This post's purpose is to discuss the upcoming hard fork 0.17.
I don't mean to insult anyone, but you know... I try to be funny when I feel insecure, so I hope my humor will be taken lightly. Also, I see some problems with an upcoming hard fork. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
If I don't comment on some changes from the hard fork 0.17, it means I have no thoughts about it or it is irrelevant to me at this very moment.
First problem
So how does one feel after reading hard fork 0.17?
Let's put it this way: a captain goes to his crew and says:
Crew, go to work. You will be painting all the cabins in new color.
Crew responds:
But captain, we are heading towards an iceberg and the ship is going to break. We should be working on more important things.
Please, guys. Just go to work. The cabins won't paint themselves. It is not a discussion.
Most ironic part is that those cabins were looking good... And the new paint is of bad quality.
So, yeah... The biggest problem is that Steemit is having a problem prioritizing things. With such 90s UX, they are focusing on rewards for comments and rewards for payouts. Sorry, I don't buy it.
Removing over posting rewards penalties
Great. I don't think it is a big problem now, but I guess it should be removed so that people who love posting links of funny cats would have full freedom.
I am completely serious when I say that we need those links with funny cats because that is how the internet works. That is what the masses want. Nobody gives a damn about me and my passion for poetry... Well, actually my mom does.
+1 for Steemit hard fork 0.17
Single payout period
7 days? I have been blogging for over 2 months here, usually making 1-3 posts per day. I never ever received an upvote which has been influential (I respect all my readers, but we are talking business here. Still love you, guys.) after 24 hours. To be honest, I think 90 percent of upvotes come in 2 hours. So 7 days, huh?
I will open up. I registered to Steemit only because I trust my brother. I didn't trust the platform in the beginning. You see, all the UX problems and relatively free money smell like a Ponzi scheme. However, rewards were coming in after just one day, so I gave it a shot.
So how did this idea go through in the Steemit management?
Guys, let's stretch the payout period to 7 days? It will not change a thing for existing users, but we will make sure to look like even a bigger scam to new users.
Yeah, great idea. Here is your promotion.
P.S. I don't say that 7 day period is bad in the world where people trust each other, but we are on Earth. Waiting for your money for 7 days does not sound attractive. It sounds fishy.
-4 for Steemit hard fork 0.17
Take a rest now. Look at me on the Devil's bridge, looking at all the opportunities that Steemit has.
Removing the comment nesting limit
Nice. I reached the limit couple of times and it sucked. So great idea.
+1 for Steemit hard fork 0.17
Independent comment reward pool
This is the biggest problem with this hard fork. I am actually pissed about it. The separate pool might be ok, but 38 percent at this moment? Outrageous.
Yes, I am a blogger here, so it means that I will receive less and I might be subjective... but it still sucks. Listen to this.
The main argument for awarding comments is to increase community engagement. Well, you need to have a community first, huh?
I mean, there is like 200 active members of which 100 are probably just someone's alt accounts. I might be overexaggerating. There might be 250 active members.
Another simplified example!
You have an empty house in the middle of nowhere. You want to have a great discussion, though. So you set a rule that everyone who talks will be receiving money instead of simply inviting new people. Remember that the house is still empty. Does your decision bring any engagement? I doubt it.
Yes, I am saying that Steemit might want to do some more marketing to increase the base of users, which would increase the engagement. This is a really unique concept and so many people would be down to join anytime... They just need to be told about it. Makes sense? Or is it just me who misses to see any efforts in marketing Steemit?
Oh, I almost forgot. 38 percent (golden ratio) will only cause all the spamming and bots upvoting. I bet that soon we will see "Me is interested this topic very informative" comments receiving 1000 upvotes. That is my prediction.
So... -7 to Steemit hard fork 0.17
Conclusion
Overall, Steemit hard fork scored -9 points. What scale is this? I have no idea, but it is negative. I just wanted to express my concerns.
After the hard fork, I will be losing my rewards to bots commenting random stuff. However, I will have to wait 7 days for those rewards to be paid. Oh, wait...
Disclaimer: I encourage you to share some thoughts about it. I might be wrong on so many levels and I will apologize if you prove me wrong. I would love to believe that those changes will be for the better, but I just don't. No offense intended to anyone.
Remember that if I did not believe in the future of all this, I would not be here. Mistakes are mistakes, though.