Can POB stand out from the crowd?
It's time for a write-up about the Proof Of Brain project. I'm making an effort to not hype the tits off something before getting properly into it.
I've been using the POB tag and front-end almost exclusively for the past fortnight (I've made a couple of #CineTV posts as well using their own front-end), so I have been able to see the daily goings-on within my time zone pretty closely. I've also been following the market on Hive-Engine throughout the week although I only started trading in the last couple of days.
There seems to be a decent amount of interest in the POB project so far considering it has been out in the HIVE ecosystem for only a month. We can already see the effects of the curation snowball taking place on the accounts of first adopters and the market is seeing increases in activity from some regular daily sales.
The resistance that the token has against market accumulation is something that is going to be interesting to watch as more people stumble onto Proof Of Brain.
There are already discussions happening within the tag about how POB can stand out from the crowd with suggestions being made for tag categorization and mentions of the tag's generic nature being brought up.
This is from the STEEM bluepaper, under the heading 'Proof of Brain: Smart and Social Tokens':
Token systems that reward users as they contribute to a token-based community system require mechanisms for establishing and evaluating content’s social value: we call this “Proof-of-Brain.”
From my point of view, the name of the token and the project set a precedent for the overall niche that it falls into, or doesn't fall into. That's not to say that a more specific sub-section of the ecosystem can't be held by POB, just that the name gives the impression of a much wider choice of topics without any limitation.
There are disadvantages to this in terms of attention when taking other platforms into consideration since time is a valuable resource and splitting time between communities may not be in everyone's interest.
I'm still waiting to see where this is going before deciding to shout POB from the rooftops but the people within the community so far have been friendly and interesting so the wait for updates isn't bad at all.
I'm glad you wrote about POB.
There are indeed friendly people around and some posts have a general human behavioral value in the sense that they bring to the surface excellent behavioral patterns.
Hugs @calumam!
I agree, lots of people just living life and doing their thing.
I think that it will be a really good "bonus" payout for any post in any ecosystem since it all falls under proof of brain. If the project can continue to garner interest, the token should hold some value and simply putting the POB tag on your posts should get you a bonus payout. I'm not sure what it needs to do to ensure that the value of the token is growing... but that could be laid out in the inflation structure involving halvings and max tokens. It should be interesting to see.
I'm not too sure what the method is for rewarding posts using the tag. I've seen posts using it who haven't received any at all, or at the least very small amounts. This may just be because not many people are staking POB yet to allow for wider distribution (people overall, not total staked since that is close to 90%), this is something that could be highlighted during marketing/exposure.
My thoughts about the tokenomics of POB are one of "what stops someone else doing the same thing". It's only worth something if it has a demand and utility.
I agree with your view on our niche or really the intentional lack of one. POB was designed as a general topic tribe so we don't really have a niche, except to have high quality engaging content because it was curated by real humans with brains. That doesn't mean we can't decide to also support certain tags that could eventually turn into communities within the community. I'm not sure how all that will play out yet, but I don't think the general topic thing will go away, as that is part of what makes it all work imo. I think competition for attention is important and I think we are doing well in this category, while also benefiting through cooperation in the use of multiple tags to send posts to multiple front ends.
I'm all for the general topic direction, I just feel like the user experience is going to have to be improved to set POB apart from the rest. I'm not sure what any future plans are though so it's best to sit back and support in whatever ways are needed at the time. Regular posts where we can discuss ideas and thoughts about the project are pretty valuable.
What I find compelling about PoB: (1) the premise that something with a little thought in it, something a bit beyond "Wen moon?", is what gets a thumbs up. Silly is fine by me, but thoughtful is better. (2) I don't know all the math involved, yet the rewards do seem worthwhile.
I agree, something that takes a little bit more thought and attracts a wide variety of personalities gets a thumbs up from me too.
I like that there seems to be a couple different things going on here. My first post was something I had wanted to do for a while but wasn't sure where to post it. It was pictures of an antique grader I took on a walk. Thought about Stem but didn't really want to get to technical about it. I ended up doing a little research on line and added some of my observations and figured it was fit for POB (I also tagged Stem).
Another post was about a sleepless night I had and all the thoughts that went through my head. That was something I probably never would have posted in the past but though it fit well in POB.
I think there is room for both types of posts and at some point maybe a more specialized tag inside of POB for all sorts of brain related topics health, behavior etc.
Just my two cents anyway. :)
That's a nice perspective to hear about. There are definitely posts out there which may not be posted because they don't fit in the community mostly frequented. This could possibly be the case for LeoFinance members who may not have a post to fit in with that community at any given time.
I tend to (and it may be wrong) upvote and support blogs that make me stop and think I.e use my brain as that is what I would love POB to be. The downside is how do you recognise spam? I think I have seen spammy articles but with community rules how do you even call it out.
That's probably the best reason to leave a vote in all honesty, it proves that the Proof Of Brain concept is literally working. Spammy articles are hard to distinguish, I agree. Only way to be sure it's spam is through a plagiarism checker.
Agree or poorish effort
Agree with you
but POB as an idea is amazing
Just need some good management and it will be brilliant project
It's still early doors that's for sure. I'm just trying to get the conversation flowing and seeing what people think about it. Bringing up the weaknesses is a good way for us to see what we can possibly do as individuals to support the project.