RE: Should Comments Have Their Own Reward Pool? by remlaps

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comments · @remlaps · Jan 13 '17

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I don't really have a strong preference, but it is important to be aware that there are deep ethical issues associated with harvesting votes on comments without rewarding the voter.  This is basically what all other platforms  are already doing.  One of the things that makes steemit different is its attempt to reward all parties who add value.  Eliminating curation awards on comments seems like a step backwards.  I recommend [this video](https://www.edge.org/conversation/jaron_lanier-the-myth-of-ai), where AI expert Jaron Lanier discusses the same phenomenon on  other platforms.  Here is a brief excerpt that captures the argument.

> This pattern—of AI only working when there's what we call big data, but then using big data in order to not pay large numbers of people who are contributing—is a rising trend in our civilization, which is totally non-sustainable. Big data systems are useful. There should be more and more of them. If that's going to mean more and more people not being paid for their actual contributions, then we have a problem.

👍 dan, beanz

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@dan · Jan 13 '17

Curation rewards are a double-edged sword and it is not clear if they do more harm than good. 

Comments will be distributing rewards on a flatter scale and there are plenty of organic reasons to vote even if there were no rewards.

👍 gregm, remlaps, steevc

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@demotruk · Jan 13 '17

Jaron Lanier's writing is very relevant to this. He makes a strong argument for why such informal benefits of contributing data such as votes are not enough. I would definitely recommend watching an interview with him when you get the chance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdEuII9cv-U

👍 remlaps

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@remlaps · Jan 13 '17

> Curation rewards are a double-edged sword and it is not clear if they do more harm than good.

No idea whether it's technically feasible, but I have wondered if it would help to let authors of top-level posts set their own curation reward percentage?  New authors could set a high curation reward to attract a following, established authors might want to set it lower.  It would be sort-of like setting a price for your article.  It's possible that there is no single "right" percentage that fits everyone in all cases.

That gets trickier in the comments, though.  I haven't thought about what that might look like.

👍 beanz, professorx

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@steevc · Jan 13 '17

I think they encourage tactical voting and the use of bots. Not necessarily the best stuff that gets voted on

👍 remlaps

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@remlaps · Jan 13 '17

Many people think that.  I have written a series of articles on why I disagree, but in short, I trust competitive and evolutionary forces to herd the bots into getting progressively better at voting on quality content and otherwise catering to human tastes.  In five years, I think bots will be viewed as indispensable.

👍 steevc

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