Honest to say, @drpuffnstuff, this is a respectful way to disagree.
It is how that 'other side', - Which to us @haejin followers, doesn't really exist as we make sure to mind our own business- should state its case rather than indiscriminately downvoting people who opt to express their gratitude or to share in the great works of a mind they disagree with.
That said, i do not agree when you say:-
....maybe for the foreseeable future avoid commenting on his (@haejins) posts maybe. That is where the downvotes will probably be.
We are not just commenting for the sake of commenting. We are a community learning, encouraging, supporting each other. We find value in every product of @haejin's brain factory, and in deed wish that all should share in it.
But of course not all wish to, and that is their right. We do not, and will not attempt to force, cajole or threaten them to join us, but in the same way, they should not troll and spam our community.
I know, or at least i think i know, that this is only fair!
But thanks for your respectful comment.
I am trying to work peace on Steemit.... Can you pass this offer to Haejin's ear.
It is time for healing.
https://steemit.com/haejin/@em3/haejin-can-end-this-and-still-be-rich
@em3, It is in everybody's interest to have a peaceful steemit. @haejin obviously takes no pleasure in this so-called war, which for me is a simple quarrel.
But the aggressors here are those who are going tooth and nail, stealing away @haejin's hard earned rewards, indiscriminately doownvoting his followers and anybody who comments on his blog......
How do you expect @haejin to talk peace, when he is being bombarded with insult after insult, spam after spam....
Unless by peace, you mean surrender, and that i much fear is not an option for @haejin and his 25K+ followers.
But if you mean peace, in the true sense of the word peace, then just as those trolls took the first initiative to flag and spam @haejin's blog, the onus is yet again on them to take the first initiative to stop the flagging and spamming.
That would, in my honest opinion, level the ground, settle the dust, and allow reason to prevail.
See, this is an area that needs good understanding and discussion:
"stealing away @haejin's hard earned rewards"
It is impossible to steal rewards on Steemit because they are not "yours" until 7 days are completed and the community has decided upvote and downvote what a post is worth.
However, it is not that simple either.
No money on Steemit is "hard earned"... That, in American English, has the understanding of "a job with an agreed salary" that you have worked your hours and earned.
Steem is "shared" or given out from a community "pool". It is not UNlimited. There is a limit.
Sometimes one Steemian may post an excellent post and get noticed by a whale or many whales and rewarded $300-$1500 for one post.
But in 18 months I have never seen 1 whale only EVER upvote one Steemian. Ever. This is not normal. The closest example is when one Steemian PAYS another Steemian for upvotes. Then you will have one whale upvoting another each and every post.
Since 95% of Haejin's rewards are coming from 1 whale, and he always upvotes at 100%, it doesnt seem like it is about quality. Good TA or bad TA, ranchorelaxo is rewarding Haejin $250 per post.
So the "quality test" is not being met. So people dispute that "this post" or "that post" is really worth that. And people are saying "No", these rewards are too high according to the quality, it is not fair or right for Haejin to be receiving 3%-5% of the rewards EVERDAY. Something is not right. It is not QUALITY that is getting Haejin the rewards. Ranchrelaxo has just pushed the AUTO button to always give Haejin 10 - 100% upvotes everyday. And that is not "OK".
I get where you are coming from. I don't know about how his ta compares to the thousands of ta's on trading view. TA doesn't interest me. I realize you guys would like to interact with a person that you like. I don't know what to say. Their is friendly fire on both sides. Your side just needs to rally behind each other. Upvote each other. Haejin makes enough money. Become clerics and heal those wounded. Instead of upvoting haejin's post, upvote the good comments that get downvoted. Don't expect haejin to help though because he is not one to lend a hand.
If you look at who is losing the most. Not only are the whales against haejin not making money by upvoting themselves on their own posts. They are wasting their power counteracting him upvoting himself.
If they were upvoting themselves, taking 5,000$ a day, and haejin was downvoting them instead of upvoting himself. I would be fighting on your side. I just want what is best for the longevity of the platform.. and that's for people like you and me to make more, and people like haejin to make less. I even said in my comment in his post the other day, I'm fine with him upvoting himself 10 or 20% but 90% is quite selfish. 5% of the entire reward pool to him every day. 1 person out of 50,000 or more people posting on here, taking 5% a day isn't very cool. This is why I prefer the whale who downvotes as opposed to the whale who upvotes.