I love all the contributors to Steemit – it’s a very eclectic group of people, everyone offers something. But there is a lack of engagement. Especially regarding new user participation.
Many people have mentioned to me that they miss sports games that used to exist. There was a system called “free play” that allowed people to pick a side and if they won they would get a reward. This system seemed to upset several people - which is certainly not my goal – I believe there is a difference between gambling and engagement. People were blindly voting (adding no content to the system) – scrolling past content just to earn a fraction of a Steem (or whatever it paid out). I personally loved it – but not everyone shares this opinion.
The payout system will be geared toward user engagement. There is very little on Steemit in the way of “current events” – there are very few topics other than sports where most people have something to say.
My games will simply pit one team against the other – win, lose or draw. I am not going to offer any “odds” or anything of that nature – this is simply a game. Vote for it if you like it (please).
What I am looking to do is take advantage of the latest changes to Steemit – specifically the comment reward portion. I want to create an environment where users comment – post animated gifs – call each other names or whatever – but I want to see engagement from the community. If a lot of people are attracted then the comment rewards on some of the funnier posts may be significant. I don’t believe this is being done enough.
I want to create a casual environment in the comment section – where rewarding comments will be encouraged. In order to pick a team – you have to write a comment. I will reward the winning side with my post earnings – but it will be a bonus for commenting – just to keep things interesting im only giving it to those who get it right (it is a game after all). Im hoping that new users will benefit from the ability to easily participate in something – and also – some of the really creative “short content” guys can really have a chance to earn rewards in a way we have yet to see!
I believe there is value to short content as does Steemit obviously -every post is a contribution – im hoping that this helps grow the community – especially the new user community looking for something to do.
