And I undestand your point of view, you worked hard and now you deserve a piece of the pie. Totally fair : )
I'm not here to make money with no efforts, I'm here because other reasons, for example I can write and read what I want, and nobody can delete posts and comments (no censorship).
But the paradox is that I could make money with no effort, if, for some strange reason, my posts were upvoted by some whales.
Let's make an example, and please correct me if I'm wrong:
A and B are new users (minnows), with the exact amount of Steem Power (low amount). W is an old user with lot of Steem Power (whale).
- Users A and W both make a new post, each gets 100 upvotes by the same 100 minnows. Post from A gets less reward than post from W, right? I can totally agree with this, Steem Power kinda act as a reward multiplier for posts. This make sense for a number of reasons, like user loyalty to the platform. User A could earn like user W someday, if he continues to be an active user.
- Users A and B both make a new post. Post from A get an upvote by B, but post of B gets an upvote from W. What is happening is that post from B gets more reward than post from A. I don't agree with this. If A and B have the same Steem Power, the only way B should get more reward than A is by having more upvotes, not by having the same number of upvotes but from different users (whales instead of minnows). IMO being a whale doesn't make you more capable of finding good posts.
The same could be said for flagging instead of upvoting. If a flag from a whale would be equal to a flag from a minnow, nobody would complain about being flagged by a whale.
I've been reading lots and lots of posts about the problem of how powerful whales behave (colluting, flagging, and so on), maybe my solution would be simplistic, because I'm missing some piece...