What is the one of the more frustrating thing on Steemit.com?
To me, it is when someone upvotes his or her comment without upvoting the article the comment was posted in.
This, in my view, is the epitome of selfishness. It exemplifies the old mindset of taking without giving. Here is someone who reads an entire article, one that most likely took some time for the author to think up and put together yet it is not deserving of an upvote?
Naturally, many articles are not worthy of a vote. Upvotes are for quality content. However, it is ironic since we often see the person self-upvote a comment that is rather short and doesn't really add to the conversation. So obviously quality content wasn't a criteria.
One of the guidelines for downvotes is those occasions where one feels another is unfairly taking from the reward pool. "Unfair" is a subjective term so it is up to an individual to decide if this action is worthy of a down vote. Nevertheless, voting power is precious and, personally, I would rather use it for more positive purposes.
Therefore, @overkillcoin came up with an ideal solution. He created a drawing that we can use in such instances. It is rather comical in nature but gets the point across. Each time you see this situation arise, simply answer the individual's comment with this drawing.
One of the best parts of Steemit.com is there are no administrators monitoring behavior and banning people. Policing the site is up to the community. Here is a way for those of us who find this behavior counter to what we are trying to accomplish and to combat it.
What are your thoughts?
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