RE: Thoughts on Guarding the Reward Pool
Finally got around to listening.
I agree 100%! Engagement is the key to the future not just for the currency, but because engagement itself sells (social media advertising, though I can see why maybe people don't like this one as much).
That's not to say great content doesn't have its place. But it's secondary, a means to the goal of getting people here. I think the great part is that communities form around like interests and that is a great thing to see.
One cautionary point though: sometimes the new shiny platform given a buttload of delegation to vote activity on the platform may not attract the right kind of engagement. I think it might make sense to separate lasting engagement with money hunting, though I'm not really sure how. That must be for the platform to decide how to weed it out. There's a difference between engaging with people vs just engaging with money.
And finally: bid bots clearly are good for the platform because people are engaging with them ;). Right? Rigggggghhhht????
hahahahhaah - We need to have the right culture to counterbalance the bidbot abuse, and the key word is abuse.
If people wanna promote an initiative, a special post, a new song release... by all means, use the promotion tools. My issue is with this whole "lets print money" which is both, incorrect and not sustainable.