You (the anti-nsfw) might not have to worry about me much longer because if my work does not start getting $$$ I feel it deserves I'll be leaving the site... Seriously, I have put a lot of time and work in to Steemit and in to my work as well as I always do.
But when I see my posts with 150 votes but at $6.00 or some of my favorite images at .24 or or a series at $3.00 I lose interest and realize it's a waste of my time. I went to a new years party and got the whole crowd together and pitched them on Steemit and told them I was going to help people get started.
But if this community is not going to support my work I'm over it. There is way to much whale dependence, there is way too much discussion about something considered acceptable on every major site that should be labeled "NSFW" on here and I', tired of comments saying "This should be tagged NSFW" when by all other major site standards with hundreds of millions of users making billions of dollars a year it's fine. Amazon.com even allows bare breasts in their search results and products.
If the whales want to starve me out by not upvoting my work... I'll be happy to leave because the last thing I need is to come here to be insulted by .24 on a image that was published in Playboy while mediocre posts do better because they are buddies with the whales.
I see work by other people as well that is really good and it does not do well. Then I see stuff that is not very good and it does really well. I think there is too much power in the hands of too few. A flat rate per vote would be better. Because I'll tell you right now creatives and artists will not stick around if they are not being rewarded especially when they have to face unsolicited critiques and deal with random rude people bordering on harassement and can't even block them. Or getting flagged for no reason but that the person does not like nudity.
I was not around for the insane payouts sadly I got here too late. But I'm not sticking around for .24 or $3.00 a post when I consistently put out good content. I was actually wanting to start a new page to talk about other issues outside my Art. Things about my daily life, insights, men's health, marketing, dating and sex tips as I used to be a Sexpert and Dating Coach. But why? My time is worth much more and it's way too much of a hassle to make a second page with this phone verification.
I'm a results oriented person if I don't see results that are consistent well then I know my time is misplaced.
UPDATE: I want to thank everyone for their positive, encouraging comments and advice. :)