is it possible to add some economic incentive for voting? for example is it possible to give voters some reward when the voted witness generate a new block? even a little reward can encourage voting.
Thought experiment:
Suppose every account had a knob we could turn increasing their pay until they were incentivized to take the time to vote.
One would assume that at that price they are still not incentivized to take the time to become suitably informed to vote.
I'm someone who doesn't vote. I don't understand voting, and it is not because I am not incentivized to do so.
I did try it once, but couldn't fully figure it out. This was about 8 months ago, and I gave up.
In order to vote, I realized I had to run around the forums looking for posts from people who wanted me to vote for them. I finally figured I'd vote for fuzzy because I know him, and after listening to a beyond bitshares episode. I tried doing a proxy vote, and still don't think I did it right, because when I went to the bts explorer, it says I have no votes.
Voting is new to me, and the importance is still sketchy. I, like many others, probably feel, that the knowledgable are already voting, so my vote doesn't matter.
I admit, I'm not knowledgable enough to vote.
I'm one of the people that needs something to incentivize me, and it's more than an economic benefit.
I need the education and resources to do it.
What that means, is if there was a video tutorial on youtube, that says..
Ok, folks, if you are a Bitshares holder, this is how you vote, why you want to vote, and how to change your vote.
Let's begin.
First of all, I fire up my Bitshares light client, and I see where to vote. Now before I vote, I want to decide who to vote for. So then I do this, and read that.
Now that I'm ready to vote, I do this...
Now let's say it's a month later, and the person I voted for turned into a frog. Ok, this is how I go and find a new person to vote for, and change my vote.
Voting is something you should check and change every X days or weeks. If you don't, you could be innocently contributing to the problem with Bitshares growth and your own investment.
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So my question is, does a comprehensive and up to date video like this exist? If not, why not?