Hello @firedream,
I see that you want to protect the writers that work hard on Steemit to put their articles out there, but I can also see where @grumpycat is coming from. Personally I feel that Steemit would be a better place, if users weren't under the idea that buying large votes is a great idea.
@grumpycat does make a sound point. I understand that Steemians want their voices heard. To be perfectly honest, I feel that the owners of the shady voting services are using genuine authors as a way to cover their deviant activities.
If someone does pay for a big vote and becomes upset afterwards, it will discourage buying the large upvotes in the future. It will help users say okay...
"Maybe buying upvotes isn't a good idea."
Also the shady services will lose traction and customers. This is a good thing c:
With love,
@shello
Hi @shello, I am totally not against the use of upvote bots. This is normally a promotion service, a paid advertisement.
The only way for a new steemian to get his/her post to be seen is by promoting it.
Also it is a tool to attract new people to steemit and keeping them posting.
What is milking ?
For me, if a person wants his/her post to be seen the good time of using bots should be not more than 3,5 days.
Anytime after that is not aimed to promote the post but to take easy cash early, knowing that even if seen the post will not take more upvotes.
Some may say, "what if the author do not have SBD before 3,5 days?"
For me this is not fair, the author can delay posting instead of buying upvotes at a time close to payment.
Ads is a part of life and it is good to have some kind of promotion services in steemit.
Only misusage must be prevented.
FD.
I agree that curation needs to step up, especially towards new users. I would love to see a new user tab, instead of trending tbh.
New users should be spending their time reading, commenting, and interacting with others instead of pumping out articles and buying votes. It defeats the purpose of learning good behavior on Steemit.
I used to buy upvotes a lot, and I'm lucky that I didn't get punished for using them. However, I feel like if I did- maybe my writing would have improved earlier on.
For me it's most important to learn first, instead of running around trying to make some quick money. Steemit curation has quite a ways to go, and habits need to be instilled earlier on.
You are so right shello! Comments are the key to this platform. Maybe 80% comments and 20% blog posts. That is what creates real connections with other humans. Many are trying to run around make some quick money or be ungrateful already after 1 month. We humans always crave more speed while we would be much better off to slow things down and really take our time to produce real value to others!
Well said. Impatience shall be the end of us. More time should be used on comments especially starting out. IMO, if the site is being used as intended, there shouldn't really be any "bandwidth issues."