There's the other lie, of course - if every upvote is important, then people using proxies and bots are just selling that vote, diminishing the intent. (But not the payout, which is all the bots care about.)
So honestly, its just about a few people using whatever tricks they can muster to drain the Reward Pool dry. Like a swarm of blood-sucking insects descending on an unwary sunbather.
I still try to curate and upvote, but I suspect its nothing more than a drop in the ocean of futility.
Sadly that is how world works. Not only Steemit or internet. Human is a beast that wants to maximize the gain using as little assets as possible. People will do this as long as there is something to gain.
Exactly right, which begs the question -- "Why didn't the creator(s) of Steemit anticipate this fundamental greed?"
I don't have the answer to that one, and I suspect they don't either.
Oh well, I'll be here until the lights turn off - I'm stubborn that way. (Or I find something better, naturally.)
People are naive, when they come up something new, for some reason they start to believing in goodness and kindness of people. That there will be community that actually could make utopia happen.
And still, we all know that isn't ever going to happen. People are greedy, they lift their selves up, over the people they consider fellows. People feels that they deserve it more than others. If people actually could live as equals in harmony, maybe also communism would work ! :DD Buuuuut it doesn't.