Not exact matches
Co-founder Alexis Ohanian tells Fortune that
Upvoted is designed to broaden the reach of Reddit's
content while giving credit to those who created it
(Unlike Reddit's
upvoting and downvoting scheme, which boosts top comments literally to the top of a page, tweets are generally given the same amount of real estate on the screen, regardless of
content.
On its surface, Reddit is simple: users submit
content, and other users
upvote or downvote it.
This system allows readers of the
content to only
upvote posts (and therefore pay) which articles and / or
content pieces they like rather than any post they view like in classic advertisement payment style.
You can also change the «power» of your
upvote which will change the amount of the Steem cryptocurrency which the
content creator will receive.
Steemit.com, launched in beta version in May 2016, uses its own blockchain and its own cryptocurrency to reward both publishers and curators (those who
upvote and discuss the
content).