesn't take anything away from you or your content. You're not being penalised, so why complain?
- kalendos 9y ago
  > Having a platform that incentivizes popular content should in theory attract popular content to the platform. This should attract viewers to the platform, thus increasing the viewership available to see your less popular content. Thanks for pointing that! I didn't though of it this way. To be honest, my fear is that this platform could turn possibly in some sort of niche. Right now, popular content is about X, so if I want to make quick profits, I'll create a video about X. More people will join and do the same. I'm sure there are ways to fix that like giving people incentives for posting in unpopular topics. Potentially, each topic could be its own market! > You're not being penalised, so why complain? Not complaining at all for now. Just sharing my current thoughts! If I join a social media, I'd love to have diversity of content and opinion. I think in STEEM that could be hard, as it is in Reddit unless you subscribe to unpopular ones. Not a 100% bad thing though!

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I like the idea and would love to try it! I have one small concern though. Since the incentive (money) is given to popular videos, why people should post unpopu

by kalendos 9y ago

tzfld 9y ago
Isn't the same thing as on Youtube? You get more views, get more money.
simonh 9y ago
Having a platform that incentivizes popular content should in theory attract popular content to the platform. This should attract viewers to the platform, thus increasing the viewership available to see your less popular content. Meanwhile, incentivizing popular stuff doesn't take anything away from you or your content. You're not being penalised, so why complain?
- kalendos 9y ago
  > Having a platform that incentivizes popular content should in theory attract popular content to the platform. This should attract viewers to the platform, thus increasing the viewership available to see your less popular content. Thanks for pointing that! I didn't though of it this way. To be honest, my fear is that this platform could turn possibly in some sort of niche. Right now, popular content is about X, so if I want to make quick profits, I'll create a video about X. More people will join and do the same. I'm sure there are ways to fix that like giving people incentives for posting in unpopular topics. Potentially, each topic could be its own market! > You're not being penalised, so why complain? Not complaining at all for now. Just sharing my current thoughts! If I join a social media, I'd love to have diversity of content and opinion. I think in STEEM that could be hard, as it is in Reddit unless you subscribe to unpopular ones. Not a 100% bad thing though!