RE: Quality Maximalists are driving regular users away from Steem - Quality is overrated - Stop demanding it! -
Nice article. I never thought 'shitposts' are the problem but it would be nice if Steemit would add some kind of filtering. Example - to filter new articles by language and to filter articles by number of words written. This would help new users who are working hard but can't get a single payout because they get lost in the sea of how you call 'shitposts'. This RC system which was implemented 2 weeks ago helped to get rid of spammers but it has also limited new users who don't have money or maybe don't know how to invest in their Steem acc. In the past you could always comment on another persons article and maybe get notice by them. Today new users are limited to 1 post per day and max. 1 comment (if they use their 10 upvotes). Btw. sry for bad English, not my first language as well :)
Yes indeed, filtering is a MOST missing feature today, as I see it. Give me proper filters, and I leave those shitpost authors alone. As long as they dont bother me
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Yes, Steemit is lacking a lot in the content discovery department. Although they will most likely never update Steemit much, @ned mentioned he is making an entirely new platform to tap into the Steem blockchain. A whole new interface. One that will hopefully solve many of the problems Steemit has.
As for the RC system. Yes, it eliminated spammers and in the same time some regular users. Real people that actually use this blockchain and post instead of spamming and clogging up the network with dust votes.
For the real users. Devs, apps, and the community will come together to make faucets or they will delegate RC which will allow them much better functionality than the one they currently have.
It's just a matter of time. A lot of positive changes happened with the implementation of HF 20 but the problems that came to existence as a consequence of such will quickly be solved by the community, imo. Just wait and see.
Max 3 months down the road what I've just mentioned should already be in place.
That's what I love about this place. THere is so much development and users chip.in all accross the world to do something for the greater benefit. Everyone is contributing to some extent and each contribution is building the network and increasing it's value.
That's why Steem is destened to succeed.
With thousands of dapps and countless businesses, there is no chance if failure. Only one dapp going cryptokitty on us could launch the price of Steem up, considerably.
I always like to say, stack now or cry later to motivate people so, that's how I'll end this comment that turned into a post. This is all on @musing!!! My average amount of words count has gone up by 10x since I first started using it.