I'm not sure where to post this.  What happened to post count?  And what does the number after "activity" actually mean?

It seems to me that services like coinbox.me allow you to have your cake and eat it too when it comes to tiny transactions.  Why not just go with a service like that if you are inclined to send out small transactions?  Then the recipient can just pick it up along with all his faucet earnings.

Here's a variation to consider--might be an easier way to start.

Have a form on the Devtome or related to the Devtome where people can submit what it is they most want to read.  It could be a type of fiction story, an answer to a burning question, or anything, really, as long as the request is specific.  For example, instead of saying: "I like to read fiction," they should say "I'd like to read a thriller in which a hostile government attempts to destroy a promising cryptocoin by adding a malicious bug to automatic software updates which systematically deletes people's wallets and a band of scrappy computer hacks saves the day."  BTW, my "example" is referencing this thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=237284.0) in case anyone is curious as to how I came up with it

Submissions could be posted (following some screening process) and Devtome writers could choose to take on those subjects.  Rather than having the one who submitted the request put up a bounty, just have those stories count double or something.  So if I wrote a 30,000 word short novel covering the above topic, then rather than earning 30 shares I'd earn 60, just because I wrote something that someone else said they wanted to read.  Any multiplier could work; I just use 2 as an example.  I'd still earn 1 share for every thousand words I wrote that was just my own choice of content.

If there are enough people submitting requests, they could probably be categorized and aggregated and maybe increased rewards given for people writing content which has been requested multiple times.  

Along with that, you would need a systematic way to keep track of people's emails (something you'd want to do anyway) and then sending them a message when their request has been fulfilled.  Along with that, you could build in a small reward system for those users (not writers but people who request specific types of content to read)  who then share the content written for them with their friends--maybe some small number of devcoins for each view a unique link to their requested article brings.  Maybe the writer could also earn some portion of referrals as well?

I'm not a computer person, so I'm not sure how feasible the above idea is, nor how easy it would be to exploit.  I'm assuming the computer people can figure that out and come up with appropriate countermeasures if this is something that should move forward.  An obvious issue that comes to mind is that someone who submits a request for content cannot be the same person as the writer who fulfills the request.  Also, submissions themselves would have to be vetted as being sent by real, unique people (no repeats).

From a writer perspective, a Devtome writer should be able to "reserve" a request and have a limited and reasonable time in which that writer has exclusive right to answer the request (although in the above example, there's probably no good reason there couldn't be five or ten thrillers written that fulfill it, and that would be fine as long as each writer was adequately compensated).  I personally would want to avoid the scenario where I'm in competition with other writers to produce the "best" answer and it's a winner take all reward, which is why I suggest having a limited time where if you accept a request it's all yours.  But if you sit on it beyond that time, then it goes back into the pool and another writer can snag it.

Anyway, some ideas to go along with your original idea.  And I say, this is getting long enough that I should just turn it into a Devtome article  If others add their thoughts, maybe I will put together an article that compiles them all or something (it can be difficult to keep information organized in these threads if they get long enough...).

So I received my 100 DVCs yesterday or today for keeping the Devtome link in my signature.  I notice that promotion is still on the faucet.  Can I put in my ID again for another week?

I agree.  I have bought a couple shares of DVB with my faucet earnings and as a way ro learn how the site works.  But I am also unclear on what I am investing in.  I would need to know much more before I would be willing to buy in any significant quantity.

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I am guessing this is the reason the DVC asicminer pt share is currently overvalued.  That will likely continue to be the case until there are more DVC investment options.

About Ezine, I was mainly making the point that they manually review submissions and will reject articles which don't meet their specifications, and that had much to do with their success.  This means that 1, real human eyes are important, may even be vital, for an effort like Devtome; and 2, specifications or standards about what is considered acceptable content is also necessary if reviewers/editors are to make any sort of objective assessment of the content they are reviewing.  The value of Ezine for backlinking and traffic generation today relative to a few years ago is probably best discussed on an Internet marketing forum, so I won't argue about that point here

Wondering if a good place to start exploring is with this question:  What exactly is trying to be accomplished with the Devtome?  Related to that, what kind of content would best move that vision forward?

Once those questions are answered and clearly expressed, then followup questions would pertain to the specific content requirements, and then those requirements should be clearly posted so as to attract the writers who are able to write to those specifications while encouraging writers who do not write to those specifications to move on.

