Since I first heard @starkerz speak of us all being held accountable for the rewards/inflation pool, I've spent a good deal of time thinking about what value I add here, and if taking a cut of the pool each day is something I deserve.
In the past two years, I've onboarded 6/7 accounts who have all since left, contributed 0 lines of code to the development of the Blockchain, and bought less than 10% of my total SP....
I asked the following question on Taraz's latest post, and wonder what people's feelings are towards this.
Do I deserve rewards?
The idea behind a flourishing Blockchain, and i guess any business, is that there is more €$£ coming in than going out. With the statement in the 2nd paragraph in mind, it seems quite obvious that I've not succeeded in doing this.
A nice reply to my question on the post linked above from @aussieninja stated:
That's an interesting question... I'd say a lot of the value you bring to this blockchain is in user-retention. Much hard to quantify... but I'm sure there have people that have logged on and interacted to make sure they rank in either the Engagement League or the Minnow League.
Taraz added:
I know that many of them are also among those who have bought in and powered up recently.
Fair points, and I guess this helps, once the new recruits have arrived - as long as they do try to invest and power up.
Perhaps when I've stewed on it a bit longer, this is the weekly post I'll choose to allow rewards on, and leave my kick-ass eggs on toast recipes as 0 payout.
It's easy to hide behind the worst (best) maximisers on the platform and consider myself a reasonably good actor, but is that good enough?
We can't all write code, bring in new business, and roll out killer apps, and so maybe the quickest and easiest method to try to readdress the balance of STEEM in/out, is to decline payout and flag the worst of the worst.
As promised, some FUD and Pancakes:
Bah humbug.
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