RE: Let's Talk About Quality Content. (Just Because I Can, And Because Everyone Else Does It!)

I am still unsure what sparked the conversation as I have been disconnected part of the week but I agree that we upvote posts that we like and it is as simple as that. It is our right just as we can flag them as well. However, where I differ is calling posts from dlike and actifit shitpost as they have there reasons and communities around them and we should let them develop. I have found myself in the middle here as I love @actifit and use it everyday as a motivation to be fit and earn here; win/win. If it takes 30 words and is considered garbage; fine, don’t upvote it as it is our right to do so. If we limit ourselves to these views, we will never be able to grow to a global community of Dapps.

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Well said. I don't define them as low quality in that sense either, but I wouldn't support them. I know that Actifit for instance, are doing great things, and I like that. But I don't enjoy the reports so to speak, so I usually just ignore them.

Those type of posts doesn't give me much in terms of "value". I'd rather read a story about your vacation or your fucked up boss. I like reading more "personal" things. It's the same with photos. I love the #walkwithme tag.

There are tons of awesome stories and photos shared in that tag. That stuff gives me more "value" than an Actifit report, so it's only logical to reward those type of posts and ignore others. It's not Actifit specifically we're talking about, we're talking about low/high quality or about quality in general.

I'll just copy/paste what I said in a previous comment a few minutes ago:

"I do believe that content (of whatever quality) is our "salvation". I don't mean that Actifit posts or memes for instance are bad or low quality in that sense. If we truly want all those Facebook and Instagram users to join and use STEEM, I also think that we need to reward them for the content they chose to share, no matter our personal opinions of what high/low quality is."

"However, the main reason for people to leave Steem is due to the lack of rewards. It's not about support in the sense of comments, education or encouragement. It's about money. People join STEEM to earn money. Often due to false advertising. When people realize that money comes only after tons of effort, hard work and countless hours of engagement, most of them leave within minutes.

We need to change the mindset, not only the mindset of the newcomers, but also on the existing users. You can't self-vote 100%, buy your way to the top of the trending, grow your account rapidly and expect STEEM to flourish. You need to focus on others before you can expect any form of real growth. The only growth you'll see before you focus on others, is the growth of your own account. In terms of STEEM.

But how fun is it to have 200K Steem when the price is going down? I'd rather have 10K Steem and see the price of STEEM go to $50 than to have 200K and see the price at $0,10."

Also note that this article was #forthelulz more than anything, but it lead to a bunch of great comments.:)