The negative feedback loop of little to no payouts most of us are experiencing here TODAY is taking a toll on every single one of us. Some even get so discouraged that they give up on Steemit and never come back. Thinking that our work isn't good enough and feeling bad about ourselves because of it is not a good place to be in. I'm here to tell you that it's not your fault. The quality of the content you are producing isn't the problem but something else alogether. Today I'll share one of the biggest reasons to why we are struggling to get upvotes from Steemians.
A group of influential whales are plaguing the whole ecosystem with their GREED
Causing an imbalance in the reward distribution that is so huge it affects everyone that uses Steemit.
WHERE DID THE UPVOTES GO?
A year ago you could easily get some upvotes from doplhins, orcas and ocassionally, even whales but today everything is much different. For some reason we are getting less upvotes from real Steemians (not including projects like @curie, @dlive, @dtube, etc) as each day passes by. I was wondering about why this is for a while and I even asked the community about it in a post a couple of months ago, but no one seemed to have a good enough explanation for what was/is going on.
Couple of months down the road I noticed this trend of high SP accounts (whales) upvoting each other to effectiely only votefor themselves 10x a day by exchanging votes with other Greedy Whales. Colluding with other whales that have this twisted idea that their Steemit account is a Money Making Machine. These people are reducing rewards for everyone else while getting as much as they possibly can for themselves.
Some of The Plagued Whales of Steemit that are poisoning this place are:
@adsactly @cryptopassion @kingscrown @gavvet @exyle @jrcornel @vcelier @rea
Just to name a few.... These are just the CREAM of the la CREME. The top level ABUSERS of the Steem Blockchain and everyone that uses it. Most of them are in the top 20 accounts by SP and already having that much money in the first place obviously isn't enough for them so they must gain the system as much to further increase their enormus wealth. All on the spare of EVERYONE ELSE that uses Steemit.
By being in such a corrupt state of mind, not thinking/caring about the consequences of their deeds, they are not only reducing your potential rewards but they are also decreasing the value of your upvotes!
B,b,b,but how do you even know they are abusing?
Looking at the upvotes they get a blind mand would see what's going on. Just look at the top 10 people upvoting any of the mentioned accounts. Check their posts for the top 10 upvotes they received and you will see the same people there.
Another good way to figure this out on your own is to check out
SteemReports - Outgoing Votes where you can see a sweet pie chart of your faovurite abuser to see where their votes are going. Just type in their name and find out how corrupted they are!
If any of The Plagued Whales are reading this
I'm not afraid of your downvotes. Go as hard as you want, I'll gladly take them. By doing that you are only confirming my statements further and showing how upset you got for getting called out so publicly like this. I know, no one likes that, but people deserve to know the truth.
If that is something that upsets you, I don't gieve a fuck! You are the biggest scumbags on Steemit and everyone needs to know it.
By being good role models careless abusers
These high SP circle jerks have not only efectively reduced our income, but they have set a standard for how to make the highest possible ROI on the SP you own by doing as little work as one can. Because their posts are always trending and they have high reputation (most over 70), this kind of corrupted behaviour has rubbed off on the rest of the community, and now everyone is doing it! Ok, not everyone, but a good 30% of all accounts on Steemit is abusing the system in this fashion. Only for their personal profits.
Instead of setting an example of exceptional content quality and responsible behaviour, The Plagued Whales are doing the exact opposite. Daily raping the reward pool and inviting thousands to join them!
AND THAT'S WHY NOWADAYS YOU WILL RARELY GET UPVOTES FROM STEEMIANS
Going in more detail about how to fix this kind of behaviour is a topic for a whole nother post so I won't go into it now. I'll write more about this in the near future. I just wanted to finally get this out of my mind and on the digital storyboard you are using right now. I wanted you to know my honest opinion about something that has been bugging me for a while now. Currently, this is the biggest problem of the platform, and the scale on which this is happening now is insane.
If nothing is done about this issue, a year from now no one will be getting any upvotes, unless they are in their own little circle jerk.
What do you think?
- Have you noticed this negative trend before reading this post?
- How to eliminate this ind of behaviour/thought process?
- Opinions? Ideas?
Read my other Steemit related posts
- CREATING NEW STEEMIANS - STEEM Evangelism Through Apps Like Steepshot, Dlive or Dtube
Why LOW Steem Prices SHOULDN'T Discourage You From Producing Content But SHOULD Motivate You Instead
Posts Gaining/Loosing Value Without Aditional Upvotes/Flags? Find out why!
Understanding Full Potential of The Steem Blockchain And Why To Power Up
Steemit related posts I'll write in the near future
- The Struggles of Low Payouts and How to Overcome Them
- Beating the Greedy Whales
- Steemit 101 - Beginners Guide -
