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RE: Minnow #541,753—Monthly Report: August
It looks like you've done really well to me @glenalbrethsen given how much enforced time away you've had.
Until followers actually ever means something (like taking the time to read and engage on posts), I'm dubious about it being a metric for UA
I'm glad I'm not the only one who's dubious about UA. As far as I can see it is another metric that favours those who got in early.
Hope you've got a nice weekend lined up to enjoy! 😊
hey, @gillianpearce.
I'm probably going to be watching Oregon Duck football in a couple of hours. That's about all I have planned, which I think should be enough. Oh, and grilling steaks. I guess I'm doing that, too. :)
I've wanted to see if I couldn't get up to 100 SP a month on average somehow, but I keep having some kind of setback. I suppose that just may be the way it is and expectations are too high.
re: UA
I keep finding myself on the opposite end of a lot of things.
I've probably got a post brewing about UA (sad thing is, I want to believe in it), but the first two metrics—followers and now witnesses—it sounds like the fix is it. The last metric, engagement, is somewhat redemptive, if it's weighted properly.
And I agree. It's pretty simple math that if you got here early and stuck with it that you're going to have more followers who did the same than those who came in after. And maybe that's the point. It becomes a measure of longevity (which isn't necessarily a bad thing) rather than one of authority, like it's supposed to be.
The witness one is pretty hinky. If we're supposed to be using it to measure authority, I'm not sure how we can do that when essentially everyone who is in the Top 20-30 (if not more), have heavy hitting SP backing them. Normally, that wouldn't bother me, but we don't know who this heavy-hitting SP, aside from a few, are. We don't have anyway of knowing who they are.
I didn't know that witnesses were a measure too @glenalbrethsen. That makes it even worse in my opinion. The whole top 20 witness thing is one big voting ring from what I've read.
Ah well. Another nail in the steemit coffin for me. 😂
I think there may be some other good stuff coming on the Steem Block Chain though some I'm looking forward to that. I'm hoping someone will come up with an SMT that I'm interested in and can get my teeth into.
I'm currently exploring Steem Monsters but, watching the first video I'm fast losing the will to live. 😂 😂 😂
UA is currently based on three metrics—followers, witness and engagement. The latter was after people started recommending it—it wasn't the first thing they thought of when trying to determine user authority. I find that odd, but oh well.
It could very well be a voting ring. However, the witnesses themselves don't have enough SP to put them in the Top 20 without some heavier hitters voting for them. There's not enough SP among all of the rest of us if only a few of the true whales get together.
So, in my mind, the witnesses voting for one another, if that's your meaning, is troublesome, as a lot of things are here, especially if it's leading to some kind of collusion, but when it already appears they're actions or inactions are bought and paid for by big SP, it's a lesser of evils game. I don't know. I'm not a big SP hater. But I am used to a Constitutional Republic where at least I have some semblance of a say. Here, I feel like I don't even have that, unless I'm willing to do things that I'm not willing to do, or think others should either.
I'm not sure I'm as dire as sircork was in his estimation of Steem Monsters, but I do agree with him in that it's not really a minnow savior, and that those behind it ought to be doing quite well, and that eventually it will fade like most things like this do. But I suppose that's why you strike while the getting is good, and then move on to the next gold rush.
I do have to say though, Steem Monsters does have a few things going for it that cryptokitties didn't. :)
After doing a bit of research this morning that's my view too @glenalbrethsen.
Part of my interest in Steem Monsters is my lack of knowledge about anything like this, i.e it's something new. 😁
Ultimately I suspect I will be looking at it as an investor rather than a player. the characters and story lines do nothing for me. I'm also not a strategic thinker which, apparently is what it's all about.
I quite like the idea of the collecting aspect too but, if I get anymore cards I will have to pay Fiat for them, which is a whole 'nother ball game compared to using SBD that I earned here.