RE: The End of Student & Steem
My opinion, I believe in the community as a need for the decentralization of the blockchain, to create groups of users with similar interests. I don't agree that the creator or administrator is the only one who paid.
The impression I have at present is that communities are becoming fossilized due to the amount of regulations.
I am clear that Steemit is a Social Network that generates dividends. A community where everyone invests and the profits are distributed equally.
I like Tipu's bonus system, which in some way challenges you to find good content and bet on it by voting for it. The system calculates the profits for that day and distributes it based on your work done. Although it is not a community, it does provide an incentive to continue curating content.
So in some way a community needs to incentivize its subscribers, one way is by granting a dividend by being able to vote on their content, which is another way. If the rules are agreed upon, that's fine by me. In addition to the others you've mentioned.
Personally, I have my standard for deciding what and who to vote for, I don't feel obligated to vote for everything and everyone.
I thought there was a time we all were able to send a tip to someone. What happened with that option?
If it comes to paying I like to put it the other way: should the moderators grow a community, pay for everything while it isn't theirs, they are not paid? Because that's the problem here. I don't mind saving for what is mine or what I set up for someone else or a group to upvote but no one pays me to be a moderator or ever did. Instead I am asked to pay for all costs.