Hi Transisto,
I agree to disagree. You are correct, it does mean anything on Steemit itself. It is not used when calculating the curation or the weigth of your comment.
But it is useful to get noticed. The human brain is a strange thing. I'm sure that lots of people on Steemit, while not even try to read a post from a Steemian with a reputation below 30. That's why it is hard to get noticed in the beginning. If your reputation is above 50 people are more tempting to read your post.
According to me people do use 3 criteria when deciding to read a post (excluding the one on their feed):
- The title of the post (people should think about their title, cause this is the first whan people notice)
- The value of the post (trying to get some curation)
- The reputation of the author (are they credible or not)
So yes, reputation is worthless in term valuation, but no it is important to get noticed.
A question to all readers from this reply: do you use the 3 criteria above or not. Be honest with yourself.
Steem is of course the most valuable asset and people should indeed focus on this, but I do have the feeling that building up Steem is much easier with a higher rep.
My 2 cents.
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