A number of smaller community builders like newbieresteemday greetersguild were surprised by the dust threshold and a couple of us like @beeyou wrote posts about it.
For most part the posts is not really an issue for me because most legitimate account I see even if they don't have a larger audience are able to reach above the threshold.
When I first started I usually got at least .05 cents.
It was the comments that grinded the gears of a lot of people especially me because here I thought that I was helping people build their accounts and rewarding engagement only to find out it becomes dust.
A lot of people say its the thought that counts but to me I respond to almost all comments and give an upvote when it adds value.
I don't have a lot of SP backing me because I am just a minnow but I am a firm believer of rewarding good behavior but seeing what I do turns to dust leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
That post had the positive effect of letting a lot of people know about the threshold and I admire Tim to be able to have the guts to bring it center stage and draw all the criticism. He wasn't the one that coded it in the first place (I am not sure)
Given that I gave my solution of increasing the weight of my vote to make sure that it is 0.03 to take lowering price of Steem in the 3.5 window just to be sure.
Also for Redfishes and minnows that can afford to do that because it would take 20% to almost 40% weight to go to a post of that person that left a great Comment and upvote a post they like.
It is a win-win for me when we start behaving positively like that.
Great find @maverickinvictus. Difference between our posts and others is the audience. We have the audience of the redfish and minnows. Happy that @tarazkp wrote the post to share with his audience as well! Everyone should know about the 0.02 SBD dust threshold.
I know and that dust threshold should have been placed in the economics section of the FAQ.
As much as I want a thought it counts reward for a good Comment I'd rather give a real reward.
Agree on FAQ and real reward!
I want to show my support to you but I drained my VP with upvoting comments tonight on Dave’s post for Lynn and Brian. So many from our community helping out there and I wanted to help with my support. Will have to remember to loop back around. 🙂
A lot of people have this feeling (including me). It wasn't that long ago that my 1% was not enough and I thought I was doing the right thing.
No he wasn't the coder, he just knows the details. His discussion started many other discussions which is the point of it in my opinion. Offer an unsuitable solution and then discuss heavily.
Yep, I agree this is the way to go.
This might actually make the platform better in some ways considering it might improve comments and make people think a little more where their vote goes.
Indeed it was a spark that was needed to discuss, give people to weighh in their two cents, offer options and arrive at action plans that were right for them.
And we need to make more engagement and good comments. Too many posts that don't have comments and are mere placeholder posts for self votes and bots. If we are to move as a platform we need people who will be passionate and engaged. We have a great product. It is not a perfect system but we need to do what we can to make positive changes to the system.