RE: Steem, Curation, and lap-dances at Steemfest 3
Okay 50/50 reward split, now lets look at it seriously. 40/50/10 author/curator/dtube. 25/50/25 author/curator/steemspeak (I think they are a 25% beneficiary). Dapp's one of the selling points is rewards from users, those that use their product to create content. Right now busy and a few others Beneficiaries do not charge, yet they can start at anytime. So the only place a 50/50 split Author/curator is going to work is on steemit. They need to rethink this issue. Beneficiaries can charge upto 30% of the rewards for using their tool. You are not going to have many people creating content for 20 cents on a dollar. Curators are not charged for voting. I am pretty sure the number of Post will take a severe down turn at a 50/50 split especially when they see how much they really get after using something other than steemit to make their post.
It's a point worth high-lighting for sure, but I can see a lot of sense in @nonameslefttouse's comment above.
The apps could cut down their beneficiary due to the fact there vote size will pick up a good share of the curation. So maybe 45/40% for the author, plus their curation if they choose to vote themselves. I will likely return to some self-voting, we'll see.
A lot of new thoughts, yes dapps can change their charge rate, dtube did. went from 25% and supporting their users with vote backs, to 10% and cutting back on the vote backs, at least that is what I was told, I do not know how they vote back, but there have been a few complaints about the lack of votes from them. Would others follow the same track? Dapps get paid whether they vote back or not, yes competition will help.
Steemit is still feeling it's way around this new concept. Things will be tried, and some things will be costly. I just hope the cost is not going to be a loss of content whether shit or quality. People will continue here or on another blockchain for the freedom of posting, away from the controls of government and big media.