I have been seeing a rather odd behavior on Steemit and I am only 1 month old on this platform.
I see a lot of posts appear in the 'new' section and some of them are well researched and well written. For a super-fast reader if an article was to take 5-10 minute reading time, I see comments/upvotes in first minute or sometimes in seconds, and I would see people commenting without completely reading or comprehending the articles.
This is frustrating for people who are investing a lot of time in researching, reviewing material, revising and posting on Steemit expecting appreciation for the work FIRST and if money follows, that is welcome as well.
I have seen that if someone has been on this platform for a while now - it doesn't matter what shite they post - people automatically upvote/follow and kiss ass!
I have seen some genuine articles with great information and true emotion only to see them get lost in the abyss!
We need to start implementing a 'browse block' that times the time individual spends reading/watching it! System should automatically assign a minimum time (based on number of words or some algorithm). This will ensure that people are reading or at least attempting to read.
There are many ways to circumvent this, I KNOW, but if we de-incentivise people from scouring through articles only to 'comment' without reading, it would help encourage more and more quality posts on to Steemit!
Isn't Steemit's motto: your voice means something?
If we don't incentivize people to 'hear' the voice then don't we encourage 'ambulance chaser' behavior in the long run? Shouldn't we engage people so that those contributing feel engaged as well?
Anyone else feel this pain?
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