Glad I'm not the only one 😅
I got started recently too and like most platforms like this there is that positive reinforcement/dopamine hit cycle that gets you hooked. And that's fair enough, at least we know how that works and can cope with that. But I too felt like something was inbalanced here. Posts that seem to be successful (measured by $ value) are disproportionately helped by a couple of likes from a few 'influencial' accounts. I've not said this out loud because I thought I don't understand the statement yet, but does that mean
- It takes money to make money and
- It matters who you know.
If you take just those two ideas together, there's services like minnow-something that lets you feed the account some steem, mention a post and it'll upvote you until you make back at least how much you spent. It's a votebot! The system encourages you to buy Steem to make more Steem faster. There's a few people being very successful at it and I'm guessing most who aren't. And a network can't be built by people who are all creating content. Who's the consumer? I won't use the P word here yet, but I guess I needed a place to vent myself.
I've not given up on this yet, but I am a little less enthusiast overall.
RE: A rant on an addiction called Steemit!