I'd just like this concept to work. Honestly I couldn't care less if 'working' meant 99% of shares going to devtome, because that would imply a large enough community of people keen to buy devcoins to support such writings alone. Another concept could then capture interests in other things. However that's not the case.
That writing an article is suggested as a means of demonstrating or justifying a position in itself underscores the ridiculous nature of the payment structure, and perhaps of the mindset of those availing themselves of it (and yes to be clear - to date such persons includes me).
In terms of supporting the fixing of issues...I'd turn the question around. What (in the opinion of others) is the most important issue today with regards to devcoin? What do you think resolution of that issue is 'worth'? Should then any other project accrue a greater payout than that one? The remaing ideas/projects etc could quite easily be tiered from that first principle and dynamically adjusted with new stuff.
It's not about fault/otherwise. It's as simple as changing things that aren't working in the means intended. Unless this is how it was meant to be - in which case it's just my misunderstanding from the onset.
In terms of blame, that's more difficult without making it personal. But broadly I think capping the devtome payout would address the issue of a payment structure that favours certain types of submission, sometimes not of the greatest quality or value - neither to the reader or the writer.
You're going to have to convince the
decision makers on that one. That's all I'm trying to say. You can write an article about why things should change, how they should change, and why it's ridiculous to keep things the way they are. Then you should send a link to your article to the decision makers of the Devcoin project. But you might as well get paid for it in the mean time.
Personally, the biggest issue I see with Devcoins is that there lacks an economy for them. However, I see that changing as more people are opening up businesses which accept Devcoins in payment. Some of those businesses have been opened up by Devtome writers. I'm working on a
venture myself. I guess I don't see the problem. It seems to be working the way it should be working using the current payout system. It's just going to take some time.
Having Devcoin kicked off mcxNOW would be annoying, to be sure. But it's not going to kill Devcoin (I suspect it will have more negative ramifications for mcxNOW than it will for Devcoin). If there is a genuine problem with the DVC code, then it's a good idea to fix it. But honestly, RealSolid is the first person I've encountered who ever found that to be an issue. My wallet and the Devcoins inside it work just fine, and I have a much easier time sending DVCs around than I've lately had sending Bitcoins around from certain addresses.
