I remember the large boom on Steem in during the 2017 bull run and how there were many crappy posts with just a picture of some graph and the current price of BTC getting huge upvotes
That's mostly due to circle jerking and we still have plenty of that on hive. Post payouts have almost nothing to do with a post's quality, a higher impact having your circle of friends and thei voting power. I doubt that will ever change.
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No, it probably won't change and I think to some degree it shouldn't. As much as we hate to admit it, some circle jerks form pretty organically. I have a small group of people who I always upvote and comment on because they are consistently putting out great content. In return they always upvote and comment on my stuff because they like my content as well.
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Makes sense :) What about the one pic chart getting tons of upvotes and becoming a trend in the era when we want to attrcat more users and investors. What would those believe regarding our product?
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I didn't say they were all quality content, but you can't deny that circle jerks just tend to form on their own. Usually when they do it is higher quality content and there is actually some engagement happening. Additionally, those users also spread their votes out to others, but the fact remains they consistently support each other.
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Agreed.
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