Whaleshares and Randowhale are two projects started recently to help minnows get some recognition and support. Today I am declaring my support for both projects for a few reason I will outline for you below, but before doing that let me give you a brief introduction to each as described by the founders:
Why WhaleShares?
WhaleShares was designed byand built by
to enable him (and in the future all other whales) to give minnows the ability to summon whales who trust them enough to give tokens to use on their future content and content they believe deserves rewards! When you use WhaleShares, you not only gain Steem and Steem Backed Dollars (SBD), but you also stick out from the crowd when others are voting! Think of it as an Advertisement Bonus!
One vote from WhaleShares can get you into the Hot and Trending tabs on Steemit and Substantially increase your chances of receiving upvotes from other steemians from all strata of the Steem Ecosystem!
Here's how it works:
- Review current voting power at https://steemdb.com/@randowhale
- Copy the URL of the post you want
to vote on
- Navigate to your Wallet
- Select Transfer under Steem or Steem Dollars
- Populate To field with "randowhale"
- Populate Amount field with "2" (Steem or SBD)
- Paste URL into Memo field
- Submit
Now why are these projects good for Steemit?
Since the early days of Steemit, multiple programs started to help minnows bring attention to themselves so they can build their following. Those programs did a lot of authors good. However, the overhead to run and time needed to curate was and still is a barrier for these programs to scale. Automating this process and creating free enterprise businesses that will run these programs is the way to make it scale. Think of it as an AD agency that charges you a fee to promote yourself. The AD agency can not grantee your success, but as a minnow, this process is the closest they will get to self Promotion.
"Making SP attractive again"
I know this is out of Donald Trump's playbook, but in this case we should consider the benefits vs the negatives. These programs will help with reward pool distribution, give a chance to minnows to get their content seen, but will not create a drain on the reward pool more than any other program did in the past, they are somewhat automated, and require much less overhead to run.
The negatives?
Not all content will meet your taste. it's a form of abuse. it can be abused. But if you analyse these statements carefully, does all content right now meet your taste? Can't that SP be abused without a benefit to these minnows?
Weighing in on the good vs the bad, these programs offer more positive than negative. If that SP is used to benefit more people then it's put to good use. And with the less overhead, it offers less cost, which means even if half the content is not good, it will still perform better per cost than fully curated content.
The content will still meet the same anti plagiarism, anti ID theft, or any measures we use now to identify bad actors, so there can be no extra harm done that we do not face on regular basis.
If you are new to Steemit and want to promote your content I encourage you to use these programs, to help yourself with that extra push you need. This will not work for you on the long run if you try to abuse it, but will surly give you a chance to improve your following. I consider this approach much better than spamming posts and begging for upvotes, something that can get you on the bad actor list.
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