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RE: Got upvotes but no payout? An overview of the situation around the minimum payout threshold
It is an impressive piece of work. I was not aware of the minimum threshold. Is it a fixed threshold that you can point to the line of code in the blockchain? Does it also mean that the percentage of the posts and comments can increase if the price of STEEM and SBD decrease, which would indicate that only small portion of posts by influential people or posts backed by a large group of people could reach any payout?
Thanks @espoem, the corresponding value in the code is STEEM_MIN_PAYOUT_SBD and is used in
is_comment_payout_dust()in reward.hpp.@timcliff made a post a few months ago following this constant across the code.
While it is possible that the percentage of posts and comment that fall below this threshold can change, it surprisingly barely did in the analyzed time frame (see the 2nd figure), despite a ~30% change of the vote value in STU.
Thank you for the link. I could just imagine that lots of people are discouraged when the price drops, which means fewer people engaged in voting. I suppose it only supports the idea that new and tiny SP holders have it hard unless they join a community or they are recognised by a minnow or dolphin at least.
I think that 30% is quite a lot. Is there a way to see what kind of posts they are? I suppose you made some similar analyses in the past focusing on the content types and length.
I also think communities are key for new accounts. Getting recognized is certainly possible but hard...
30% is indeed quite a lot. There are ways to see what kind of posts these are. I didn't want to make this post even longer, but maybe it's worth a follow-up investigation. I wouldn't be too much surprised if the fraction of "human" posts and comments among them isn't too high, so that could be one thing to look into.You mentioned already type and length. Other metrics could be self-votes vs. votes from others, or reputation. Many ideas, little time :)