Why do you think less votes would be bought? Im inclined to think the exact opposite since after the 50/50 split and the price adjustment the demand for votes would increase since for a 110$ vote you would no longer have to pay 100 USD but rather something like 70-80USD.
Getting higher up the trending page would be cheaper.
I know bots would suffer but Smartsteem and Minnowbooster vote selling services i dont think would. They work quite differently then bots.
Like I said, vote selling won't be as profitable for the vote sellers anymore because manual curation could yield higher profits. (if done right).
(if done right).
Thats what i wanted to hear. :)
"If done right" curation could lead curators to earn more then vote sellers. That is the case even now.
The problem is that passive investors dont care even in the slightest about curation and all you just did is cut author earnings...
Being on equal grounds or even earning a bit less then curators while having to do nothing is still preferable to those that dont want to do anything.
Being a good (profitable) curator takes time and effort.
Yes, if done right they can do that already, but it is extremely difficult due to the 75:25 share, but on a 50:50 share, that does get a lot easier. And you gotta see, as a private investor I will delegate my SP via dlease to someone who manually curates and will get a nice profit margin out of it. That is a win-win-win (investor, curator, author)
Yeah Dlease is a wildcard. Its very hard to guess market relations but i think they would be informed by vote buying prices like they are now.
The profit margin on it is hard to guess.