The 1UP project is a curation trail for quality posts on Utopian.io. All 1UP upvotes take place before the official @utopian-io bot upvotes the contribution and therefor create pretty profitable curation rewards for all followers of the trail. In this report you learn all about the latest development of the idea.
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1UP and Steem-Plus
Up until now the 1UP trail has been managed manually by myself which was a lot of work and very subjective. The goal of 1UP however, is to democritize the system and make it much faster and more efficiant. The solution comes from a well-known Steemian: @stoodkev, developer of @steem-plus, has agreed on integrating 1UP into his popular browser extension. That means that we will get an automated 1UP functionality directly on Utopian.io. Everyone will be able to participate and cure the best quality contributions and most relevant posts of the day.
How it Works
For starters we begin by adding a 1UP button next to the regular upvote function. Every user will have ONE 1UP once a day to give to any article posted via the Utopian.io website. Self-votes will not be possible. All posts that received a 1UP will be added to a special 1UP trending page. The amount of 1UP's will define the position on the list. The post with the most 1UP's will be at the top. The active list will be resetted after the official @utopian-io bot has upvoted all contributions. I call this Phase 1 (now is Phase 0).
(GIF credit @orelmely)
This will already make it much easier for everyone to find great Utopian posts. For 1UP itself it will be a step into the right direction but not yet quite ideal. The problem with this approach is that at some point the 1UP needs to be given. If we wait shortly before the @utopian-io bot upvotes then there will be most likely many upvotes already on the post which reduces the curation rewards for the trail and therefor make it financially less interesting for everyone to follow the trail in the first place.
To avoid this I propose an entirely automated system that triggers a 1UP when it reaches a critical mass. If a number X of 1UPs have been given to a single post it could trigger an upvote. The hive mind would decide and the trail would just follow. This is much better than a single person playing a critic. It would become something like a Metacritic and multiply the Proof-of-Brain effect. Of course this would allow for gaming and abuse but we could counter that with close observation and potential bans. We could also just let Utopian contributors use the 1UP button because they have already proven to follow the Utopian rules. Developing a system like this will be Phase 2.
Your Feedback Is Wanted
You see yourself that the system is not quite there yet and needs some more thinking before we can tackle Phase 2. There are still questions to be solved and I would like to discuss them with you.
- What mechanic could be useful to automate this process?
- If automated should all 1UPs given automatically or some reserved for manual curation?
- What potential danger you see in this system?
- Should the trail try to upvote early for max rewards or wait before the utopian-io bot upvote for simpler execution?
- How can 1UP attract more trail followers and make the upvote become a big whale bonus for the receiver?
- How can we avoid gaming and abuse?
- What feature would you like to see to make this system a true valuable addition to the Utopian project?
(GIF credit @orelmely)
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