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RE: [STEEM] Worker Proposal Funded by 20% Author Rewards?
Personally I disagree with the idea. Dtube used to have 25% Author Rewards would go to them. This was not a popular thing. The fact that it is a bare-bones dApp, the more functionality it has the more back end costs are involved to run the system. If we decide to add Taxes to the steem blockchain, I am not sure what would separate this platform from the rest of the #dinomedia (facebook, youtube, twitter). I am for no Tax. This will set a precedent for future taxes and later on 99% author rewards will be directed away from the content creators, just like Youtube.
In principal I'm against it too. I just can't see another more viable way to guarantee funding for future development. I'm concerned about the slippery slope of taxes as well.. I guess if that did happen, and this platform became more and more centralized in such a manner... We'd probably end up leaving for an alternative. That's what I would hope at least.
Yeah, but that just restarts the same mistake Myspace made. Facebook, and YouTube are running out of time. We just need to hang in there and be consistently growing. The free market approach with organic growth is the way to go. This is concerning to me as an investor and as a content creator. If it fails it is not something society wants. It just takes one big celebrity to pick up a dApp.
Would the prospect of increased curator rewards mitigate that concern for you at all? That's the thing I read mostly from high vestsed users is that they would like to see it increased
That is a question for Steemit Inc. I cannot presume to understand why the curation rates are the way they are. I just believe in free markets over highly regulated(strangled) ones. It is the reason we are using this tech in the first place. There is a learning curve for this envioenment, that is its largest hurdle, the user interface. However I personally believe this will separate who is actually vested in the platform vs people who try to gain systems. That dedicated userbase is the strength of this blockchain.
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