I have not bought thousands of Steem and I have never really invested a lot of fiat. I would say that approximately 99% of my stake, past and present, since I joined in July 2016 comes from rewards. For those reasons, I have never really been able to see things from the same perspective as a real investor. I am and have been an investor in terms of time spent, contributions and effort.
That being said, it has been easy to argue and to be against certain propositions and changes due to my own standing on this platform. Today, in this post, I will go against that and my former position and I will look at this whole "Steem-thing" from an investors eyes instead.
Why should I invest my money in Steem?
Self-votes makes it relatively easy to get a nice and juicy ROI. If I have the energy to publish content... Spam and piss-poor quality posts would obviously make everything so much easier.
Why should I manually curate content?
With the potential of getting decent curation rewards, while supporting other people...? - Even though I personally love that exact reason, it's obviously not that interesting as I have zero, or at least very limited intentions of minimizing my own ROI.
Why should I sell votes?
A much better option to get a good ROI, especially as I earn both curation rewards and money for the vote I have sold.
30/70 Split-Suggestion.
30% for the creators and 70% for the curator. This would eliminate spam and encourage manual curation. High quality content would ultimately be rewarded more than garbage and junk-posts, and would also encourage creators to bring their "A-game" at all times.
This would eventually lead to a more pleasant time on Steem, as a user, as I will be able to read a lot of amazing stories and other outstanding contributions. This should also, hopefully, be beneficial for good contributors, as this might increase their chances of getting rewards from others too.
50/50 Split.
Basically the same as above, but less successful. Would not counter bid-bots, vote buying/selling, spam or encourage authors to bring their "A-game" as much as the 30/70 split.
Look, I am an investor. I don't really care about you, I care about myself and my own investment... But, if I can enjoy some of the stuff you write, I might actually give you something for it. But, I will obviously make sure that my ROI is as good as it literally can be before I do it.
Oh, I would ultimately get an even better ROI if the price of Steem would rise... So, I might actually be willing to sacrifice some of my own earnings, for now (very short term), to reward others for bringing in more investors and users, as that would ultimately increase the price. That would give me the chance to laugh all the way to the bank, while I'm driving there in my new lambo.
Honestly speaking...?
I don't really like or agree with any of this, but they are pretty dope reasons to be an investor. I can totally see why greed and selfishness has taken over Steem. < insert Nike's catch phrase: Just do it. >