Having said all that, I do recognize that part of the vision of Devtome is to give freedom to writers to be creative and express themselves, and it would seem that having content requirements would work against that.  I don't have an answer at this point.  As a professional writer I can write to just about any specifications if it's a good job.  As a creative writer, I really like the current freedom to just write about whatever I feel like writing about.  The latter is definitely easier and more fun, but is it really what the Devtome needs?

That was something I was going to ask Fuzzy over on the Devcoin forum--if the ASIC Miner pass through share price was actually tied to the actual price of an ASIC Miner share, as in 1/1000 of whatever an ASIC miner share is worth these days, or if the price is merely based on how many devcoins people are willing to pay for that share on the Cryptostocks exchange.

Since ASIC miner shares have a price that's easy to look up, if they are selling for more than that on Cryptostocks, wouldn't that serve to further devalue the Devcoins?  I mean, wouldn't the exchange rate of DVC relative to BTC then adjust to reflect an equivalent value for the ASIC Miner PT share?  At any rate, it's a good reminder for me to check how the price of the ASIC miner DVC PT share translates into BTC *before* placing a buy order on Cryptostocks.

EzineArticles.com is probably the most respected article directory.  Writers contribute articles for free in exchange for the ability to backlink from a high page ranking site.  Each article is manually reviewed and accepted.  If you want quality and not just quantity or word count you may not be able to get around needing to have real people review content, in which case you have to consider a bounty for reviewers/editors.  I suppose proven writers could earn more relative to how much less effort reviewers need to expend evaluating and cleaning up their material.

One thing I'd really like to see more of is ways to invest Devcoins in sound companies.  I'm reading up on the ASIC miner DVC pass through share listed on Cryptostocks and the ASIC miner company itself and liking what I'm learning so far in terms of feeling that would be a good investment.  I'd like to see more opportunities like this.

Regarding propping up the Devcoin, here's the issue as I see it.  Right now, there isn't a whole lot to do with Devtome earnings other than trade them for BTC (to eventually trade for dollars or other national currency depending on where you live), or to just trade DVC directly to national currency.  Unfortunately, selling DVC off immediately after earning them devalues them further, which is a big problem in terms of earnings.  So, I can see the temptation to try to artificially prop up DVC value by listing them for a penny or other currently unattainably high value and trying to recruit others into doing so as well.  If that's what you choose to do as a way to help DVC, I guess that's fine.  However I don't see it as my obligation to prop up DVC value just because I'm writing for Devtome and earning them.  When it comes to what I will do with my earnings I need to make a decision based on what's best for me, and that's how it should be when it comes to currency.  Otherwise, you can try all you want to promote the currency and urge others to hold onto it or whatever, but it won't work.  There needs to be a self-interest reason for keeping DVC.  In my opinion, solid investments involving DVC would make keeping them more attractive.  If DVC is falling relative to BTC, then if I can put my DVC in an investment that makes them grow (i.e., returns me more of them) faster than the rate at which they are losing value relative to BTC, then I still come out ahead.  Without that I'd be more tempted to panic sell.  And I think the result of me putting some DVC in such investments would in turn provide positive feedback to the value of DVC.

I know how to bypass the security.  I'm just wondering if that's such a good idea...

I have an account with Cryptostocks and right now I can't log into their site using my regular computer because Chrome refuses to read its site saying it can't tell whether Cryptostocks owns the site or an attacker is now controlling it.

I checked Cryptostocks' profile and it looks like he/she hasn't been active on this forum since February.  Does anyone here know them and can bring this problem to their attention?

In the mean time, what are other people who have an account with them doing to be able to keep trading, etc.?

I can't open this site on my regular computer either.  When will the certificate be updated?

And when/how frequently does that happen? 

Lots of noob questions I know...

Thanks!

So I clicked on the account 25 link and it says there are 0 Devtome earnings.  I added some content yesterday. How soon will the account 25 page update, or how long is the lag between time content is added and time word count from that content shows up as Devtome shares?

Thanks!

The receiver file for round 25 is helpful.  Is there a similar page which shows each writer's to date word count?

Hey Unthinkingbit,

Would it be too much trouble to post the unofficial earnings for the next round about once or twice a week so we can get an idea of where things are heading?

FINALLY!

I just applied for the job  

Thanks Emfox for the 20 DVCs!

It's just that I already added my address in this round.

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Oh, and can someone please add their address to the faucet to complete round 96?  Just one more will do it.