Even though -as authors- we map posts and comments differently in our minds, technically they're the same type of objects in the chain, called as Comments.
How do we do the separation?
It's simple. If a comment doesn't have a parent_author, it means that it's a post. Otherwise, it's a reply/comment. In this post, when I use the "comment" word, you should interpret that the comment may be a top-level comment (post) or may be a reply to existing post.
Comment Options
Even though interfaces won't give you many options on comments, you have a couple of options which you can configure some aspects of your comment.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| max_accepted_payout | Maximum payout value |
| percent_steem_dollars | reward split (10000 means %50/%50 split.) |
| allow_votes | Whether or not the comment is votable |
| allow_curation_rewards | Whether or not curation rewards are paid on a Comment |
allow_curation_rewards flag
With this flag, it's possible to disable rewards paid to curation and gain %100 of the reward pool instead of %75.
However, as an end user, your options are limited to set this as False because most interfaces
set this True as default.
How current interfaces use it?
- Steemit
Steemit doesn't let users set this. The default value is True.
- Busy
Busy recently pushed a change where they set this flag as False. All comments published via busy will have %100 author rewards. However, this only valid for comments having a root post. Also, there is no way for users to choose the behaviour.
Example:
@fabien posted a comment 16 days ago and it got $0.02 on rewards.
When you see the author rewards history, he claimed %100 of the rewards as author rewards.
- Utopian
Utopian doesn't push comment_options, so the default is True.
- Chainbb
Chainbb is using comment_options however it's for setting beneficiaries. allow_curation_rewards is also True.
Overall, what I really want to see as a user, is ability to set this option myself. However, none of the interfaces support it yet.
