yes, but the question is - why? Do people upvote steem content because they want the attention or vote of the author? how many people vote for Aggy, Ned or Dan because of who they are and not because of the content they provide? Do they want a share of the curation rewards? Do they need the outlet to bitch about what they cannot change? Or are they seriously interested in the subject matter and invested in the community?
dont get me wrong, i do my fair share of chatting on a few of these posts. its when i see other people copying the subject of the original post and making it their own that i get annoyed. they dont even do the subject justice, its like reading waffle. They don't add anything to the conversation. It seems they just do it to get noticed by whales, or because they think thats what they need to do - its part of the formula for success on steem - become a steem niche blogger.
I don't mind the people who have actually been doing this for years or people who have a reason to post about steem, such as a community leader or well known member. Other than the fact that some of them write 2-3x a day to cash in on their notoriety. I do mind the no-names who take that approach, as if they understand whats going on. This is the same type of blogger that interprets the crypto market for you, even tho they have no credentials.
other point is - if steem posts weren't botted, and up-voted by whales just on the author/subject matter alone and not their content or worthiness - would those posts have half the market that they do? would they merit trending? or would they fade an hour later?
what I am doing is poking at the reality of this "HUGE" market, and seeing if it actually holds water. on my opinion, there are a lot of cheap imitations on the market, and we need to think about WHY we are upvoting these posts. especially if the authors have already paid themselves.
Oh I know what you are doing :) And I totally agree. I was just playing devil's advocate. The writing and talking about the steem experience incessantly never appealed to me at all, and even less so the knock-off variety by people who don't actually understand the issues. You can set in on the shelf next to the "how to succeed at Steem and earn $" posts written by under 30 rep new accounts.
yep pretty much. but what seems obvious to us is alien to others.. i kinda grow weary when so few people care what i have to say.