Wow haha! I loved this write up. I'm not sure exactly how you feel about vote buying though 🙃
Since my time on Steemit I have used resteem bots. I haven't dipped into the vote buying kool aid. There is something major happening. Everyday I read something new about someone creating a new voting bot. They create a bot and set a percent and let 'er rip. I understand it takes time to manually do things, but it is social media. We should do good work and have people actually read it and vote. We should take our natural low votes and no attention to work harder and make better posts. Time will work it out. We just happen to live in a moment in history where no one has time to wait for anything..instant everything. That may not be the exact bot style you are talking about, but if we take the people out of it we will no longer be social media haha.
Those votes are valuable to me. The ones that come in naturally. They mean something. It's like being handed a paycheck at the end of the week, for working.
How much value would there be behind a paycheck that you can simply pluck off of a tree?
Now, what if everyone had to stand in line just to wait for their chance to pick from the tree of paycheck?
Would that resemble a breadline?
It gets worse. They're charging a fee for that bread.
The last remaining few who feel like socializing are only left with negative thoughts and ideas, because what else is left? "They make us pay for free bread? This is wrong."
The me first and the gimme gimmes(instant gratification) crowd push, riot and trample their way to the front of the line. Many perish. They didn't know any better.
That's what people want? Did they even think about it?
Yeah, I don't know. It is hard to tell if people actually know what they want. They have an idea that Steemit pays. I wonder if they understand there is a perpetual spiral of death built into it.
and preach again. lol
ok - i'm going to stop reading your comments now, cuz i can't stop upvoting them. anyway - i've commented like 15 times on this post. that's enough from me LOL
Yes. With all due respect, I mean this as nicely as I can say it, I appreciate your support... but please refrain from cheer leading and conducting personal conversations that don't have anything to do with the post. It's just cluttering up the comment section. ...and I'm not preaching. I was attempting to speak to these people.
Absolutely - I got caught up a rabbit trail and did apologize for that and moved our conversation to another more appropriate place! Very sorry for that!
but the "preach" did not have to do with actual preaching. it's a colloquialism that means - you're hitting the nail on the head and you ARE speaking right to the heart of the matter. I forget that this is an international platform where certain phrases may be unfamiliar. And I didn't take any disrespect by your comment - thanks for saying that so politely!
and you weren't only speaking to "these" people. you were speaking directly to me! and i thank you for that! After i left a comment for you (somewhere in this thread - again - my fault lol) encouraging you to do something since you clearly have the voice, and the ability to rally people... i decided... why wait for someone with a powerful voice? why not just do it myself? I don't have to have a strong voice to impact those around me. I just need to DO SOMETHING and stop talking about it.
so - i do appreciate that! and i'm looking forward to seeing what my little plan can do for my own little community! Have a great day and thanks for being willing to speak out!