What makes blogging entrepreneurial?
This has been a topic that has interested me since we first started the Intrepreneur project.
As I've stated before, I would like to think that pretty much any blog could be considered fit for #int, since by definition they are monetized in some way that would qualify.
However, this first what I would like to call "30 day experiment" with the community, has proven to be somewhat of a challenge.
The challenge we are faced with now is the reward farming by accounts who are providing very little to no value to this community, by which I mean there are a few persons who have decided to make regularly scheduled spam while using the #int tag. This is obviously not good for anyone, not even the person(s) doing it.
You see, while you might think that it's profitable to make a 5-10 word post, then self-upvote it 100%, 1-2-3x a day. It's really not, not for you or anyone else. Sure, you might collect a few cents in the short term with effortless articles clogging up the chain, but you are simultaneously making the value of the platform lessen. ie. dipping the value of the token you're farming.
Being involved in a community means being a team player. At least a little bit.
Our objective has started off as a pretty simple one, of course there's always room for growth and that's what is happening.
The un-official mission for #int is about to become a little more official, with the introduction of some community guidelines that will be expected to be adhered to if a user should choose to use our tag.
It's not as bad as it sounds! I know, we're all bummed out that we can't just tag everything #int anymore but there needs to be some structure around here and things are rapidly going to take effect within the next few days that you might not be used to.
For example, the Intrepreneur team, which is comprised of 16 people have all been staked with an extra 17,650 INT on top of their preexisting stake. These 16 people are listed below for your convenience.
You may, at any time, receive a written warning or flag from any of these accounts, or the accounts they have their stake delegated to. (delegation coming soon)
The reasons for warnings or flags will be for not following these specific guidelines.
Guidelines for using the #int tag.
- Your post should not be a "tag farmer", eg. you do not use as many tags as you possibly can just to farm rewards. Instead, your post should be applicable to each and every tag that is used. That is what tags were meant for after all.
If you are using the spt tag and the steemleo tag there should be details about not only Splinterlands, but investing as well. Not every tribe has a general use tag, so you shouldn't be using them if your material isn't suited to their environment.
- As stated by the Oxford Dictionary, an Entrepreneur is a person who is starting or running businesses, especially when this involves taking financial risks.
Many people are aware of my personal beliefs on this topic, I do think that if you have stake in the platform then that makes you a potential business owner/entrepreneurial blogger. However, there is a lot of concern within the community that people are taking this notion a bit too far.
- What qualifies and what does not?
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While there are a lot of great ideas coming from our team members, we would all like to hear back from the community at large, to see how you all feel about our decisions, and to join us to be a part of making them.
Since it wouldn't be a community without you, it's our first priority to find out what you think these guidelines should be.
We figured the best way to do this is to reward people for their help as well, so we've made a quest out of it!
Quest!
- Leave a comment below with 2 links. 1 link to a post you think deserves to use the #int tag, And 1 link to a post that you think should not be using the tag.
- Describe in 20 words or more why you think these 2 posts should or shouldn't be on #intrepreneur.
Reward: 5 INT!
Superquest!
- Describe in 100 words or more why you think these 2 posts should or shouldn't be on #intrepreneur.
Reward: 25 INT!
Thanks for being a part of our community!
