The Flags are Coming

You may have noticed the lack of featured posts published on a regular basis lately. Well we got a lot of reasons other than being busy. When curators have the time, we sift through recent posts, old posts, and several days old post eligible for pay out. We also have to do anti plagiarism checks on a regular basis.

(Sa totoo lang, pag meron kaming oras mag curate ang hirap na makahanap ng posts na pwede e upvote dahil low effort karamihan or recently featured na yung author. Dapat naman kami mamili ng post na ma upvote na worth naman kumpara sa pag supporta sa shitposter. Yung isang dahilan ay ayaw naman namin na palaging parehong pangalan yung naka display.)

Comparing the amount of time spent between flagging and curating, it’s obvious that spotting abuse posts has become the simplest thing to do. Given the amount of shitload of shitposts this platform has due to the level of tolerance people have for abuse. It’s nice to see a community reinforcing core values that add value to the platform because a community that knows how to police itself can entice growth.

(Yung ratio ng shitposts ngayun is like 8:10, pag hindi shitpost, decenteng post pero may kulang sa quality at effort from the author. Makikita naman sa post yung preliminary checks ng curator kung may effort ba or wala sa unang tingin. Meron bang format o desenyo? May orihinal na gawa? May bagong ideyang tinatalakay? May something ba sa post na hindi mo siya masasabi na low effort?)

Right now, when people make a blog post, they’d wish or expect that the payout is going to the moon just because of the overselling that staying in the platform pays. The trending page isn’t helping and it’s all damn illusions of quality bought by bid bots. Veteran bloggers had to spend an average of 3 years to build a reputation and start earning something substantial and most authors quit during their first year. When the price of steem and sbd went down and people started earning less, spam and shitposts are now more noticeable than ever because the decent authors got discouraged from the crypto’s value (probably one reason).

(Hindi ito mabilis na pera tulad ng na advertise sayo ng friends mo. Noon pwede pa siguro masabi yan pero ngayon mas naging mahirap dahil kumukonti yung mga nag bobother mag curate at maraming nananalig sa bots para pampafeel good na may kwenta yung post.)

Nothing one can do about that. You see, the value of this platform isn’t in the steem or sbd alone. Its value is dependent on the community that believes it in. One of the reasons why curation exists is to highlight quality content from authors worth raising visibility. But you already know the story of abuse and the reality of how steem power is used when people just want to self jerk or are in the platform for the money.

(Oo, pag lagi kanalang bias at nag uupvote dyan sa circle of friends mo, nag dadagdag kalang sa mga problema ng platform. Mag basa ka ng ibang posts ng mga di kilalang author, international naman exposure mo dito, makipag connect kanaman dahil yung nga ang purpose ng social media aspect ng steemit. Upvote mo naman yung mga may effort na post kesa mga steepshot na puro ulam lang laman or pabebe pics.)

Trying to post around keeping people motivated to produce quality is like lighting a candle in the wind, with a rain, and it isn’t even lit in the first place. Instead, a more visible and feasible act one can do is support efforts that reduce spammy and plagiarized content from milking the rewards of the platform from the undeserved users. This account will now be flagging abuse posts according to the guidelines set by SFR and Steemcleaners.

(Noon ko pa plano mag post tungkol sa dekalidad na post pero maraming ganap sa life. Bakit parang allergic mga tao sa ideya na need nila ma push dahil maraming improvement pang kelangan? Elitista agad yung mga harsh motivators? Hindi ba proportionate lang yung corrections sa kamalian or sobrang sensitibo na yung heart mong millenial para tumanggap sa realidad na lahat need improvement?)

(Nevermind nyo nalang above translation, dahil ibang topic na yun, parang preview nalang sa future post. Anyway, gagamitin tong account mag downvote ng posts na spam or plagiarized. Hindi maganda sa new members ng steemit makita ang spam as tolerated or plag posts nabibigyan ng biyaya. Anong message ba gusto nyu maibigay sa future users or current status quo? Actually pag wala kayong pake sa platform at pera lang habol nyu, ok na rin, pero wag nyu naman sirain ito dahil sa gahamang intensyon dahil may mga dinadamay kayo. Shared are reward pool natin, kung may binibinayaan tayong iba, may kinukuha tayo sa reward pool.)

(Ang reward pool ay tug of war lang yan, kung sino may mas maraming pabibo powers (SP), siya nag didikta kung saan pupunta ang reward. Imagine nyu nalang na and platform is isang larong tug of war. Ngayun, may ibang mga taong madaya mag laro, dahil di naman worth the reward pero mataas ang pay out. Besh, yan ang realidad ng abuso sa steemit. Pwede na rin na may sala yung systema dahil pwede or pwede rin naman na may sala mismo yung nag aabuso? Di porket pwedeng dayaan ay pwede na. Decentralized tayo dahil ayaw natin na may central figure nag kontrol sa ating mga galaw so decentralized rin ang approach sa pag regulate ng galaw. Tayo na mismo dapat ang nagbabantay sa kapwa natin na hindi mapariwara.)

When you downvote a post, the pending reward on the post decreases in proportion to the power you have and it goes back to the reward pool. When it goes back to the reward pool, there is more available rewards for everyone else who do good in the platform. This is responsible usage of SP because it support healthy growth of other users in the platform. For people that believe they can post the hell they want in the blockchain and that may include abuse, your point is valid, this is decentralized after all.

No regulating figure to watch out for. We wouldn’t want other people to tell us how we act online or live our lives, but this doesn’t mean all our acts are acceptable or healthy for the community we are in. This is a social media platform where everyone can see what you do. The blockchain does not discriminate shitposters or quality posters. But if we tolerate such behavior, we just contribute to the habit of keeping this platform’s value low. Trash content kills the platform and quality build this platform.

(Masyadong mahaba mag translate. Tinamad ako bigla sa pag edit kaya naging wall of text na yung thought. Pero ok lang, alam ko naman na mababa visibility ng bestofph sa local pinoy users ng platform kaya wapake naman karamihan sa mga tinatype ko dito. Kung umabot na mga mata mo sa ganitong part, wow, maganda yung attension span mo.)

(Pero segway ko nalang ulit yung topic, na realize mo ba ngayun na alam mong kahit hindi to the average post binabasa mo, hindi rin to shitpost? Yun nga ang punto ng ginagawa namin sa pag curate eh, posts na merong laman na pinapakita. Hindi required na may pro blogging touch ka, basta may pinapakita kang magandang essence sa post mo, pwede na, pero kung kwentuhan mo lang kami ng laman ng halo halo na kinain mo for lunch, well, sige nalang, na appreciate namin yung effort mo sa pag publish, nahiya na kami na di ka pinansin dahil yung upvote namin napunta sa artist na nag pakita ng step by step process at inspiration sa ginawa, kumpara sa tula na maraming typo at parang less than 30 minutes lang ginawa, mas worth it siguro yung tula? Bakit kaya di nalang ako naging poet? Ay oo nga pala, poetry forte ko.)