In browsing Steemit the other day, a thought came to me. What if Steemit provided a way for multiple authors to be rewarded for a post?
What I mean is this, sometimes in addition to the actual author, there are one or more others who make a significant contribution to the post. Sometimes those Steemers who did not write the post, but contributed in other ways to the post are not rewarded. In those cases, could there be an option to add additional authors to the post, and have the payout for the post distributed across multiple authors?
Example cases where this can be applied
A debate or interview between two Steemit users
For example during the recent Great Steemit Debate: Tone Vays vs @blakemiles84, if both of the participants in the debate were Steemit users, then the co-authoring feature can be applied. In the same way this could be applied for interviews/feature articles between Steemit users.
Posts relating toSteemit meetups
With the increasing number of Steemit meetups and events being organised, the co-authoring feature can be used to distribute payouts across a number of participants or organisers.
Further thoughts
Sometimes the contribution to a post may not be equal across authors/participants. In these cases, the inclusion of a feature where a weighted percentage for payouts could be used. For example, the main author could choose to allocate 70% to him/herself, and 30% to someone who contributed a lesser amount to the post.
What do you think?
Please feel free to contribute your thoughts to this idea in the comments below. Do you think this would be a useful feature? Please feel free to comment on how this concept could be improved.
Jimmy