Shitcoins Today: Issue #6

There are definitely decent shitcoins on Hive Engine (HE). The term sounds like an oxymoron (because it is). One of my favorites is the STEM token for rewarding posts of the same topics. The token belongs to the @STEMGeeks tribe.

Unlike many other HE tribes, STEMGeeks listens for posts outside the usual tribe tags. On the frontend, it also shows posts for science, technology, engineering, and math. One would think that should give diversity to content, and it does. Unfortunately, having more tags also meant there would be off-topic posts mixed in.

I can't remember how many times people would use the technology tag in price discussions. For the most part, the curators would let those slide as long as they didn't obtain too much pending payouts in STEM. There are occasions where they choose to remove the token rewards. That's done with accounts with small HP, but large STEM stake.

Due to the limitation of the system, downvotes are the only method to remove rewards. Of course, it's not uncommon for people to feel offended by a small downvote. Unless, one goes the route of muting, which is extreme. Muting is usually reserved for unsavory behaviors. This can include plagiarism, mass tag spam, etc.

STEMGeeks hopes to encourage people to share more casual content related to STEM. They can be videos of you going full Myth Buster. They can be personal experiences in your professional life. They can be you building a new PC or giving product reviews. They can even be contests such as hosting a hackathon like @themarkymark did some time back.

The goal is to see how people have fun with these topics. To see how they apply them in their lives. To see them in applicable settings versus what you learn in textbooks.

There's this misconception on the whole chain about STEM content. Many people feel like they have to write scholarly articles or Wikipedia pages. That's not true. If I wanted to read about them en masse, I would have gone to peer reviewed journals I have access to.

There are other perks associated with the STEM token. If you play @dcitygame, then you can use them to start science conventions in your city. What that means is you get a boost in chances to discover technologies. In addition, you also gain access to scientists for your city.